. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1692 
22 August 2007  
 (07-3533) 
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):  Cattle, sheep, goat, hog, horse, milk, eggs, poultry 
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 
Acephate, Chlorpyrifos, Fenbutatin-Oxide (Hex akis), Metolachlor, MCPA, Pyrethrins and 
Triallate; Proposed Tolerance Actions  (available in English, 23 pages) 
6. Description of content:  By means of this proposed rule:  
EPA is proposing to amend regulations concerning  pyrethrins residues of concern, decreasing 
tolerances in/on milk fat (reflecting negligible  residues in milk) from 0.5 to 0.05 ppm; cattle, 
meat; cattle, meat by products; goat, meat; goat, meat byproducts; hog, meat; hog, meat 
byproducts; horse, meat; horse, meat byproducts ; sheep, meat; sheep, meat byproducts from 
0.1(N) to 0.05 ppm and increase the tolerances in/on cattle, fat; goat, fat; hog, fat; horse, fat; 
and sheep, fat from 0.1(N) to 1.0 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:  The proposed tolerance actions herein for 
pyrethrins, to implement the recommendations of the pyrethrins RED, reflect use patterns in 
the United States which support a different tolerance than the C odex level because of 
differences in good agricultural practices and the specified po stharvest application timing. 
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  G/SPS/N/USA/1692 
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  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 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