. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1510 
19 March 2007 
 (07-1132) 
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):   Various products containing flubendiamide  
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.   Notice of 
Filing of Pesticide Petitions for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities (available in English, 3 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This notice proposes to establish a tolerance for residues of 
theinsecticide flubendiamide in or on food commodities almond, hulls at 9.0 parts per million (ppm); brassica, leafy greens subgrou p at 6.0 ppm; brassica, head and stem 
subgroup at 0.60 ppm; corn, field, grain at 0.02 ppm; corn, field, forage at 8.0 ppm; corn, 
field, stover at 15.0 ppm; corn, pop, grain at 0.02 ppm; corn, pop, stover at 15.0 ppm; corn, 
sweet, kernel plus cob with husks removed at 0.02 ppm; corn, sweet, forage at 9.0 ppm; 
corn, sweet, stover at 25.0 ppm; cottonseed at 2.0 ppm; cotton, gin byproduct at 60.0 ppm; fruit, pome group at 0.7 ppm; fruit, stone group at 1.6 ppm; grape at 1.4 ppm; nut, tree group at 0.06 ppm; okra at 0.30 ppm; vegetable, cucurbit group at 0.20 ppm; vegetable, fruiting group at 0.30 ppm; and vegetable, l eafy, except brassica at 11.0 ppm; in or on 
rotational crop commodities alfalfa, forage at 0.15 ppm; alfalfa, hay at 0.04 ppm; barley, 
hay at 0.04 ppm; barley, straw at 0.07 ppm; buc kwheat at 0.07 ppm; clover, forage at 0.15 
ppm; clover, hay at 0.04; grass, forage at 0.15 ppm; grass, hay at 0.04 ppm; grass, silage at 
0.27 ppm; millet, pearl, forage at 0.15 ppm; m illet, pearl hay at 0.04 ppm; millet, proso, 
forage at 0.15 ppm; millet, proso, hay at 0. 04 ppm; millet, proso, straw at 0.07 ppm; oats, 
forage at 0.15 ppm; oats, hay at 0.04 ppm; oats , straw at 0.07 ppm; rye, forage at 0.15 ppm; 
rye, straw at 0.07 ppm; sorghum, grain, forage at 0.03 ppm; sorghum, grain, stover at 0.06 ppm; soybean, forage at 0.02 ppm; soybean, hay at 0.04 ppm; teosinte, forage at 0.15 ppm; 
teosinte, hay at 0.04 ppm; teosinte, straw at 0. 07 ppm; triticale, forage at 0.15 ppm; triticale, 
hay at 0.04 ppm; triticale, straw at 0.07 ppm; wheat, forage at 0.15 ppm; wheat, hay at 0.03 ppm; wheat, straw at 0.03 ppm; and in or on animal commodities cattle, liver at 0.60 ppm; 
cattle, kidney at 0.60 ppm; cattle, muscle at 0.10 ppm; cattle, fat at 0.80 ppm; eggs at 0.03 
ppm; goat, liver at 0.60 ppm; goat, kidney at 0.60 ppm; goat, muscle at 0.10 ppm; goat, fat at 0.80 ppm; horse, liver at 0.60 ppm; horse, kidney at 0.60 ppm; horse, muscle at 0.10 ppm; horse, fat at 0.80 ppm; hog, liver at 0.60 ppm; hog, kidney at 0.60 ppm; hog, muscle at 0.10 ppm; hog, fat at 0.80 ppm; milk at 0.20 ppm. G/SPS/N/USA/1510 
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  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: 
28 February 2007 (Volume 72, Number 39) Notices Pages 9000-9002 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA- PEST/2007/February/Day-28/p3117.htm 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This is a notice of availability which may or may not 
result in further action. 
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 30 March 2007, and 
may be addressed using docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0099 
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:  United 
States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, International Regulations and Standards Di vision (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 
20250. Tel:  202-720-1301; Fax:  202- 690-0677;  E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov