WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1572 
5 June 2007  
 (07-2319) 
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):  Almond, hulls; banana (imported only); cattle, fat; cattle, kidney; cattle, meat 
byproducts, except kidney; cattle, meat; corn, fiel d, forage; corn, field and pop, grain; corn, 
field and pop, stover; corn, sweet, forage; corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks removed; 
corn, sweet, stover; cotton, gin byproducts (c otton, undelinted seed; crop group 2: Leaves 
of root and tuber vegetables (human food or animal feed (except radish) group; crop 
group 8: Vegetable, fruiting (except cucurbits) group; crop subgroup 1- A: Root vegetables 
(except radish) subgroup; crop subgroup 1-C: Tuberous and corm vegetables subgroup; 
crop subgroup 6-A: Edible-podded legume ve getables subgroup; crop subgroup 6-B: 
Succulent shelled pea and bean subgroup; cr op subgroup 6C: Dried shelled pea and bean 
(except soybean and animal feed) subgroup; egg; fruit, citrus, group 10; fruit, pome, 
group 11; fruit, stone, group 12; goat, fat; goat, kidney; goat, meat byproducts, except 
kidney; goat, meat; grain, aspirated fractions; grape; grape, raisin; hog, fat; hog, kidney; hog, meat byproducts, except kidney; hog, meat; horse, fat; horse, kidney; horse, meat byproducts, except kidney; horse, meat; milk; nut, tree, group 14; pistachio; poultry, fat; poultry, meat byproducts; poultry, meat; prune; radish, roots; radish, tops; sheep, fat; sheep, 
kidney; sheep, meat byproducts, except kidne y; sheep, meat; sorghum, grain, forage; 
sorghum, grain, grain; sorghum, grain, stover  soybean, forage soybean,; soybean, hulls; soybean, seed; wheat, bran; wheat, forage; whea t, grain; wheat, hay; wheat shorts; wheat, 
shorts; wheat, straw; and wheat, straw 
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 proposed rule, EPA intends to revoke tolerances 
for residues of sulfosate on the following:  almond, hulls (of which no more than 0.30 ppm 
is trimethylsulfonium (TMS)); banana (im ported only); cattle, fat; cattle, kidney; cattle, 
meat byproducts, except kidney; cattle, meat; co rn, field, forage; corn, field and pop, grain 
(of which no more than 0.10 ppm is TMS); co rn, field and pop, stover (of which no more 
than 0.20 ppm is TMS); corn, sweet, forage (o f which no more than 5.0 ppm is TMS); corn, 
sweet, kernel plus cob with husks removed (of which no more than 0.10 ppm is TMS); G/SPS/N/USA/1572 
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  corn, sweet, stover (of which no more than 65 ppm is TMS); cotton, gin byproducts (of 
which no more than 35 ppm is TMS); cotton, undelinted seed (of which no more than 10 
ppm is TMS); crop group 2: Leaves of root and tuber vegetables (human food or animal feed (except radish) group (of which no more than 0.20 ppm is TMS); crop group 8: Vegetable, fruiting (except cucurbits) group; crop subgroup 1-A: Root vegetables (except 
radish) subgroup (of which no more than 0.10 ppm  is TMS); crop subgroup 1-C: Tuberous 
and corm vegetables subgroup (of which no mo re than 0.50 ppm is TMS); crop subgroup 
6-A: Edible-podded legume vegeta bles subgroup (of which no more than 0.3 ppm is TMS); 
crop subgroup 6-B: Succulent shelled pea and bean subgroup (of which no more than 0.1 
ppm is TMS); crop subgroup 6C: Dried shelled pea and bean (except soybean and animal 
feed) subgroup (of which no more than 1.5 ppm is TMS); egg; fruit, citrus, group 10; fruit, 
pome, group 11; fruit, stone, group 12; goat, fat; goat, kidney; goat, meat byproducts, 
except kidney; goat, meat; grain, aspirated fr actions (of which no more than 720 ppm is 
TMS); grape; grape, raisin (of which no more than 0.05 ppm is TMS); hog, fat; hog, kidney; hog, meat byproducts, except kidney; hog, meat; horse, fat; horse, kidney; horse, 
meat byproducts, except kidney; horse, meat; milk; nut, tree, group 14; pistachio; poultry, 
fat; poultry, meat byproducts; poultry, meat; prune (of which no more than 0.05 ppm is 
TMS); radish, roots (of which no more than 15 ppm is TMS); radish, tops (of which no 
more than 8.0 ppm is TMS); sheep, fat; sheep, kidney; sheep, meat byproducts, except kidney; sheep, meat; sorghum, grain, forage (of which no more than 0.10 ppm is TMS); sorghum, grain, grain (of which no more than  15 ppm is TMS); sorghum, grain, stover (of 
which no more than 60 ppm is TMS); soybean, forage (of which no more than 1 ppm is 
TMS); soybean, hay (of which no more than 2 ppm is TMS); soybean, hulls (of which no more than 25 ppm is TMS); soybean, seed (of which no more than 13 ppm is TMS); wheat, bran (of which no more than 6.0 ppm is TMS); wheat, forage (of which no more than 30 ppm is TMS); wheat, grain (of which no more than 2.5 ppm is TMS) ; wheat, hay (of which 
no more than 0.50 ppm is TMS); wheat shorts  (of which no more than 0.5 ppm is TMS); 
wheat, shorts (of which no more than 5.0 ppm is TMS); wheat, straw (of which no more than 0.5 ppm is TMS); and wheat, straw (of which no more than 40 ppm is TMS). 
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:  
[ ] 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  G/SPS/N/USA/1572 
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  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