. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1599 
18 June 2007  
 (07-2530) 
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):  Corn, sorghum, beets, grains, hay, ri ce, wheat, peas, soybeans, potatoes, 
sunflowers 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable :  Any 
US trade partners  
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  FINAL RULE. 
Acetochlor; Pesticide Tolerance., (available in English, 7 pages) 
6. Description of content:  By this Final Rule, tolerances are amended for residues of 
acetochlor; 2-chloro-2'-methyl-6-ethyl-N-e thoxymethylacetanilide, and its metabolites 
containing the ethyl methyl aniline (EMA) mo iety and the hydroxyethyl methyl aniline 
(HEMA) moiety, to be analyzed as acetochlor  and expressed as acetochlor equivalents, in 
or on the following commodities to the following values: Corn, field, forage at 3.0; Corn, 
field, grain at 0.05; Corn, field, stover at 1.5; Corn, pop, grain at 0.05; Corn, pop, stover at 
1.5; Corn, sweet, forage at 1.5; Corn, sweet, kernels plus cob with husks removed at 0.05; 
Corn, sweet, stover at 1.0; Sorghum, grain, forage at 1.6; Sorghum, grain, grain at 0.05; Sorghum, grain, stover at 1.7; Animal feed, nongrass, group 18, forage at 1.3; Animal feed, nongrass, group 18, hay at 3.5; Beet, sugar, root at 0.05; Beet, sugar, tops at 0.05; Grain, 
cereal, forage, fodder and straw, group 16, except corn, grain sorghum, rice and wheat, 
forage at 0.5; Grain, cereal, forage, fodder and straw, group 16, except corn, grain 
sorghum, rice and wheat, hay at 2.0; Grain,  cereal, forage, fodder and straw, group 16, 
except corn, grain sorghum, rice and wheat, stover at 0.1; Grain, cereal, forage, fodder and straw, group 16, except corn, grain sorghum, rice and wheat, straw at 0.3; Grain, cereal, group 15, except corn, grain sorghum, rice, and wheat, grain at 0.05; Pea and bean, dried 
shelled, except soybean, subgroup 6C at 0.05 ; Potato at 0.05; Soybean, forage at 0.7; 
Soybean, hay at 1.0; Soybean, seed at 0.1; Sunflower, seed 0.05; Wheat, forage at 0.5; Wheat, grain at 0.02; Wheat, hay at 2.0; and Wheat, straw at 0.1. 
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 
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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:  Federal Register: 16 
May 2007 (Volume 72, Number 94) Ru les and Regulations Page 27463-27469; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2007/May/Day-16/p9430.htm 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This regulation is effective 16 May 2007. 
12. Final date for comments:  Objections and requests for hearings must be received on or 
before 16 July 2007, and may be identified by docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0203. 
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 (IRSD), St op 1027, Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel.:+(1 
202) 720-1301;  Fax: +(1 202) 69 0-0677;  E-mail: fstsd@fas.usda.gov