. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1879 
16 October 2008  
 (08-4983) 
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):  Various 
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:  2,4-D, 
Bensulide, Chlorpyrifos, DCPA, Desmedipha m, Dimethoate, Fenamiphos, Metolachlor, 
Phorate, Sethoxydim, Terbufos, Tetrachlorv inphos, and Triallate; Tolerance Actions 
(available in English)   
6. Description of content:  In this rule, EPA is revoking, modi fying, and establ ishing specific 
tolerances for residues of chlorpyrifos in or on commodities listed in the regulatory text of this 
document.  EPA is finalizing these tolerance actions in order to implement the tolerance 
recommendations made during the reregistra tion and tolerance re assessment processes 
(including follow-up on cancelled or additional uses of pesticides)  
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:    
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 :   
17 September 2008 (Volume 73, Number 181) Rules and Regulations Page 53732-53742. 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-P EST/2008/Septembe r/Day-17/p21736.htm  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A G/SPS/N/USA/1879 
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  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 17 November 2008, and 
may be identified by docke t number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0674. 
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