. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1627 
29 June 2007  
 (07-2765) 
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):  Peanut, pearl millet, proso millet, kava, raspberry, soybean, aspirated grain 
fractions, herbs, caneberry 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable :  Any 
US trade partners  
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  FINAL RULE.  
Imidacloprid; Pesticide Tolerance (a vailable in English, 7 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes tolera nces for combined residues of 
imidacloprid and its metabolites containing the 6-chloropyridinyl moiety, all expressed as 
the parent, in or on peanut at .45 ppm, peanut hay at 35 ppm and peanut meal at .75 ppm; pearl millet grain at .05 ppm, forage at 2 ppm, hay at 6 ppm and straw at 3 ppm; proso millet grain at .05 ppm, forage at 2 ppm, hay at  6 ppm and straw at 3 ppm; kava roots at 
4 ppm and leaves at .4 ppm; raspberry, wild at 2.5 ppm; soybean forage at 8 ppm and hay 
at 45 ppm; and aspirated grain fractions at 240 ppm. It also amends existing tolerances for 
combined residues of imidacloprid and its me tabolites containing the 6-chloropyridinyl 
moiety in or on caneberry subgroup 13-A to 2.5 ppm and soybean seed to 3.5 ppm.  This 
regulation also corrects a typographical erro r in the commodity term for the existing 
tolerance on the herbs subgroup, fresh herbs. 
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:    G/SPS/N/USA/1627 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
20 June 2007 (Volume 72, Number 118) Rules and Regulations Page 33907-33913;  
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2007/June/Day-20/p11792.htm 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This regulation is effectiv e 20 June 2007.  Objections 
and requests for hearings must be received  on or before 20 August 2007, and may be 
identified by docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0968. 
12. Final date for comments:  Objections and requests for hearings must be received on or 
before 20 August 2007, and may be id entified by docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-
0968. 
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 ), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250. Tel: 
202-720-1301; Fax:  202-690-0677;   E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov