. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1615 
18 June 2007  
 (07-2564) 
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 number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Hog, beet, refined sugar 
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:  PROPOSED RULE.  
Captan, 2,4-D, Dodine, DCPA, Endothall, Fomesafen, Propyzamide, Ethofumesate, Permethrin, Dimethipin, and Fenarimol; Proposed  Tolerance Actions, (available in English, 
17 pages) 
6. Description of content:  By means of this rule, the Agency proposes the following 
changes to existing federal regulations: 
EPA is proposing to revoke the tolerances for the combined residues of the herbicide 
ethofumesate (2-ethoxy-2,3-dihydro-3,3-dimeth yl-5- benzofuranyl methanesulfonate) and 
its metabolites 2-hydroxy-2,3- dihydro-3,3-dimethyl-5-benzofuranyl methanesulfonate and 
2,3-dihydro-3,3-dimethyl-2-oxo-5-benzofur anyl methanesulfonate both calculated as 
parent compound in/on hog, fat at 0.05 ppm, hog, meat at 0.05 ppm and hog, meat byproducts at 0.05 ppm. Also, EPA proposes increasing the tolerances in/on beet, sugar, 
roots from 0.1 to 0.3 ppm; beet, sugar, tops from 1.00 to 4.0 ppm; beet, garden, tops from 4.0 to 5.0 ppm in. The Agency determined that  the increased tolerances are safe; i.e., there 
is a reasonable certainty that no harm will r esult from aggregate exposure to the pesticide 
chemical residue. 
EPA is proposing to establish the tolerances for the combined residues of the herbicide 
ethofumesate (2- ethoxy-2,3-dihydro-3,3-dimethyl-5-benzofuranyl methanesulfonate) and its metabolites 2-hydroxy-2,3-dihydro-3,3-dime thyl-5-benzofuranyl methanesulfonate and 
2,3-dihydro-3,3-dimethyl-2-oxo-5-benzofur anyl methanesulfonate both calculated as 
parent compound in/on beet, sugar, refine d sugar at 0.20 ppm. Also, EPA proposes 
modifying tolerances from sugar beet molasses to beet, sugar, molasses. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest  or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests    G/SPS/N/USA/1615 
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  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:     
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
6 June 2007 (Volume 72, Number 108) Proposed Rules Page 31221-31237; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2007/June/Day-06/p10863.htm 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  6 August 2007 
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 6 August 2007, and 
may be identified by docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0097. 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   Registration Division, (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority, [ ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail add ress (if available) of other body:   United States 
SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Fore ign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), St op 1027, Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel.:+(1 
202) 720-1301;  Fax: +(1 202) 69 0-0677;  E-mail: fstsd@fas.usda.gov