. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1583 
12 June 2007  
 (07-2461) 
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):  Cattle, goat, hog, horse, sheep, milk, beans, cowpeas 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  US 
trade partners  
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  NOTICE.  Notice of 
Filing of Pesticide Petitions for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities (available in English, 4 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This notification proposes to amend the tolerances by increasing 
the residues of the insecticide/miticide spirom esifen; butanoic acid, and its metabolites, 
containing the enol; 4-hydroxyl-3-(2,4,6-tr imethylphenyl)- 1-oxaspiro[4,4]non-3-en-2-one; 
and 4-hydroxymethyl; 4-hydroxy-3-[4-(hydroxymethyl)-2,6-dimethylphenyl]-1-oxaspiro[4,4] non-3-en-2-one moieties, calcul ated as parent compound equivalents in or on 
the livestock commodities: Cattle, fat at 0.20 ppm; cattle, meat at 0.01 ppm; cattle, meat 
byproducts at 0.30 ppm; goat, fat at 0.20  ppm; goat, meat at 0.01 ppm; goat, meat 
byproducts at 0.30 ppm; hog, fat at 0.20 ppm; hog,  meat at 0.01 ppm; hog, meat byproducts 
at 0.30 ppm; horse, fat at 0.20 ppm; horse, meat at 0.01 ppm; horse, meat byproducts at 0.30 ppm; sheep, fat at 0.20 ppm; sheep, meat at 0.01 ppm; sheep, meat byproducts at 0.30 ppm; milk at 0.01 ppm, bean, edible, podded at 1.4 ppm; bean, succulent at 0.10 ppm; bean, dry at 0.02 ppm; and cowpea, forage at 35 ppm. 
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    
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/1583 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
9 May 2007 (Volume 72, Number  89) Notices Page 26375-26378; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2007/May/Day-09/p8953.htm 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This is a notice of availability which may or may not 
result in further regulatory action. 
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 8 June 2007, and 
may be identified by docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0331. 
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) 6 90-0677;  E-mail: fstsd@fas.usda.gov