WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1607 
18 June 2007  
 (07-2542) 
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):  Almond, cherry, grape, nectarine, peach, prune, plum, strawberry, bean, 
soybean, pea, legume, carrot, beet, rutabaga, turnip, tuber, cantaloupe, cucumber, melon, 
muskmelon, watermelon, squash, broccoli, Bru ssels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, collards, 
potato, spinach, lettuce, celery, eggplant, pe pper, tomato, onion, cattle, sheep, hog, horse, 
goat, mango, blackberry, dewberry, cotton, p eanut, grass, flax, ra peseed, sesame seed, 
blueberry, brassica, mustard, vegetable grou ps fruiting and bulb, raspberry, caneberry, 
corn, okra, dill. 
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.  
Captan, 2,4-D, Dodine, DCPA, Endothall, Fomesafen, Propyzamide, Ethofumesate, 
Permethrin, Dimethipin, and Fenarimol; Proposed  Tolerance Actions, (available in English, 
17 pages) 
6. Description of content:  By means of this Proposed rule: 
EPA proposes transferring the tolerance expres sions for residues of the fungicide, captan 
(N-trichloromethylthio-4-cyclohexene-1,2-dicarboximide) in or on plant commodities retaining those plant-related tolerances and to  transfer livestock tolerances into (a)(2) for 
the combined residues of the fungicide, capta n (N-trichloromethylthio-4-cyclohexene-1,2- 
dicarboximide) and its metabolite 1,2,3,6- tetrahydrophthalimide (THPI), measured as 
THPI, in or on animal commodities. 
Currently, tolerances are on an interim basi s for residues of captan in or on almonds, 
almond hulls, beans dry, beans succulent, and potatoes. The Agency has determined that 
these tolerances are no longer interim and should be adjusted accordingly.   
EPA proposes decreasing tolerances for captan residues of concern in plants in or on 
almond from 2 to 0.25 ppm; almond, hulls from 100 to 75 ppm; apricot from 50 to 10 ppm; blueberry from 25 to 20 ppm; cherry at 100 to cherry, sweet at 50 ppm and cherry, tart at 50 ppm; grape from 50 to 25 ppm; nectarine from 50 to 25 ppm; peach from 50 to 15 ppm; 
plum, prune, fresh from 100 to 10 ppm; and strawberry from 25 to 20 ppm. G/SPS/N/USA/1607 
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  EPA proposes decreasing and modifying the individual tolerances to a crop group tolerance 
for captan residues of concern in plants in/on beans, dry, seed at 25 ppm; bean, succulent at 
25 ppm; pea, dry, seed at 2 ppm; pea, succulent at 2 ppm; soybean, dry at 2 ppm; soybean, succulent at 2 ppm to vegetable, legume, gr oup 6 at 0.05 ppm and vegetable, foliage of 
legume, group 7 at 0.05 ppm. 
EPA proposes decreasing and modifying the individual tolerances to a crop group 
tolerances for captan residues of concern in plan ts in/on beet, garden, roots at 2 ppm; beet, 
garden, tops at 100 ppm; carrot, roots at 2 ppm ; potato at 25 ppm; rutabagas (roots) at 2 
ppm; turnip, greens at 2.0 ppm; turnip, roots at 2.0 ppm to vegetable, root and tuber, group 1 at 0.05 ppm and vegetable, leaves of root and tuber, group 2 at 0.05 ppm. 
EPA proposes decreasing and modifying the individual tolerances to a crop group tolerance 
for captan residues of concern in plants in/on broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, collards, kale, mustard greens each at 2 ppm to vegetable, brassica leafy, group 5 at 0.05 ppm. 
EPA proposes decreasing and modifying the individual tolerances to a crop group tolerance 
for captan residues of concern in plants in/on cantaloupe; cucumber; melon, honeydew; 
muskmelon; pumpkin; squash, summer; squash, winter; and watermelon each at 25 ppm to vegetable, cucurbit, group 9 at 0.05 ppm. 
EPA proposes decreasing and modifying the individual tolerances to a crop group tolerance 
for captan residues of concern in plants in/o n celery at 50 ppm, lettuce at 100 ppm, and 
spinach at 100 ppm to vegetable, leafy, except brassica, group 4 at 0.05 ppm. 
EPA proposes decreasing and modifying the individual tolerances to a crop group tolerance 
for captan residues of concern in plants in/ on eggplant; pepper; and tomato each at 25 ppm 
to vegetable, fruiting, group 8 at 0.05 ppm. 
EPA proposes decreasing and modifying the individual tolerances to a crop group tolerance 
for captan residues of concern in plants in/on onion, bulb at 25 ppm and onion, green at 50 
ppm to vegetable, bulb, group 3 at 0.05 ppm. 
EPA proposes decreasing and modifying a tole rance to crop group tolerances for captan 
residues of concern in plants in/on corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks removed at 2 ppm to grain, cereal, group 15 and grain, cereal, forage, fodder and straw, group 16 at 0.05 ppm. 
EPA proposes modifying the individual tolerances to a crop group tolerance for captan 
residues of concern in plants in/ on blackberry , dewberry, and raspberry each at 25 ppm to 
caneberry, subgroup 13A at 25 ppm. 
EPA is proposing to establish tolerances  for cap tan residues of concern in or on dill, seed 
at 0.05 ppm; flax, seed at 0.05 ppm; grass, forage at 0.05 ppm; grass, hay at 0.05 ppm; 
animal feed, nongrass, group 18 at 0.05 ppm; okra at 0.05 ppm; peanut at 0.05 ppm; 
peanut, hay at 0.05 ppm; rapeseed, seed at 0.05 ppm; rapeseed, forage at 0.05 ppm; safflower, seed at 0.05 ppm; sesame, seed at 0.05 ppm; and sunflower, seed at 0.05 ppm and decrease cotton, undelinted seed from 2 to 0.05 ppm. 
EPA proposes increasing the tolerances for the co mbined residues of the fungicide, captan 
(N- trichloromethylthio-4-cyclohexene-1,2 -dicarboximide) and its metabolite 1,2,3,6-
tetrahydrophthalimide (THPI) in or on cattle, fat from 0.05 to 0.15 ppm; cattle, meat from 
0.05 to 0.20 ppm; cattle, meat byproducts from 0.05 to 0.30 ppm; hog, fat from 0.05 to 0.15 ppm; hog, meat from 0.05 to 0.20 ppm; hog, meat byproducts from 0.05 to 0.30 ppm and proposes establishing tolerances in/on goat, fat at 0.15 ppm; goat, meat at 0.20 ppm; goat, meat byproducts at 0.30 ppm; horse, fat at 0.15 ppm; horse, meat at 0.20 ppm; horse, meat  G/SPS/N/USA/1607 
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  byproducts at 0.30 ppm; milk at 0.10 ppm; sheep, fat at 0.15 ppm; sheep, meat at 0.20 ppm; 
and sheep, meat byproducts at 0.30 ppm. Th e Agency determined that the increased 
tolerances are safe; i.e., there is a reasona ble certainty that no harm will result from 
aggregate exposure to the pesticide chemical residue. 
EPA is proposing to revoke the existing tolerance for mango at 50 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 captan, to implement the recomme ndations of the captan RED, reflect use 
patterns in the United States which support a di fferent tolerance than the Codex level on 
almonds, cucumbers, nectarines, raspberries, and tomatoes, because of differences in good 
agricultural practices.  However, compatibilit y exists for apples and pears and will exist 
between the proposed reassessed US tolerances and Codex MRLs for captan residues in or 
on blueberries, peaches, potatoes, and strawberries. 
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
6 June 2007 (Volume 72, Number 108) Proposed Rules Page 31221-31237; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2007/June/Day-06/p10863.htm 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  6 August 2007 
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 6 August 2007, and 
may be identified by docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0097. 
Agency or authority designated to handl e 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 Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority, [ ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail add ress (if available) of other body:   United States 
SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Fore ign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), St op 1027, Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel.:+(1 
202) 720-1301;  Fax: +(1 202) 69 0-0677;  E-mail: fstsd@fas.usda.gov