. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1103 
17 August 2005 
 (05-3656) 
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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  grass and wheat commodities; meat; fat and meat byproducts, excluding 
kidney; of cattle, goat, and sheep, and milk. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
U.S. trade partners.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Final Rule,  
Aminopyralid; Pesticide Tolerance.  Available in English, 9 pages. 
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of  
Aminopyralid on  the following products:   
• in or on aspirated grain fractions at 0.2 ppm; grass, forage at 25 ppm; grass, hay at 
50 ppm; wheat bran at 0.1 ppm; wheat , forage at 2.0 ppm; wheat, grain at 0.04 
ppm; wheat, hay at 4.0 ppm; wheat, straw at 0.25 ppm; 
• tolerances are established for residues of aminopyralid in or on cattle, fat at 0.02 
ppm; cattle, meat at 0.02 ppm; cattle, meat  byproducts, except kidney at 0.02 ppm; 
cattle, kidney at 0.3 ppm; goat, fat at 0.02 ppm; goat, meat at 0.02 ppm; goat, meat 
byproducts, except kidney at 0.02 ppm; goat, kidney at 0.3 ppm; horse, fat at 0.02 ppm; horse, meat at 0.02 ppm; horse, meat byproducts, except kidney at 0.02 ppm; 
horse, kidney at 0.3 ppm; milk at 0.03 ppm; sheep, fat at 0.02 ppm; sheep, meat at 
0.02 ppm; sheep, meat byproducts, [except kidney at 0.02 ppm; and sheep, kidney at 0.3 ppm]. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ]  protect territory from other damage from pests G/SPS/N/USA/1103 
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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:   N/A 
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  Federal Register:    
10 August 2005 (Volume 70, Number 153)][Pages 46419-46428], http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA- PEST/2005/August/Day-10/p15523.htm
 Available in 
English. 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   10 August 2005 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   10 August 2005. EPA issued a notice pursuant to this 
action on 2 June 2004. 
12. Final date for comments:  Objections and requests for hearings identified by 
docket ID number OPP-200 5-0139 must be received on or  before 11 October 2005. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   Registration Division (7505c), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ms. Julie Morin, United States SPS Enquiry Point Officer, USDA Foreign Agricultural 
Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250. 
Tel: 202-720-4051; Fax 202-690-0677; Email fstsd@usda.gov