. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1562 
1 June 2007 
 (07-2241) 
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):   Cattle, fat; cattle, meat; goat, fat; goa t, meat; horse, fat; horse, meat; sheep, 
fat; and sheep, meat, cattle, meat byproduc ts; goat, meat byproducts; horse, meat 
byproducts; and sheep, meat byproducts, milk, and plant commodities containing 
tebuthiuron and its metabolites  
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, Nitrapyrin, Oxyfluorfen, Pirimiphos-methyl, Sulfosate, Tebuthiuron, Thiabendazole, Thid iazuron, and Tribuphos; Proposed Tolerance 
Actions (available in English, 16 pages) 
6. Description of content:  EPA is proposing to revise the tolerance expression for plant 
commodities with tolerances established for th e combined residues of tebuthiuron (N-(5-
(1,1-dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)-N,N '-dimethylurea) and its metabolites N-(5-(2-
hydroxy-1,1-dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-thiadi azol-2-yl)-N,N'-dimethylurea, N-(5-(1,1-
dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-thiadi azol-2-yl)-N-methylurea, and N-(5-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-
thiadiazol-2-yl)-N'-hydroxymethyl-N-methylurea. 
Further, EPA is proposing to revise the to lerance expression for these animal commodities 
with tolerances established for the combin ed residues of tebuthiuron (N-(5-(1,1-
dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)-N,N'- dimethylurea) and its metabolites N-(5-(1,1- 
dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)-N-m ethylurea, N-(5-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-
thiadiazol-2-yl)urea, 2-dimethylethyl-5-amino-1,3,4-thiadiazole, and N-(5-(1,1-
dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2- yl)-N'-hydroxymethyl-N-methylurea. 
In addition, EPA is proposing to revise the to lerance expression for milk with a tolerance 
established for the combined residues of tebuthiuron (N-(5-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-
thiadiazol-2-yl)-N,N'-dimethylurea) and its metabolites N-(5-(1,1 dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-
thiadiazol-2-yl)-N-methylurea, N-(5-(2-hydroxy-1,1-dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)-
N-methylurea, N-(5-(1,1-dimethylethyl)- 1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)urea, N-(5-(1,1- 
dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)-N'- hydroxymethyl-N-methylurea, and N-(5-(2-
hydroxy-1,1-dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazo l-2-yl)-N'-hydroxymethyl-N-methylurea. G/SPS/N/USA/1562 
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   EPA is proposing to decrease tolerances on ca ttle, fat; cattle, meat; goat, fat; goat, meat; 
horse, fat; horse, meat; sheep, fat; and sheep, meat to 1.0 ppm; and increase tolerances on cattle, meat byproducts; goat, meat byproduc ts; horse, meat byproducts; and sheep, meat 
byproducts to 5.0 ppm.  Also, EPA is proposing to increase the tolerance on milk to 0.8 ppm. The Agency determined that the increas ed tolerances are safe; i.e., there is a 
reasonable certainty that no harm will result from aggregate exposure to the pesticide 
chemical residue. 
Further, EPA is proposing to revise existing re gulation by adding separate paragraphs (b), 
(c), and (d), and reserving those sections for tolerances with section 18 emergency 
exemptions, regional registrations, and indir ect or inadvertent residues, respectively.  
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: 
[   ] 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:  Federal Register: 
2 May 2007 (Volume 72, Number 84) Proposed Rules Page 24198-24213; http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-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 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001  
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifi cation authority, [   ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  United 
States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, International Regulations and Standards Di vision (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 
20250. Tel:  202-720-1301; Fax:  202- 690-0677; E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov