. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1557 
23 May 2007  
 (07-2105) 
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):  Cattle, goat, hog, horse, sheep, poultry, grain 
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. 
Chloroneb, Cypermethrin, Methidathion, Nitr apyrin, Oxyfluorfen, Pirimiphos-methyl, 
Sulfosate, Tebuthiuron, Thiabendazole, Thid iazuron, and Tribuphos; Proposed Tolerance 
Actions (available in English, 16 pages) 
6. Description of content:  By means of this rule and in accordance with relevant science, EPA 
is proposing to revise the tolerance expression  for residues of pirimiphos-methyl per se as 
follows:  
Tolerances are established for residues of the insecticide pirimiphos-methyl in or on cattle, 
kidney; cattle, liver; goat, kidney; goat, liver ; hog, kidney; hog, liver; horse, kidney; horse, 
liver; sheep, kidney; and sheep, liver; and decreas e the tolerances on cattle, fat; cattle, meat 
byproducts; goat, fat; goa t, meat byproducts; hog, fat; hog, meat byproduc ts; horse, fat; horse, 
meat byproducts; poultry, fat; sh eep, fat; and sheep, meat byproducts to 0.02 ppm, and on 
grain, aspirated fractions at 20.0 ppm.  In a ddition, EPA is proposing to revoke the tolerance 
for residues on pirimpho s-methyl on cattle, meat. 
Further, EPA is proposing to revise commod ity terminology in to conform with current 
Agency practice as follows: "corn" to "corn,  field, grain" and "corn, pop, grain". 
 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [ ] 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:   While there is a Codex MRL for pirimiphos-
methyl on meat at 0.01 mg/kg, EPA notes th at the definition of "meat" under Codex is 
different than in US tolerances and Codex ha s not established pirimiphos-methyl MRLs for 
fat or meat byproducts. G/SPS/N/USA/1557 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: Federal Register: 
2 May 2007 (Volume 72, Number 84)  Proposed Rules Page 24198-24213; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/E PA-PEST/2007/May/Day-02/p8373.htm 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  2 July 2007 
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 2 July 2007, and may 
be identified by docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0036. 
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 Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Penn sylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority, [ ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail a ddress (if available) of other body:   United States 
SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Fore ign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Divisi on (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel:  +(1 
202-720-1301);  Fax:  +(1 202) 690-0677;   E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov