. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1529 
24 April 2007 
 (07-1675) 
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):   Hop, amaranth, cattle, sheep, goat, horse, poultry, milk, eggs  
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.  
Spinosad; Pesticide Tolerance (available in English, 7 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This rule establishes toleranc es for residues of spinosad, a 
fermentation product of Saccharopolyspora spi nosad, in or on hop, dried cones at 22 ppm 
and amaranth, grain, stover at 10 ppm; cattle, meat at 2.0 ppm; sheep, meat at 2.0 ppm; goat, meat at 2.0 ppm; horse, meat at 2.0 ppm; poultry, meat at 0.10 ppm; cattle, fat at 50 
ppm; sheep, fat at 50 ppm; goat, fat at 50 ppm ; horse, fat at 50 ppm; poultry, fat at 1.3 ppm; 
milk at 7.0 ppm; milk, fat at 85 ppm; egg at  0.30 ppm; cattle, meat byproducts, except liver 
at 5.0 ppm; sheep, meat by-products, except liver at 5.0 ppm; goat, meat by-products, except liver at 5.0 ppm; horse, meat by-products, except liver at 5.0 ppm; poultry meat by-products tolerance raised from 0.03 ppm and set at 0.10 ppm; cattle, liver at 10 ppm; sheep, 
liver at 10 ppm; goat, liver at 10 ppm; and horse, liver at 10 ppm. 
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:  Federal Register: 
21 March 2007 (Volume 72, Number 54) Ru les and Regulations Page 13168-13174; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2007/March/Day-21/p4760.htm. G/SPS/N/USA/1529 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This regulation is effective 21 March 2007. 
12. Final date for comments:  Objections and requests for hearings must be received on or 
before 21 May 2007, and may be identifi ed by docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0579. 
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 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:  United 
States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, International Regulations and Standards Di vision (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 
20250;  Tel:  202-720-1301;  Fax:  2 02-690-0677;  E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov