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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1339 
20 June 2006 
 (06-2993) 
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):  Food-contact surface sanitizing solutions  
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. 
Food-Contact Surface Sanitizing Solutions; Proposed Revocation of Tolerance Exemptions for Sanitizers with No Food-Contact Uses in Registered Pesticide Products and with Insufficient Data for Reassessment (Available in English, 3 pages).  
6. Description of content:   
EPA is proposing to revoke several food-c ontact surface sanitizing solutions tolerance 
exemptions because these specific toleran ce exemptions correspond to uses no longer 
current or registered in the United States and because there are insufficient data to make the 
determination of safety required by federal la w.  It is EPA's general practice to propose 
revocation of those tolerances for residues of pesticide active or inert ingredients on crops 
for which there are no active registrations unde r federal law unless any person in comments 
on the proposal indicates a need for the to lerance to cover residues in or on imported 
commodities or domestic commodities legally treated.  In addition, the safety finding 
required by federal law cannot be made for certain antimicrobial ingredient tolerance 
exemptions because there are insufficient data. 
The specific tolerance exemptions pr oposed for revocation are as follows: 
 1. Potassium Permanganate ; CAS Reg. No. 7722-64-7;  
 2.  Sodium mono- and didodecylphenoxy-benzenedisulfonate;  
 3. Alkyl (C 12-C15) monoether of mixed (ethylene-propylene) polyalkylene 
glycol, cloud point of 70-77 [deg]C in 1% aqueous solution, average molecular weight (in amu), 807;  
 4.   Benzensulfonamide, N-chloro-4-methyl, sodium salt;   5.   Benzenesulfonic acid, oxybis[dodecyl-;  
 6.   Calcium bromide;  
 7. Oxirane, methyl-, polymer with oxirane, ether with 
(1,2-ethanediyldinitrilo)tetrakis [propanol] (4:1).
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  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:   
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
9 June 2006 (Volume 71, Number 111, Pa ges  33416-33419 (Available in English). 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA -PEST/2006/June/Day-09/p8928.htm   
10. Proposed date of adoption:   
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   
12. Final date for comments:  7 August 2006  
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:  Antimicrobials Division (7510P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001  
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifi cation authority, [   ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Ms Deborah Thompson, United States SPS Nati onal Notification Authority, USDA Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250.  Tel:  202-720-4051;  Fax:  202-690-0677;  E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov