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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1449 
27 October 2006 
 (06-5175) 
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):   Fruit, stone, group 12 (except peaches and nectarines);  black sapote, canistel, 
mamey sapote, mango, papaya, sapodilla, and st ar apple; and grapes and grape, raisin.  
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 Establishment or Amendment to Regulations for Residues of 
Buprofezin in or on Various Commodities (Available in English, 2 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petitions 
proposing the establishment or amendment of regulations for residues of the insecticide 
buprofezin (2-[(1,1- dimethylethyl)imino]tetrahydro-3-(1-methylethyl)-5- phenyl-4H-1,3,5-
thiadiazin-4-one) in or on food commodities fruit, stone, group 12 (except peaches and nectarines) at 2.0 parts per million (ppm); black sapote, canistel, mamey sapote, mango, 
papaya, sapodilla, and star apple, at 0.80 ppm; and grapes at 0.80 ppm and grape, raisin at 
1.2 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/1449 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
11 October 2006 (Volume 71, Number 196)].  Pages 59781-59783.   http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA- PEST/2006/October/Day-11/p16690.htm  
Available in English. 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not specified.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This is a notice of availability and may or may not 
result in a future regulatory action.  A notice invites the public to submit additional scientific information and comments to the Agency.  
12. Final date for comments:  Comments should be received on or before 13 November 2006 
if possible.  
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:  Doreen 
Chen-Moulec , United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250.  Tel:  202-690-0607;  Fax:  202-690-0677;  Email:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov