. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1768 
15 February 2008  
 (08-0679) 
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):  Cow, pig, sheep, horse, goat, poultry 
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: 
2,4-D, Bensulide, DCPA, Desmedipham, Dime thoate, Fenamiphos, Phorate, Sethoxydim, 
Terbufos, and Tetrachlorvinphos; Proposed To lerance Actions (avail able in English, 
13 pages) 
6. Description of content:  Through this proposed rule:  
EPA proposes revising the tolerance expression to regulate the residue s of the insecticide 
tetrachlorvinphos ((Z)-2-chloro- 1-(2,4,5-trichlorophenyl)vinyl  dimethyl phosphate) and its 
metabolites, 1-(2,4,5-trichlorophenyl)-et hanol (free and conjugated forms), 2,4,5-
trichloroacetophenone, and 1-(2,4,5- trichlorophenyl)-ethanediol. 
EPA proposes revising and establishing 18-month time-limited toleranc es in newly proposed 
40 CFR 180.252(a)(1) for residues of the insecticide tetrachlor vinphos and its metabolites 
in/on cattle, fat and hog, fat from 1.5 ppm to 0.2 ppm (of which no more than 0.1 ppm is 
tetrachlorvinphos pe r se); cattle, kidney and hog, kidney at 1.0 ppm (of which no more than 
0.05 ppm is tetrachlorvinphos per se); cattle, liver and hog, liver at 0.5 ppm (of which no 
more than 0.05 ppm is tetrachl orvinphos per se); cattle, meat and hog, meat at 2.0 ppm (of 
which no more than 2.0 ppm is tetrachlorvinpho s per se); cattle, meat byproducts except 
kidney and liver and hog, meat by products except kidney and liver at 1.0 ppm; milk, fat at 
0.05 ppm reflecting negligible residues in whol e milk (of which no more than 0.05 ppm is 
tetrachlorvinphos per se); eggs  from 0.1 to 0.2 ppm (of which no more than 0.05 ppm is 
tetrachlorvinphos per se); poultr y, fat from 0.7 to 7.0 ppm (of which no more than 7.0 ppm is 
tetrachlorvinphos per se); poultry, meat at 3.0 ppm (of which no more than 3.0 ppm is 
tetrachlorvinphos per se); poultry, liver at 2.0 ppm (of which no more than 0.05 ppm is 
tetrachlorvinphos per se); and poultry, meat byproducts except liver at 2.0 ppm all of which 
expire on [18 months from the date of final publication].  The Agency determined that the 
increased tolerances are safe; i.e. there is a reasonable certainty that no harm will result from aggregate exposure to the pesticide chemical residue. G/SPS/N/USA/1768 
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  Because the Agency is taking action to establis h the time-limited tolerances in/on cattle, hog 
and poultry commodities (above), the Agency has determined that the exception that permits 
the safe use of tetrachlorvinphos as an additive to beef cattle,  dairy cattle, horse and swine 
feed at the rates of 0.00015 lb per 100 lb body weight per day for cattle and horses, and 
0.00011 lb per 100 lb body weight per day for swine'' is no longer necessary. 
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:    
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 :   
6 February 2008 (Volume 73, Number 25) Proposed Rules Page 6867-6879; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-P EST/2008/February/Day-06/p2094.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 7 April 2008, and may 
be identified by docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0674. 
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;  Fa x:  +(1 202) 690-0677;  E-mail:  
us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov