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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1604 
18 June 2007  
 (07-2555) 
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):  Cotton 
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. 
Methamidophos, Oxydemeton-methyl, Profenofos , and Trichlorfon; Proposed Tolerance 
Actions (available in English, 9 pages) 
6. Description of content:  Currently, tolerances are expressed for residues of profenofos and 
its metabolites converted to 4-bromo-2-chlor ophenyl and calculated as profenofos.  Based 
on the Agency's determination that only residues of profenofos per se are of toxicological concern, the tolerance expression should be revised  to reflect that profenofos per se is the 
only regulated residue.  Therefore, EPA is proposing to revise the tolerance expression as 
follows: 
Based on available data that showed profenofos residues were as high as 1.1 ppm on 
cottonseed, the Agency is proposing to decre ase the tolerance on cotton, undelinted seed to 
2.0 ppm.  Also, this proposed level will harmonize with the Codex MRL of 2 mg/kg on cottonseed. 
Based on available data that showed profenofos residues as high as 53 ppm, the Agency is 
proposing to establish a tolerance for the residu es of profenofos on cotton, gin byproducts 
at 55.0 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/1604 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
23 May 2007 (Volume 72, Number 99) Proposed Rules Page 28912-28920; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2007/May/Day-23/p2561.htm 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  23 July 2007 
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 23 July 2007, and 
may be identified by docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0261. 
Agency or authority designated to handl e 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 Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority, [ ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail add ress (if available) of other body:   United States 
SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Fore ign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Division (IR SD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250;  
Tel.:+(1 202) 720-1301;  Fax: +(1 202)  690-0677;  E-mail: fstsd@fas.usda.gov