WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1849 
6 August 2008 
 (08-3729) 
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):  Barley, buckwheat, millet, oat, triticale, wheat, corn, peosinte, sorghum, cereal, 
hay, sugar beet, brassica, buckwheat, carrot, catt le, citrus, cotton, pome fruit, goat, grain, 
grape, grass, hog, hop, horse, lettuce, milk, mu stard, tree nut, pea, bean, peanut, pepper, 
pistachio, poultry, radish, rye, sheep, soybean, sugarcane, sunflower, tomato, turnip, cucurbit, tuberous vegetable 
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:  NOTICE:  Notice of 
Receipt; Petition Filed for Residues of Pest icide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities 
(available in English, 3 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This notice announces receipt of a petition which proposes to 
establish the following changes to existing regu lations for the various formulations of the 
insecticide cyfluthrin as follows:  
New tolerances are proposed for residues of th e insecticide, cyfluthrin, cyano(4-fluoro-3-
phenoxyphenyl)methyl-3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2 ,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate in or 
on food commodities barley, grain; buckwheat, grai n; millet, grain; oat, grain; rye, grain; 
triticale, grain; and wheat, grain at 0.15 part pe r million (ppm); corn, field, grain; corn, pop, 
grain; and teosinte, grain at 0.05 ppm; sorghum, grain at 3.5 ppm; grain,  cereal, forage, fodder 
and hay, group 16, forage, except rice at 25 pp m; grain, cereal, forage, fodder and hay, group 
16, hay, except rice at 6.0 ppm; grain, cereal, forage, fodder and hay, group 16, stover, except 
rice at 30 ppm; and grain, cereal, forage, fodder and hay, group 16, straw, except rice at 7.0 
ppm. 
New tolerances are proposed for residues of the in secticide, beta-cyfluth rin, cyano(4-fluoro-3-
phenoxyphenyl)methyl-3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl )-2,2-dimethyl-cyclopropanecarboxylate 
[mixture comprising the enanti omeric pair (R)-[alpha]-cy ano-4-fluoro-3-phenoxybenzyl 
(1S,3S)-3-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyc lopropanecarboxylate a nd (S)-[alpha]-cyano-4-
fluoro-3-phenoxybenzyl (1R,3R)-3-(2,2-dichlor ovinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate 
with the enantiomeric pair (R )-[alpha]-cyano-4-fluoro-3-ph enoxybenzyl (1S,3R)-3-(2,2-
dichlorovinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecar boxylate and (S)-[alpha]-cyano-4-fluoro-3-
phenoxybenzyl (1R,3S)-3-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-2,2 -dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate in or on 
food commodities: alfalfa at 5.0 ppm; alfalfa, forage at 5.0 ppm; alfalfa, hay at 13 ppm; 
almond, hulls at 0.5 ppm; barley, bran at 0.5 ppm; barley, grain at 0.15 ppm; beet, sugar, dried G/SPS/N/USA/1849 
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  pulp at 1.0 ppm; beet, sugar, roots at 0.10 ppm;  Brassica, head and stem , subgroup 5A at 2.5 
ppm; Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 5B at 7. 0 ppm; buckwheat, grain at 0.15 ppm; carrot, 
roots at 0.20 ppm; cattle, fat at 2.0 ppm; cattle,  meat at 0.10 ppm; cattle, meat byproducts at 
0.10 ppm; citrus, dried pulp at 0.3 ppm; citrus, oil at 0.3 ppm; corn, field, grain at 0.05 ppm; 
corn, pop, grain at 0.05 ppm; corn, sweet, kern el plus cob with husks removed at 0.05 ppm; 
cotton, hulls at 2.0 ppm; cotton, refined oil at  2.0 ppm; cotton, undelinted seed at 1.0 ppm; 
egg at 0.01 ppm; fruit, citrus, group 10 at 0.2 ppm; fruit, pome, group 11 at 0.5 ppm; fruit, 
stone, group 12 at 0.3 ppm; goat, fat at 2.0 ppm; goat, meat at 0.05 ppm; goat, meat byproducts at 0.05 ppm; grain, aspirated fractions at 150 ppm; grain, cereal, forage, fodder 
and hay, group 16, forage, except rice at 25 pp m; grain, cereal, forage, fodder and hay, group 
16, hay, except rice at 6.0 ppm; grain, cereal, forage, fodder and hay, group 16, stover, except 
rice at 30 ppm; grain, cereal, forage, fodder a nd hay, group 16, straw, except rice at 7.0 ppm; 
grape at 1.0 ppm; grape, raisin at 3.5 ppm; gras s, forage, fodder and hay, group 17, forage at 
12 ppm; grass, forage, fodder and hay, group 17, hay at 50 ppm; hog, fat at 0.5 ppm; hog, 
meat at 0.01 ppm; hog, meat byproducts at 0.01 ppm; hop, dried cones at 20.0 ppm; hop, 
vines at 4.0 ppm; horse, fat at 2.0 ppm; horse, meat at 0.05 ppm; horse, meat byproducts at 
0.05 ppm; lettuce, head at 2.0 pp m; lettuce, leaf at 3.0 ppm; milk at 0.2 ppm; milk, fat at 5.0 
ppm; millet, grain at 0.15 ppm; mustard greens  at 7.0 ppm; nut, tree, group 14 at 0.01 ppm; 
oat, bran at 0.5 ppm; oat, grain at 0.15 ppm; pea and bean, dried shelled, except soybean, subgroup 6C at 0.15 ppm; pea, dry, seed at 0. 15 ppm; pea, southern, succulent at 0.25 ppm; 
peanut at 0.01 ppm; peanut, hay at 6.0 ppm; pepper at 0.50 ppm; pistachio at 0.01 ppm; 
poultry, fat at 0.01 ppm; poultry, meat at 0.01 ppm; poultry, meat byproducts at 0.01 ppm; 
radish, roots at 1.0 ppm; rye, bran at 0.5 ppm;  rye, grain at 0.15 ppm; sheep, fat at 2.0 ppm; 
sheep, meat at 0.05 ppm; sheep, meat byproducts at 0.05 ppm; sorghum, grain, grain at 3.5 ppm; soybean, forage at 8.0 ppm; soybean, hay at 4.0 ppm; soybean, seed at 0.03 ppm; 
sugarcane, cane at 0.05 ppm; sugarcane, molasses at 0.20 ppm; sunflower, forage at 5.0 ppm; 
sunflower, seed at 0.02 ppm; teosinte, grain at  0.05 ppm; tomato at 0.20 ppm; tomato, paste at 
0.5 ppm; tomato, pomace at 5.0 ppm; triticale, grain at 0.15 ppm; turnip, greens at 7.0 ppm; 
vegetable, cucurbit, group 9 at 0.1 ppm; vegeta ble, fruiting, group 8 at 0.5 ppm; vegetable, 
leafy greens, except Brassica, group 4 at 6.0 ppm; vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C 
at 0.01 ppm; wheat, bran at 0.5 ppm; wheat, gr ain at 0.15 ppm; and wheat, shorts at 0.5 ppm. 
Amendments are proposed to the following existing tolerances for residues of the insecticide, 
cyfluthrin, cyano(4-fluoro-3-phenoxypheny l)methyl-3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2-
dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate, in or on the food commodities barley, bran from 5.0 ppm 
to 0.5 ppm; cattle, fat from 10.0 ppm to 2.0 pp m; cattle, meat from 0.40 ppm to 0.10 ppm; 
cattle, meat byproducts from 0.40 ppm to 0.10 ppm;  goat, fat from 10.0 ppm to 2.0 ppm; goat, 
meat from 0.40 ppm to 0.05 ppm; goat, meat by products from 0.40 ppm to 0.05 ppm; grain, 
aspirated fractions from 600 ppm to 150 ppm; hog, fat from 10.0 ppm to 0.5 ppm; hog, meat 
from 0.40 ppm to 0.01 ppm; hog, meat byproduc ts from 0.40 ppm to 0.01 ppm; horse, fat 
from 10.0 ppm to 2.0 ppm; horse, meat from 0.40 ppm to 0.05 ppm; horse, meat byproducts from 0.40 ppm to 0.05 ppm; milk from 1.0 ppm to 0.2 ppm; milk, fat from 30.0 ppm to 5.0 ppm; oat, bran from 5.0 ppm to 0.5 ppm; rye, bran from 5.0 ppm to 0.5 ppm; sheep, fat from 10.0 ppm to 2.0 ppm; sheep, meat from 0.40 ppm to 0.05 ppm; sheep, meat byproducts from 
0.40 ppm to 0.05 ppm; wheat, bran from 6.5 ppm to 0.5 ppm; and wheat, shorts from 11.0 
ppm to 0.5 ppm. 
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   The registrant requests that the following tolerances be deleted:  
Residues of the insecticide, cyfluthrin, cyano(4-fluoro-3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl-3-(2,2-
dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecar boxylate, in or on the food commodities corn, 
field, forage at 3.0 ppm; corn, field, milled by products at 7.0 ppm; corn, field, refined oil at 
30.0; corn, field, stover at 6.0 ppm; corn, pop, stover at 6.0 ppm; corn, sweet, forage at 15.0 
ppm; corn, sweet, stover at 30.00 ppm; grain, cereal, group 15 at 4.0 ppm; rice, bran at 6.0 
ppm; rice, hulls at 18.0 ppm; sorghum, grain, fora ge at 2.0 ppm; sorghum, grain, stover at 5.0 
ppm; wheat, forage at 5.0 ppm; wheat, hay at 6.0 ppm; and wheat, straw at 6.0 ppm.  
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:  
[   ] 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 :   
30 July 2008 (Volume 73, Number 147) Notices Page 44264-44266; http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA -PEST/2008/July/Day-30/p17452.htm
   
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This is a notice of availability which may or may not 
result in further regulatory action. 
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 29 August 2008, and 
may be identified by docke t number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0337. 
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