. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1676 
10 August 2007  
 (07-3386) 
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):  Bushberry, juneberry, lingonberry, salal,  aronia berry, blueberry, lowbush, 
buffalo currant, chilean guava, European barberry, highbush cranberry, honeysuckle, native 
curran,t sea buckthorn,  pistachio, mayhaw , fruiting vegetables, peanut, soybean, root 
vegetables, beet,  leafy petioles 
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:  Notice of Filing of 
Pesticide Petitions for Residues of Pesticid e Chemicals in or on Various Commodities 
(available in English, 3 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This notice announces receipt of a pesticide petition which proposes 
to establish a tolerance for residues of the inse cticide bifenthrin ((2-methyl [1,1'-biphenyl]-3-
yl)methyl-3-(2-chloro-3,3,3,-t rifluoro-1-propenyl)-2,2- dimeth ylcyclopropanecarboxylate) in 
or on food commodities bushberry subgroup 13-B and juneberry; lingonberry; salal; aronia 
berry; blueberry, lowbush; buffalo currant; chilean guava; European barberry; highbush 
cranberry; honeysuckle; jostaberry; native curran t; sea buckthorn at 2.0 ppm; pistachio at 0.05 
ppm; mayhaw at 1.4 ppm; vegetables, fruiting,  group 8 at 0.5 ppm; peanut at 0.05 ppm; 
soybean at 0.2 ppm; vegetable, root, except suga r beet and garden beet, subgroup 1B at 0.07 
ppm; beet, garden, roots at 0.45 ppm; beet, garden, tops at 15 ppm, and leafy petioles 
subgroup 4-B at 3.0 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:    G/SPS/N/USA/1676 
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  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 :  
1 August 2007 (Volume 72, Number 147) Notices Page 42074-42075; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA -PEST/2007/August/Day-01/p14698.htm
 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This is a notice of availability and may or may not result 
in a future regulatory action. 
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 31 August 2007, and 
may be identified by docke t number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0936. 
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), Of fice of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Penn sylvania 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 ava ilable) of other body:  United States 
SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Fore ign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington, D.C. 20250;  Tel:  +(1 
202) 720 1301;  Fax:  +(1 (202) 690 0677;  E-mail:  us.spse nquirypoint@fas.usda.gov