. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1284 
28 April 2006 
 (06-2030) 
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):  Wheat bran  
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: 
Wheat Bran; Proposed Revocation of the Inert Ingredient Tolerance Exemption (Available 
in English, 3 pages).  
6. Description of content:  The Agency is proposing to revoke the inert ingredient tolerance 
exemption for ``wheat bran''.  This action co mpletes EPA's revocation of the wheat bran 
tolerance exemption as initially discussed in the Federal Register Notice of 
15 January 2002.  In that Notice, EPA iden tified several inert ingredients as allergen-
containing food commodities, including wheat bran, and stated that their tolerance 
exemptions needed to be removed.  
Unfortunately, wheat bran's tolerance exem ption was not revoked in the final rule 
(24 May 2002) because of an administrative e rror.  No comments were received on the 
proposed or the final rule.  Therefore, wheat bran's tolerance exemption was not revoked in the final rule for any reason but omission.  
7. Objective and rationale: [ X ] food safety,  [   ] animal health,  [   ] 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: 
19 April 2006 (Volume 71, Number 75), Pages 20045-20048,  http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/April/Day-19/p5877.htm
 (Available in 
English).  G/SPS/N/USA/1284 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not specified 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  EPA is proposing the revocation of the current wheat 
bran tolerance exemption under 40 CFR 180.910 become effective on the date of publication of the final rule in the Federal Register.
  
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 19 June 2006. 
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 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:  
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@fas.usda.gov