WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1612 
18 June 2007  
 (07-2546) 
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):  Alfalfa, artichoke, cauliflower, corn, eggplant, horseradish, mushroom, 
pepper, peach, apple, pear, pome fruit, cucurb it, cattle, egg, goat, hog, horse, milk, sheep, 
collard, turnip, grass, broccoli, asparagus, ch erry, grain, celery, onion, garlic, soybean, 
filbert, hazelnut 
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.  
Captan, 2,4-D, Dodine, DCPA, Endothall, Fomesafen, Propyzamide, Ethofumesate, 
Permethrin, Dimethipin, and Fenarimol; Proposed  Tolerance Actions (available in English, 
17 pages) 
6. Description of content:  By means of this rule, the Agency proposes the following 
changes to existing federal regulations: 
EPA proposes decreasing and revising tolerances for the combined permethrin residues of 
concern in/on alfalfa, forage from 25.0 to 20 ppm; alfalfa, hay from 55.0 to 45 ppm; artichoke, globe from 10.0 to 5.0 ppm; cauliflower from 1.0 to 0.50 ppm; corn, forage from 60.0 ppm to corn, field, forage at 50 ppm and corn, sweet, forage at 50 ppm; corn, stover at 
60.0 ppm to corn, field, stover at 30 ppm and corn, pop, stover at 30 ppm and corn, sweet, stover at 30 ppm; eggplant from 1.0 to 0.50 ppm; horseradish from 1.0 to 0.50 ppm; 
mushroom from 6.0 to 5.0 ppm; pepper, bell from 1.0 to 0.5 ppm; peach from 5.0 to 1.0 
ppm; apple at 0.05 ppm and pear at 3.0 ppm to fruit, pome, group 11 at 0.05 ppm; vegetable, cucurbit, group 9 from 3.0 to 1.50 ppm.      
EPA proposes decreasing and modifying tolerances for the combined permethrin residues 
of concern in/on cattle, fat from 3.0 to 1.50 ppm ; cattle, meat from 0.25 to 0.10 ppm; cattle, 
meat byproducts from 2.0 to 0.10 ppm; egg from 1.0 to 0.10 ppm; goat, fat from 3.0 to 1.50 
ppm; goat, meat from 0.25 to 0.10 ppm; goat, meat byproducts from 2.0 to 0.10 ppm; hog, fat from 3.0 to 0.05 ppm; hog, meat from 0.25 to 0.05 ppm; hog, meat byproducts from 3.0 to 0.05 ppm; horse, fat from 3.0 to 1.50 ppm; horse, meat from 0.25 to 0.10 ppm; horse, meat byproducts from 2.0 to 0.10 ppm; milk, fat (reflecting 0.25 ppm in whole milk) from 
6.25 to milk, fat (reflecting 0.88 ppm in whole milk) at 3.0 ppm; poultry, meat byproducts 
from 0.25 to 0.05 ppm; sheep, fat from 3.0 to 1.50 ppm; sheep, meat from 0.25 to 0.10 ppm; and sheep, meat byproducts from 2.0 to 0.10 ppm. G/SPS/N/USA/1612 
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  EPA proposes decreasing and revising tolerances for the combined permethrin residues of 
concern in/on collards from 20 to 15 ppm; turn ip, greens from 20 ppm to turnip, tops at 10 
ppm; and turnip, roots from 1 to 0.20 ppm. EPA  also proposes recodifying and revising 
grass, range at 15 ppm as grass, hay at 15 ppm and grass, forage at 15 ppm.      
EPA proposes increasing and revising tolerances for the combined permethrin residues of 
concern in/on asparagus from 1.0 to 2.0 ppm ; broccoli from 1.0 to 2.0 ppm; and cherry 
from 3.0 to cherry, sweet at 4.0 ppm and cherry, tart at 4.0 ppm. The Agency determined that the increased tolerances are safe; i.e., ther e is a reasonable certainty that no harm will 
result from aggregate exposure to the pesticide chemical residue. 
EPA proposes establishing the tolerance in the combined permethrin residues of concern 
in/on grain, aspirated fractions at 0.50 ppm and revising from celery to leaf petioles 
subgroup 4B at 5.0 ppm. 
EPA is also modifying commodity terminology to conform to current Agency 
administrative practice; therefore, the Agency proposes revising the terminology for tolerances for the combined residues of the insecticide permethrin [(3- 
phenoxyphenyl)methyl 3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2 ,2-dimethylcyclopropane carboxylate] and 
its cis-andtrans-isomers in/on corn, grain to corn, field, grain and corn, pop, grain; filbert to hazelnut; onion, dry bulb to oni on, bulb; garlic to garlic, bulb; and soybean to soybean, 
seed. 
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:  
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [ ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [ ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the 
appropriate reference and briefly identify deviations:   The proposed tolerance actions 
herein for permethrin, to implement the reco mmendations of the permethrin RED, reflect 
use patterns in the United States which support a different tolerance than the Codex level 
on pome fruit, asparagus, eggplant, cherries, peaches, bell peppers, and meats of cattle, 
goats, hogs, horses, sheep and poultry because of  differences in good agricultural practices 
and determination of secondary  residue levels in livest ock commodities. However, 
compatibility currently exists with potatoes and soybean seed, and will exist between the 
proposed reassessed US tolerances and Codex MRLs for permethrin residues in or on 
broccoli, cauliflower, eggs, and horseradish. 
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
6 June 2007 (Volume 72, Number 108) Proposed Rules Page 31221-31237; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2007/June/Day-06/p10863.htm 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  6 August 2007  G/SPS/N/USA/1612 
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  12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 6 August 2007, and 
may be identified by docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0097. 
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) 69 0-0677;  E-mail: fstsd@fas.usda.gov