. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1883 
11 November 2008  
 (08-5466) 
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):  Food and feed commodities of corn:  corn, field, forage; corn, field, grain; corn, 
field, stover; corn, field, aspirated grain fract ions; corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husk 
removed; corn, sweet, forage; corn, sweet, st over; corn, pop, grain; and corn, pop, stover 
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 :  
Cyprosulfamide;  Pesticide Tolerances 
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes toleranc es for residues of the herbicide 
safener cyprosulfamide (N-[[4-[(cyclopr opylamino)carbonyl] phenyl]sulfonyl]-2-
methoxybenzamide) in or on corn, field, forage  at 0.20 ppm; corn, field, grain at 0.01 ppm; 
corn, field, stover at 0.20 ppm; corn, pop, grai n at 0.01 ppm; corn, pop, stover at 0.20 ppm; 
corn, sweet, forage at 0.40 ppm; corn, sweet,  kernel plus cob with husks removed at 0.01 
ppm; and corn, sweet, stover at 0.35 ppm; and for combined residues of cyprosulfamide and 
its metabolite, 4- (aminosulfony l)- cyclopropylbenzamide, calculat ed as cyprosulfamide, in or 
on cattle, meat byproducts at 0.02 ppm; goat,  meat byproducts at 0.02 ppm; horse, meat 
byproducts at 0.02 ppm; and sheep, meat byproducts at 0.02 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:   F e d e r a l  R e g i s t e r :   
15 October 2008 (Volume 73, Number 200)] [Page 60969-60974];  http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-P EST/2008/October/Day-15/p24034.htm
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  15 October 2008   
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 15 December 2008, and 
may be identified by docke t number EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0042. 
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