. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1575 
5 June 2007  
 (07-2328) 
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):  Poultry, eggs, cotton, cattle, goat, sheep, horse, hog 
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:  PROPOSED RULE.  
Chloroneb, Cypermethrin, Methidathion, N itrapyrin, Oxyfluorfen, Pirimiphos-methyl, 
Sulfosate, Tebuthiuron, Thiabendazole, Thid iazuron, and Tribuphos; Proposed Tolerance 
Actions (available in English, 16 pages) 
6. Description of content:  By means of this rule, EPA proposes the following regulatory 
changes regarding thidiazuron:  
Based on relevant data, EPA is proposing to revoke the tolera nce for thidiazuron on cotton, 
hulls, and  for the combined residues of th idiazuron and its aniline containing metabolites 
in or on poultry, fat; poultry, meat; poultry, meat byproducts; and eggs. 
Based on relevant data, the Agency is proposin g to decrease the tole rance for thidiazuron 
on cotton, undelinted seed to 0.3 ppm. 
Pending storage stability and raw data to validate the ruminant feeding study, EPA 
determined that the tolerances for thidiazu ron and its metabolites of concern are not 
expected to exceed 0.4 ppm for fat, meat, a nd meat byproducts, and therefore should be 
increased from 0.2 to 0.4 ppm. Therefore, th e Agency is proposing to increase the 
tolerances on cattle, fat; cattle, meat; cattle, meat  byproducts; goat, fa t; goat, meat; goat, 
meat byproducts; hog, fat; hog, meat; hog, m eat byproducts; horse, fat; horse, meat; horse, 
meat byproducts; sheep, fat; sheep, meat ; and sheep, meat byproducts to 0.4 ppm. 
Based on relevant data, the Agency is proposi ng to establish a tolerance for the combined 
residues of thidiazuron and its aniline cont aining metabolites in or on cotton, gin 
byproducts at 24.0 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:  G/SPS/N/USA/1575 
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  [ ] 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: 
2 May 2007 (Volume 72, Number 84) Proposed Rules Page 24198-24213; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2007/May/Day-02/p8373.htm 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  2 July 2007 
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or  before 2 July 2007, and may 
be identified by docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0036. 
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) 690- 0677;  E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov