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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1343 
23 June 2006 
 (06-3082) 
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):  Grapes, raisins, leafy vegetables (e xcepts Brassica) (Group 4), fruiting 
vegetables (Group 8), cucurbit vegetables (Group 9), potato, sweet potato roots, and wheat 
(forage/grain/hay/straw).  
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 of Regulations for Residues of Fluopicolide 
in or on Various Food Commodities (Available in English, 2 pages).  
6. Description of content:   
This regulation proposes the establishment of tolerances for residues of the fungicide 
fluopicolide in or on food commodities grape at  2.0 parts per million (ppm);  raisin at 
6.0 ppm;  vegetable, leafy (except Brassica)  (Group 4) at 20.0 ppm;  vegetable, fruiting 
(Group 8) at 0.8 ppm;  vegetable, cucurbit (Gr oup 9) at 0.4 ppm;  potato at 0.02 ppm;  sweet 
potato, roots at 0.02 ppm;  wheat, forage at 0.2 ppm;  wheat, grain at 0.02 ppm;  and wheat, hay and straw at 0.5 ppm. 
The limit of quantification is 0.01 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/1343 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
14 June 2006 (Volume 71, Number 114, Pag es:  34345 - 34347) (Available in English). 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA -PEST/2006/June/Day-14/p9189.htm
  
10. Proposed date of adoption:   
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  N/A - 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 14 July 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: 202-720-4051 
Fax: 202-690-0677 
E-mail: fstsd@fas.usda.gov