. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1799 
27 May 2008  
 (08-2460) 
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):  Apple, grapefruit, lemon, lime, nect arine, orange, peach, pear, tangerine, 
tangelo 
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: 
Benfluralin, Carbaryl, Diazinon, Dicrotophos, Fluometuron, Formetanate Hydrochloride, 
Glyphosate, Metolachlor, Napropamide, Norflurazon, Pyrazon, and Tau-Fluvalinate; Proposed Tolerance Actions (available in English, 16 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This notification announces a proposed rule that existing EPA 
tolerances for residues of formetanate hydrochl oride in or on the following commodity(ies) 
be established at or changed to the following  values in parts per million (ppm), or be 
eliminated, as indicated below:  
EPA proposes decreasing the tolerances for r esidues of formetanate hydrochloride in/on 
apple from 3 to 0.50 ppm; grapefruit from 4 to 1.5 ppm; lemon from 4 to 0.60 ppm; lime from 4 to 0.03 ppm; nectarine 4 to 0.40 ppm; orange, sweet from 4 to 1.5 ppm; peach from 5 to 0.40 ppm; pear from 3 to 0.50 ppm; and tangerine from 4 to 0.03 ppm and establishing 
a tolerance in/on tangelo at 0.03 ppm. 
EPA proposes establishing a tolerance for residues of formetanate hydrochloride in/on 
apple, wet pomace at 1.5 ppm. 
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:    G/SPS/N/USA/1799 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   Federal Register: 
21 May 2008 (Volume 73, Number 99) Proposed Rules Page 29456-29471; http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/E PA-PEST/2008/May/Day-21/p11420.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 21 July 2008, and may 
be identified by docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-1170. 
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