. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1556 
23 May 2007  
 (07-2099) 
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):  Peppermint, spearmint, milk, cattle, goat,  hog, horse, sheep, eggs, poultry, grass 
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:  With this rule, the Agency is proposing to revise the commodity 
terminology for mint hay into separate tole rances for residues of oxyfluorfen in or on 
peppermint, tops and sp earmint, tops and decrease each tole rance to 0.05 ppm, and to change 
existing tolerances for oxyfluorfen in or on milk; cattle, fat; cattle, meat; cattle, meat 
byproducts; goat, fat; goat, me at; goat, meat byproducts; hog,  fat; hog, meat; hog, meat 
byproducts; horse, fat; horse, meat; horse, meat byproducts; sh eep, fat; sheep, meat; and 
sheep, meat byproducts to 0.01 ppm, on egg to 0.03 ppm, poultry, meat to 0.01 ppm, poultry, 
meat byproducts to 0.01 ppm, on poul try, fat to 0.2 ppm, and on gr ass, forage; gr ass, hay; and 
grass, seed screenings; each to 0.05 ppm.  The Agency has determined that these new tolerances are safe; i.e., there is a reasonable ce rtainty that no harm will result from aggregate 
exposure to the pesticide chemical residue. 
Moreover, it should be noted that use of oxyfl uorfen on plantains is covered by the existing 
tolerance at 0.05 ppm for banana, and there is no need to establish a separate tolerance on 
plantains at 0.05 ppm. Also, b ecause use of oxyfluorfen on garlic  is covered by the existing 
tolerance at 0.05 ppm for onion bulb under  there is  no need to establis h a separate tolerance 
on garlic at 0.05 ppm as had been recommende d in the RED "corn, pop, stover", and "corn, 
sweet, stover", and "sorghum, grai n" to "sorghum, grain, grain". 
 In addition, EPA is proposi ng to revise commodity termi nology to conform to current 
Agency practice as follows:  "banana (including plantain)" to "banana", "coffee, bean" to "coffee, bean, green" , "corn, gr ain" to "corn, field, grain" an d "corn, pop, grain", "onion, dry 
bulb" to "onion, bulb", "taro, corm and leav es" to "taro, corm" and "taro, leaves". 
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  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 Protec tion 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: 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 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)  690-0677;  E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov