. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1131 
4 October 2005 
 (05-4414) 
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):  Casein; fish meal; soy protein, isolat ed; soybean flour; wheat, including flour, 
bran, and starch; sodium caseinate ; rhodamine B; and wheat shorts 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
US trading partners 
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  FINAL RULE. 
Pesticides; Removal of Expired Time-Limited To lerance Exemptions (Available in English, 
3 pages)  
6. Description of content:  EPA is removing time-limited tolerance exemptions for several 
pesticide chemicals.  These time-limited tole rance exemptions are being removed because 
they have expired and are obsolete, and to en sure that the regulatory listings of tolerance 
exemptions are properly updated.  The followi ng time-limited tolerance exemptions are 
removed because they have expired: casein; fi sh meal; soy protein, isolated; soybean flour; 
wheat, including flour, bran, and starch; sodium  caseinate; rhodamine B; and wheat shorts.  
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,  [   ] 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: 
23 September 2005 (Volume 70, Number 184)] [Rules and Regulations, Pages 55731-55733, http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/September/Day-23/p19056.htm  
(Available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption:   G/SPS/N/USA/1131 
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 11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This final rule is effective on 22 November 2005.  
12. Final date for comments:  EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket 
identification (ID) number OPP-2005-0238 
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 (7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 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:   
Ms. Julie Morin, United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250. Tel:  202-720-4051; Fax:  202-690-0677; E-mail:  fstsd@usda.gov