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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1414 
13 September 2006 
 (06-4366) 
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):  Turnip, greens;  cabbage, Chinese, Napa;  collards;  coriander, leaves;  kale; 
kohlrabi;  mustard, greens;  parsley, leaves;  broccoli;  dandelion, leaves;  and Swiss chard.  
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.   Triflumizole; 
Pesticide Tolerances for Em ergency Exemptions (Available in English, 4 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes time-limited tolerances for combined 
residues of triflumizole in or on turnip, greens at 20 parts per million (ppm) and increasing the tolerance levels in or on cabbage, Ch inese, Napa at 20 ppm; collards at 20 ppm; 
coriander, leaves at 20 ppm; kale at 20 ppm; kohl rabi at 20 ppm; mustard, greens at 20 ppm; 
and parsley, leaves at 20 ppm. Further, this regulation extends time-limited tolerances for 
broccoli at 1.0 ppm; dandelion, leaves at 7.0 ppm and Swiss chard at 7.0 ppm.  These tolerances expire and are revoked on 31 December 2009.  
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: 
23 August 2006 (Volume 71, Number 163, Page:  49354 - 49358),  http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA- PEST/2006/August/Day-23/p13659.htm  
Available in English.  G/SPS/N/USA/1414 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:  This regulation is effective 23  August 2006.  This document 
was published in the Federal Register on 8 April 2005.  
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 23 October 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:  Registration Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection 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, United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250.  Tel:  202-720-1301;  Fax:  202-690-0677;  Email:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov