. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1108 
7 September 2005 
 (05-3903) 
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):  Corm vegetables, wheat, grain, wheat, forage. Wheat, hay and straw, onions 
(dry bulb), and garlic, shallot (dry bulb)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
US trade partners  
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  Fipronil; Notice of 
Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Toleran ce for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on 
Food  http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA- PEST/2005/August/Day-24/p16807.htm  
(Available in English, 8 pages).  
6. Description of content:  EPA has received a pesticide petition to establish a tolerance for 
residues of mixture comprising fipronil, 5-amino-1-[2,6-dichloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-4-[(1R,S)-(trifluorom ethyl)sulfinyl]-1H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile 
and its metabolites 5-amino-1-[2,6-dichloro-4-(t rifluoromethyl)phenyl]-4-[(trifluoromethyl) 
sulfonyl]-1H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile  and 5-amino-1-[2,6-dichloro-4-
(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-4-[(trifluoromethyl)thio]-1H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile and its photodegradate 5-amino-1-[2,6-dichloro- 4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-4-[(1R,S)-
(trifluoromethyl)]-1H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile in  or on the raw agricultural commodity corm 
vegetables (crop group 1-C at 0.04 parts per million (ppm), and indirect and inadvertent 
residues on wheat, grain at 0.005 and wheat, forage at 0.02 ppm and wheat, hay and straw at 
0.03 ppm.  
EPA also received a pesticide petition  to  establish a tolerance for residues of  
mixture comprising fipronil, 5-amino-1-[2,6-dichloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-4-[(1R,S)-trifluoromethyl)sulfinyl]-1H-pyrazole-3-car bonitrile) and its metabolites 5-amino-1-[2,6-
dichloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-4-[(trifluoromethyl) sulfonyl]-1H-pyrazole-3-
carbonitrile and 5-amino-1-[2,6-dichl oro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-4-
[(trifluoromethyl)thio]-H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile and its  photodegradate 5-amino-1-[2,6-dichloro- 4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-4-[(1R,S)-
(trifluoromethyl)]-1H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile  in or on the raw agricultural commodities 
onion (dry bulb), garlic, shallot (dry bulb) at 0.02 ppm.  
With this notice, EPA seeks public comment  on this petition which may later become a 
proposed rule.  EPA has not fully evaluated the sufficiency of the submitted data and/or whether the data supports granting the petition.  Additional data may be needed before EPA 
proposes a rule for notification to the WTO Secretariat. G/SPS/N/USA/1108 
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 7. Objective and rationale: [  X ] food safety,  [    ] animal health,  [    ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [    ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests   
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations :  The following maximum residue levels 
(MRLs) have been established by the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CODEX) for 
fipronil residues on the following plant commodities: banana, 0.005 mg/kg; barley 0.002 mg/kg; cabbage, head, 0.02 mg/kg; flowerhead brassicas, 0.02 mg/kg; maize 0.01 mg/kg; maize fodder 0.1 mg/kg; maize forage 0.1; oats , 0.002 mg/kg; potato 0.02 mg/kg; rice 0.01 
mg/kg; rice, straw and fodder, dr y, 0.2 mg/kg; rye 0.002 mg/kg;  sugar beet 0.2 mg/kg; sugar 
beet leaves or tops, 0.2 mg/kg; sunflower seed, 0.002 mg/kg; triticale, 0.002 mg/kg; wheat 
0.002 mg/kg. 
The following maximum residue levels (MRLs) have been established by the Codex 
Alimentarius Commission (CODEX) for fipr onil residues on the following animal 
commodities: cattle, kidney 0.02 mg/kg; cattle liver 0.1 mg/kg; cattle meat 0.05 mg/kg; eggs 0.02 mg/kg; poultry meat; 0.01 mg/kg; poultry, edible offal, 0.02 mg/kg.  
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
24 August 2005 (Volume 70, Number 163)][Pag es 49599-49607] (Available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption:   
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 23 September 2005 
identified by docket ID number OPP-200 5-206.  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification 
authority, [    ] National enquiry point, or add ress, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  Reregistration Division (7505c), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001  
13. Texts available from:  [    ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Ms. Julie Morin, United States SPS Enquiry Point Officer, USDA Foreign Agricultural 
Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Di vision, Stop 1027, W ashington D.C. 20250. 
Tel: 202-720-4051; Fax 202-690-0677; Email fstsd@usda.gov