. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1810 
6 June 2008  
 (08-2660) 
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):  Corn, oat, rye, millet, wheat, sorhum, cattle, goat, sheep, horse, hog, soybean, 
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:  
Aldicarb, Ametryn, 2,4-DB, Di camba, Dimethipin, 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 dicamba 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 decrease the tolerance on corn , grain to 0.1 ppm and revise the tolerance 
from corn grain to corn, field, grain a nd corn, pop, grain, each at 0.1 ppm. 
EPA is proposing in to increase the tolerances on oat, grain to 2.0 ppm; mi llet, proso, grain to 
2.0 ppm; oat, straw to 30.0 ppm, millet, proso,  straw to 30.0 ppm, and establish tolerances on 
rye, grain at 2.0 ppm and rye, straw at 30.0 ppm. 
EPA is proposing to increase the tolerances on oat, forage a nd wheat, forage, each to 90.0 
ppm; increase the tolerances on oat, hay and wheat, hay, each to 40. 0 ppm; and establish 
tolerances on millet, proso, forage at 90.0 ppm, rye, forage at 90.0 ppm, and millet, proso, hay 
at 40.0 ppm.  
EPA is proposing to increase the tolerances on so rghum, grain, grain to 4.0 ppm and sorghum, 
grain, stover to 10.0 ppm.  
EPA is proposing to decrease the tolerance on cotton, undelinted seed to 0.2 ppm and revoke 
the tolerance on cotton, meal. G/SPS/N/USA/1810 
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 EPA is proposing to increase the tolerances on cattle, fat; goat, fat; hog,  fat; horse, fat; and 
sheep, fat, each to 0.3 ppm; on cattle, kidney; goat, kidney; hog, kidney; horse, kidney; and 
sheep, kidney, each to 25.0 ppm; revise the term inology and increase the tolerances on cattle, 
meat byproducts, except kidney; goat, meat by products, except kidney; hog, meat byproducts, 
except kidney; horse, meat bypr oducts, except kidney; and shee p, meat byproducts, except 
kidney, each to 3.0 ppm; increase the tolera nces on cattle, meat; goat , meat; hog, meat; horse, 
meat; and sheep, meat, each to 0.25 ppm; decreas e the tolerance on milk to 0.2 ppm; and 
revoke the separate tolerances on  cattle, liver; goat, liver; hog,  liver; horse, liver; and sheep, 
liver.  
EPA is proposing to increase the tolerance on soybean, hulls to 30.0 ppm. 
EPA is proposing to decrease the tolerance on grain, aspirated fractions to 1,000 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 
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