WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1688 
22 August 2007  
 (07-3529) 
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):  Apple, corn, citrus, sunflower, sorghum,  blueberry, onion, peanut, grain, wheat, 
soybean, milling fractions,  bana na, cattle, cherry, goat, hog, sheep, horse, mint, spearmint, 
peppermint, plum, prune, poultry, rutabaga, turnip , tree nut, pecan, hazeln ut, Brussels sprouts, 
cabbage, lima bean, snap bean, cauliflower, milk, pomace, lettuce, leafy brassica, grape, asparagus, leek, cherimoya, guava, feijoa, sapote 
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:  Acephate, Chlorpyrifos, 
Fenbutatin-Oxide (Hexakis), Metolachlor, MCPA, Pyrethrins and Triallate; Proposed 
Tolerance Actions (available  in English,  23 pages) 
6. Description of content:  By means of this proposed rule:  
EPA proposes decreasing the tolerances for the combined chlorpyrifos residues of concern 
in/on apple from 1.5 to 0.01 ppm; corn, sweet,  kernel plus cob with husks removed from 0.1 
to 0.05 ppm; corn, field, refined oil from 3.0 to 0.25 ppm; citrus, oil from 25.0 to 20 ppm; 
sorghum, forage from 1.5 to 0.5 ppm; sorghum, grain, grain from 0.75 to  0.50 ppm; sorghum, 
grain, stover from 6.0 to 2.0 ppm and sunflower, seed from 0.25 to 0.1 ppm; and revise 
sorghum, forage to sorghum, grain, forage. 
EPA proposes revoking the tolerances for the co mbined chlorpyrifos residues of concern 
in/on blueberry at 2 ppm (of which no more than  1 ppm is chlorpyrifos) and tomato at 0.5 
ppm; and revising fruit, citrus to fruit, citr us, group 10; and onion, dry bulb to onion, bulb. 
EPA proposes decreasing and revising the tole rance for chlorpyrifos per se residues of 
concern in/on peanut, oil from 0.4 to  peanut, refined oil at 0.2 ppm. 
Based on revisions for calculating processed f ood tolerances, the Agency has determined the 
tolerance in/on wheat milling fractions will be covered by the current wheat, grain tolerance 
of 0.5 ppm; therefore, the tolerance in/on “m illing fractions (except flour) of wheat” are no 
longer needed. 
EPA proposes removing the tolerances for chlo rpyrifos per se residues of concern in/on 
milling fractions (except flour) of  wheat at 1.5 ppm; soybean, forage at 0.7 ppm; and banana 
pulp at 0.01 ppm.  
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  EPA proposes revising the tolerances for chlorpyrif os per se residues of concern in/on cattle, 
meat and meat byproducts at 0.05 ppm; to ca ttle, meat at 0.05 ppm; and cattle, meat 
byproducts at 0.05 ppm; cherry to cherry, sweet and cherry, tart; corn, forage and fodder at 8 
ppm to corn, field, forage; corn, field, stover; corn, sweet, forage; and corn, sweet, stover each at 8 ppm; goat, meat and meat byproducts at 0. 05 ppm; to goat, meat at 0.05 ppm; and goat, 
meat byproducts at 0.05 ppm; hog,  meat and meat byproducts at 0.05 ppm; to hog, meat at 
0.05 ppm; and hog, meat byproducts at 0.05 ppm; sheep, meat and meat byproducts at 0.05 ppm; to sheep, meat at 0.05 ppm; and sheep, meat byproducts at 0.05 pp m; horse, meat, fat, 
and meat byproducts at 0.25 ppm; to horse, fa t at 0.25 ppm; horse, meat at 0.25 ppm; and 
horse, meat byproducts at 0.25 ppm; mint, hay to  peppermint, tops and spearmint, tops; mint 
oil to peppermint, oil and spearm int, oil; plum to plum, prune,  fresh; poultry, meat, fat, and 
meat byproducts (inc. turkeys) at 0.1 ppm; to poultry, fat at 0.1 ppm; poultry, meat at 0.1 
ppm;, and poultry, meat byproducts at 0.1 ppm;  rutabagas to rutabaga; turnip, greens to 
turnip, tops; and turnip to turnip, roots. 
EPA proposes revoking the tolerance for residues of chlorpyrifos per se in/on nut, tree, 
group 14 and establishing the tolerances for hazelnut at 0.2 ppm; and pecan at 0.2 ppm. 
EPA proposes removing the tolerances for residu es of chlorpyrifos per se in/on broccoli; 
Brussels sprouts; cabbage; cabbage, chinese; and cauliflower each at 1.0 ppm; bean, lima 
and bean, snap, succulent each at 0.05 ppm; th e footnote1 of which no more than 1.0 ppm is 
chlorpyrifos; milk, whole at 0.01 ppm; revi se "legume vegetables, succulent or dried 
(except soybean)" to "vegetable, legume, group 6, except soybean"; milk fat to milk, fat 
(reflecting 0.01 ppm in whole milk); and decr easing vegetable, brassica, leafy, group 5 from 
2.0 ppm to 1.0 ppm. 
EPA proposes establishing a tolerance for residues of chlorpyrifos per se in/on apple, wet 
pomace at 0.02 ppm and lettuce at 1.0 ppm. 
EPA proposes decreasing the tolerance for residu es of chlorpyrifos per se in/on grape from 
0.05 to 0.01 ppm. 
EPA proposes transferring the tolerances in/on asparagus, grape and leek (of which no more 
than 0.2 ppm is chlorpyrifos) for residues of  chlorpyrifos per se; revoking the tolerances 
in/on leek (of which no more than 0.2 ppm is chlorpyrifos) at 0.5 ppm, cherimoya at 0.05 ppm, feijoa (pineapple guava) at 0.05 ppm and sapote at 0.05 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:  
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  The proposed tolerance actions herein for 
chlorpyrifos, to implement the recommendations  of the chlorpyrifos TRED, reflect use 
patterns in the United  States which support a different tolerance than the Codex level on 
broccoli (vegetable, bras sica, leafy, group 5) and grape, because of differences in good 
agricultural practices.  However, compatibility  exists for eggs, field corn (maize) and will 
exist between the proposed reassessed US to lerances and Codex MRLs for chlorpyrifos 
residues in or on Chinese cabbage, citr us fruits, sorghum, and cabbage head.  G/SPS/N/USA/1688 
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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 :  
8 August 2007 (Volume 72, Number 152) Proposed Rules Page 44439-44451; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA -PEST/2007/August/Day-08/p15336.htm  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This is a proposed rule and may or may not result in a 
future regulatory action. 
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 9 October 2007, and 
may be identified by docke t number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0445. 
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