. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1691 
22 August 2007  
 (07-3532) 
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):  Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, celery, cranberry, lettuce, mint, pepper, mint, 
peppermint, soybean 
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  
Acephate, Chlorpyrifos, Fenbutatin-Oxide (Hex akis), Metolachlor, MCPA, Pyrethrins and 
Triallate; Proposed Tolerance Actions  (available in English, 23 pages) 
6. Description of content:  By means of this proposed rule: 
The Agency proposes revising the residues fo r regulation from "acephate (O,S-dimethyl 
acetylphosphoramidothioate) and its chol inesterase- inhib iting metabolite O,S-
dimethylphosphura-midothioate" to "a cephate per se (O,S-dimethyl 
acetylphosphoramidothioate)" and remove the te rminology "of which no more than 1 ppm, 
0.5 ppm, or 0.1 ppm is O,S- dimethyl acet ylphosphoramidothioate" from the tolerances on 
bean (succulent and dry form), Brussels sprout s, cauliflower, celery, cranberry, lettuce, mint 
hay, and pepper.  
EPA proposes decreasing tolerances for residues  of acephate per se in/on cotton, undelinted 
seed from 2 to 0.5 ppm; cotton, hulls from 4 to 1.0 ppm; cotton, meal from 8 to 1.0 ppm; 
increasing the tolerance in/on mint, hay from 15.0 to 27 ppm; and revising mint, hay to 
peppermint, tops and spearmint, tops.  
Based on the reevaluation of the soybean processing data that indicate resi dues of acephate do 
not concentrate and will not exceed the tolerance on soybeans, the Agency has determined 
that a separate tolerance is not needed on  soybean meal. Therefor e, EPA proposes revoking 
the tolerance for the residues of acephate per se in/on soybean, meal at 4 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    G/SPS/N/USA/1691 
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  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 :  
8 August 2007 (Volume 72, Number 152) Proposed Rules Page 44439-44451; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA -PEST/2007/August/Day-08/p15336.htm  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This is proposed rule and may or may not result in a 
future regulatory action. 
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 9 October 2007, and 
may be identified by docke t number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0445. 
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), Of fice of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Penn sylvania 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 ava ilable) of other body:  United States 
SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Fore ign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Divi sion (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel:  +(1 
202) 720-1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 690-0677;  E- mail:  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov