. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1773 
20 February 2008  
 (08-0753) 
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):  Beet, barley, oat, rye, soybean, triticale, wheat, stone fruit, tr ee nuts, pistachio, 
peanut 
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 announces receipt of  two pesticide application 
concerning for residues of the fungicide me tconazole, 5-[(4-chlor ophenyl)-methyl]-2,2-
dimethyl-1-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-ylmethyl)cyclopentanol, measured as the sum of cis-and trans- 
isomers.  
The first is for residues in or  on food commodities barley, grain at 2.0 parts per million (ppm); 
barley, hay at 7.0 ppm, barley straw at 7.0 ppm; be et, sugar, root at 0.1 ppm; beet, sugar, tops 
at 2.0 ppm; beet, sugar, pulp, dry at 1.9 ppm; beet, sugar, molasses at 0.2 ppm; beet, sugar, raw at 0.25 ppm; oat, grain at 1.0 ppm; oat, stra w at 6.0 ppm; oat, hay at 17 ppm; rye, grain at 
0.25 ppm; rye, straw at 14.0 ppm; soybean, forage at 3.0 ppm; soybean, hay at 6.0 ppm; 
soybean, seed at 0.10 ppm; soybean, aspirated gr ain fractions at 1.0 ppm; soybean, hulls at 
0.2 pm; triticale at 0.25 ppm, wheat, grain at 0.15 ppm; wheat, hay at 16.0 ppm; wheat, straw 
at 18.0 ppm; wheat, aspirated grain fractions at 10.0 ppm; wheat, milled byproducts at 
1.0 ppm. 
The second is for residues in or on food commodi ties fruits, stone (cr op group 12) at 0.2 ppm; 
nuts, tree (crop group 14) includ ing pistachio at 0.02 ppm; almond hulls at 5.0 ppm; and 
peanut at 0.02 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    G/SPS/N/USA/1773 
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  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:   F e d e r a l  R e g i s t e r :   
13 February 2008 (Volume 73, Number 30) Notices Page 8307-8309; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-P EST/2008/February/Day-13/p2551.htm  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This is notice which may or may not result in further 
regulatory action. 
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 14 March 2008, and 
may be identified by docke t number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0855. 
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 Pe sticide Programs, Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 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 available) of other body: 
United States SPS National Notification Aut hority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, 
International Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 
20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720-1301;  Fa x:  +(1 202) 690-0677;  E-mail:  
us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov