. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1295 
8 May 2006 
 (06-2200) 
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):  Pears and apples  
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:  
Pantoea Agglomerans Strain C9-1;  Exemp tion from the Requirement of a Tolerance  
(Available in English, 7 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of 
a tolerance for residues of the Pantoea agglom erans strain C9-1 on pears and apples when 
applied or used as a microbial pesticide.  
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:  Federal Register: 
26 April 2006 (Volume 71, Number 80) Pages 24590-24596,  http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/April/Day-26/p3856.htm  (Available in 
English).  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  This regulation is effective 26 April 2006.  
In the Federal Register of 13 June 1997, EPA issued a notice announcing the filing of a 
pesticide tolerance petition.  The petition requested establishing a temporary exemption 
from the requirement of a tolerance for residu es of Pantoea agglomerans (P. agglomerans) 
strain C9-1.  This notice included a summary  of the petition prepared by the petitioner. 
There were no comments received in  response to the notice of filing.  G/SPS/N/USA/1295 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Not specified. 
12. Final date for comments:  Objections and requests for hearings must be received on or 
before 26 June 2006  
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:  Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7511C), Office 
of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Prot ection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001  
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifi cation authority, [   ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ms Deborah Thompson, Acting, United Stat es SPS National Notification Authority, USDA 
Foreign Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, 
Washington D.C. 20250.  Tel:  202-720-4051;  Fax:  202-690-0677; E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov