. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/957 
24 August 2004 
 (04-3540) 
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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Products that use S-metolachlor such as brassica, head and stem, subgroup 
5A, cattle, fat, cattle, kidney, cattle meat, cattle  meat byproducts, field corn grain, field 
corn stover, pop corn stover, sweet corn fora ge, sweet corn stover, pop corn grain, sweet 
corn kernel plus cob with husk , cotton gin b yproducts, eggs, garlic bulbs, goat meat, horse 
meat, milk, onions, peas, dried and shelled b eans, except soybean subgroup 6C, peanuts, 
poultry, safflower, shallot, sheep, sorghum.   
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
U.S. trade partners  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Notice:  S-metachachlor;  
Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Esta blish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide 
Chemical in or on Food (available in English, 4 pages). 
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petitions 
proposing the establishment of regulations fo r residues of use S-metolachlor on such 
products as brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5A, cattle, fat, cattle, kidney, cattle meat, 
cattle meat byproducts, field corn grain, fi eld corn stover, pop corn stover, sweet corn 
forage, sweet corn stover, pop corn grain, sweet  corn kernel plus cob with husk , cotton gin 
byproducts, eggs, garlic bulb s, goat meat, horse meat, milk, onions, peas, dried and shelled 
beans, except soybean subgroup 6C, peanuts, poultry, safflower, shallot, sheep, sorghum.   
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] 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:   NA 
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  DOCID:fr, Federal 
Register : 13 August 2004 (Volume 69, Number 156) Pages 50196-50199;  
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA- PEST/2004/August/Day-13/p18553.htm  (available in 
English). G/SPS/N/USA/957 
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 10. Proposed date of adoption:   Not available 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   Not available 
12. Final date for comments:  13 September 2004 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   Registration Division (7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs 
(OPP), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.  opp-docket@epa.gov  Note:  Identif y docket name "OPP-2004-0157" in subject 
line of your response. 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Ms. Julie Morin, United States SPS Enquiry Point Officer, USDA Foreign Agricultural 
Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250.  Tel:  202-720-4051;  Fax:  202-690- 0677;  Email:  fstsd@usda.gov