. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1696 
23 August 2007  
 (07-3547) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  UNITED STATES
  
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Cucurbit vegetable, tuberous and corm ve getable, grass, barl ey, buckwheat, oat, 
hog, rye, rice, milk, pistachio 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  Any 
US trade partners 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  FINAL RULE:  Lambda-
Cyhalothrin; Pesticide Tolerance (available in English, 8 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes tolerances for the combined residues of 
lambda-cyhalothrin, 1:1 mixture of (S)-[alp ha]-cyano-3-phenoxybenzyl-(Z)-(1R,3R)-3-(2-
chloro-3,3,3-trifluoroprop-1-enyl)-2,2-dimet hylcyclopropanecarboxylate and (R)-[alpha]-
cyano-3-phenoxybenzyl-(Z)-(1S,3S)-3-(2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoroprop-1-enyl)-2,2-
dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate a nd its epimer expressed as epimer of lambda-cyhalothrin, 
a 1:1 mixture of (S)-[alpha]-cyano-3-phenoxybenzyl-(Z)-(1S,3S)-3-(2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoroprop-1-enyl)-2,2- dimethylcyclopr opanecarboxylate and (R)-[alpha]-cyano-3-
phenoxybenzyl-(Z)-(1R,3R)-3-(2-chloro-3 ,3,3-trifluoroprop-1-enyl)-2,2-
dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate in or on cucu rbit vegetables (Group 9) at 0.05 ppm; 
tuberous and corm vegetables (Subgroup 1C) at 0.02 ppm; grass (forage, fodder, and hay) 
(Group 17) at 7 ppm; barley, bran at 0.2 ppm; ba rley, grain at 0.05 ppm; barley, hay at 2 ppm; 
barley, straw at 2 ppm; buckwheat, grain at 0.05 ppm; oat, grain at 0.05 ppm; oat, forage, oat 
hay, and oat, straw at 2 ppm; hog, fat at 0.2 ppm; hog, meat at 0.01 ppm; hog, meat byproducts at 0.02 ppm;  rye, bran at 0.2 ppm; rye, grain at 0.05 ppm; rye, forage at 2 ppm; wild rice, grain at 1 ppm;  milk, fat at 10 ppm; and pistachios at 0.05 ppm.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health,  [ X ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests    
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:    G/SPS/N/USA/1696 
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  9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   F e d e r a l  R e g i s t e r :   
15 August 2007 (Volume 72, Number 157)Rules and Regulations Page 45656-45663 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA -PEST/2007/August/Day-15/p16050.htm
 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This regulation is ef fective 15 August 2007.  
12. Final date for comments:  Objections and requests for hear ings must be received on or 
before 15 October 2007, and may be identif ied by docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0545. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  Registration Division, (7505P), Of fice of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Penn sylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001  
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notificati on authority, [   ] Na tional enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if ava ilable) of other body:  United States 
SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Fore ign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Divi sion (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel:  +(1 
202) 720-1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 690-0677;  E- mail:  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov