WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1811 
9 June 2008  
 (08-2690) 
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, cotton, sorghum, pea, wheat, barley, grain, clover, oat, vetch, blueberry, 
boysenberry, currant, dewberry, gooseberry, huckleb erry, loganberry, citrus, pineapple, sugar, 
hazelnut, macadamia nu t, pecan, walnut 
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, Dicamba, Dimethip in, 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 diuron 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 nome nclature for alfalfa to read alfalfa, forage and alfalfa, hay 
and to increase the tolerance on alfalfa, forage to 3.0 ppm. 
EPA is proposing to decrease th e tolerances on apple to 0.1 ppm, cotton, undelinted seed to 
0.2 ppm, grape to 0.05 ppm, pineapple to 0.1 ppm, pea to 0.1 ppm and revise the tolerance 
nomenclature for pea to pea, field, seed; sorghum,  grain, grain to 0.5 ppm; sugarcane, cane to 
0.2 ppm, wheat, grain to 0.5 ppm, and wheat, straw to 1.5 ppm. 
EPA is proposing to decrease the tolerance on barley, grain to 0.2 ppm, and establish a 
tolerance on barley, straw at 1.5 ppm. 
EPA is proposing to establish the tolerances for grain, aspirated fractions at 5.0 ppm and 
wheat, bran at 0.7 ppm, and for barley, bran at 0.7 ppm. 
EPA is proposing to decrease the tolerance on cl over, forage to 0.1 ppm and clover, hay to 
1.0 ppm. 
EPA is proposing to decrease the tolerances on oat, grain to 0.1 ppm and oat, straw to 
1.5 ppm. G/SPS/N/USA/1811 
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   EPA is proposing to decrease the tolerances on tr efoil, forage and trefoil, hay to 0.1 ppm and 
1.5 ppm, respectively. 
EPA is proposing to decrease the tolerances on vetch, forage and vetc h, hay to 0.1 ppm and 
1.5 ppm, respectively. 
EPA is proposing to revoke the individual tole rances on blackberry, blueberry, boysenberry, 
currant, dewberry, gooseberry, huckleberry, loganberry, and raspberry and establish a 
tolerance on berry group 13 at 0.1 ppm. 
EPA is proposing to revise the tolerance on fruit, citrus to fruit, citrus, group 10, except lemon 
and decrease it to 0.05 ppm, and establ ish a tolerance on lemon at 0.5 ppm. 
EPA is proposing to revoke the tolerance on citr us, dried pulp and establish a tolerance on 
citrus, oil at 3.0 ppm. 
EPA is proposing to establish a tolerance for pineapple, pr ocess residue at 0.4 ppm. 
EPA is proposing to establis h a tolerance for sugarcane, molasses at 0.7 ppm. 
EPA is proposing to revoke the tolerance on nut and establish tolera nces on hazelnut at 
0.1 ppm, and nut, macadamia; pe can; and walnut; each at 0.05 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:    
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  G/SPS/N/USA/1811 
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  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