. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1809 
6 June 2008  
 (08-2654) 
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):  Alfalfa, sheep, hog, horse , cattle, goat, soybean 
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:  
Aldicarb, Ametryn, 2,4-DB, Di camba, Dimethipin, Disulfoton, Diuron, et al.; Proposed 
Tolerance Actions (available  in English, 16 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This notification announces a pr oposed rule that existing EPA 
tolerances for residues of 2,4-DB in or on th e following commodity(ies) be established at or 
changed to the following values in parts per million (ppm), or be eliminated, as indicated 
below:  
EPA is proposing to revise the tolerance on alfalfa to alfalfa, forage and alfalfa, hay, and 
increase the tolerance on alfalfa, forage to 0.7 ppm and alfalfa, hay to 2.0 ppm, and revise the 
tolerance on trefoil, birdsfoot to trefoil, forage and trefoil, hay, and increase the tolerance on 
trefoil, forage to 0.7 ppm and trefoil, hay to 2.0 ppm.  
EPA is proposing to establish to lerances on cattle, meat by-p roducts; goat, meat by-products; 
hog, meat by-products; horse, meat by-products ; and sheep, meat by-products, each at 
0.05 ppm. 
EPA is proposing to revise the tolerance on soybean to soybean, seed and increase the 
tolerance on soybean, seed to 0.5 ppm, increase the tolerance on soybean, hay to 2.0 ppm, and establish a tolerance on soybean, forage at 0.7 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/1809 
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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 :   
4 June 2008 (Volume 73, Number 108)  Proposed Rules Page 31788-31807; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA -PEST/2008/June/Day-04/p12374.htm
 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This is a proposed rule which may or may not result in 
further regulatory action. 
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 4 August 2008, and 
may be identified by docke t number EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0232. 
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), Office of Pe sticide Programs, Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 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 available) of other body: 
United States SPS National Notification Aut hority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, 
International Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 
20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720 1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 720 0433;   
E-mail:  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov