. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1398 
28 August 2006 
 (06-4045) 
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):  Meat, fat and meat by-products of cattle, sheep, hogs, goats, horses, poultry, 
milk and eggs when applied as a bactericid e/fungicide to animal premises and bedding.  
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:  Final rule.   Copper 
Sulfate Pentahydrate; Tolerance Exemption in  or on Various Food and Feed Commodities 
(Available in English, 4 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This final rule establishes a to lerance exemption for residues of 
copper sulfate Pentahydrate when applied as a fungicide to growing crops or to raw 
agricultural commodities after harvest, and as a b actericide/fungicide in or on meat, fat and 
meat by-products of cattle, sheep, hogs, goa ts, horses and poultry, milk and eggs when 
applied as a bactericide/fungicide to animal premises and bedding. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ X ] food safety,  [ X ] animal health,  [  ] 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:  Federal Register: 
11 August 2006 (Volume 71, Number 155) Pages 46106-46110, http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA- PEST/2006/August/Day-11/p13082.htm  
Available in English.  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  This regulation is effective 11 August 2006.  This regulation 
was posted on the Federal Register as a notice on 21 December 2005. G/SPS/N/USA/1398 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  11 August 2006 
12. Final date for comments:  Objections and requests for hearings should be received on or 
before 10 October 2006.  
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:  Antimicrobials Division (7510C), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001  
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifi cation authority, [   ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Ms Deborah Thompson, United States SPS Nati onal Notification Authority, USDA Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250.  Tel:  202-720-1301;  Fax:  202-690-0677;  E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov