. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1806 
28 May 2008  
 (08-2482) 
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):  Cherry, nectarine, watercress, peach, plum, prune, corn, cattle, olive, sugar 
beets, hops, grape, radish, pea, blackberry, ra spberry, loganberry, endive, escarole, mushroom 
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, Formetan ate Hydrochloride, 
Glyphosate, Metolachlor, Napropamide, Norf lurazon, Pyrazon, and Tau-Fluvalinate;  
Proposed Tolerance Actions (avail able in English, 16 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This notification announces a pr oposed rule that existing EPA 
tolerances for residues of diazinon in or on th e 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 diaz inon residues of concern in/on apricot from 
0.5 to 0.20 ppm; cherry from 0.75 to cherry, swee t and cherry, tart at 0.2 ppm; nectarine from 
0.5 to 0.2 ppm; peach from 0.7 to 0.2 ppm; plum, prune, fresh from 0.5 to 0.2 ppm; and 
watercress from 0.7 to 0.05 ppm; and re voking corn, field, forage at 40.0 ppm. 
EPA proposes revoking the tolerance for diazinon residues of concern in/on olive at 1.0 ppm 
and decreasing the tolerance in/on cattle fat from 0.7 ppm to 0.5 ppm. 
EPA proposes revoking the tolerances for diaz inon residues of concern in/on beet, sugar, 
roots at 0.5 ppm; beet, sugar, tops at 10 ppm; corn, sweet, forage at 40 ppm; corn, sweet, 
kernel plus cob with husks removed at 0.7 ppm; grape at 0.75 ppm; hop, dried cones at 
0.75 ppm; mushroom at 0.75 ppm; walnuts at 0.5 ppm; radish, oriental, roots at 0.10 ppm; and 
radish, oriental, tops at 0.10 ppm. 
EPA proposes revoking the tolerances  in/on pea, field, hay at 10.0 ppm and pea, field, vines at 
25.0 ppm. 
EPA proposes revising and increasing toleranc es for diazinon residues of concern from 
"blackberry at 0.5 ppm, loganberry at 0.75 pp m, and raspberry at 0.5 ppm to caneberry 
subgroup 13-07A at 0.75 ppm" and revising endive to escarole. G/SPS/N/USA/1806 
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  7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [ X ] 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:  
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  The proposed tolerance actions herein for 
diazinon, to implement the reco mmendations of the diazinon RED, reflect use patterns in the 
US which support a different tolerance than th e Codex level on some commodities because of 
differences in good agricult ural practices.  Howeve r, compatibility exists for all of the citrus 
fruits, Chinese cabbage, grapes, mushrooms, ol ives, peaches, plums, and sheep by-products 
and fat, based on the proposed reasse ssed US tolerances implemented. 
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 :   
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