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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1741 
5 December 2007  
 (07-5371) 
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):  Various 
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 a Pesticide Petition for Amendment of Residues of Quaternary Ammonium Compounds, Didecyl Dimethyl Ammonium Car bonate and Didecyl Di methyl Ammonium 
Bicarbonate on Food Contact Surfaces (available in English, 3 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the receipt of a pesticide petition which 
proposes to establish a tolerance for residues of the antimicrobial pesticide formulations 
containing didecyl dimethyl ammonium ca rbonate and didecyl dimethyl ammonium 
bicarbonate that may be applied to food cont act surfaces in public eating places, dairy 
processing equipment, and food processing equipm ent and utensils.  When ready for use, end-
use concentration of didecyl dimethyl ammoni um carbonate and didecyl dimethyl ammonium 
bicarbonate in solution is not to exceed 240 pa rts per million (ppm).  An alytical method is not 
necessary since these quaternary ammonium co mpounds are exempt from the requirement of 
a tolerance.  
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:    
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 :   
28 November 2007 (Volume 72, Number 228) Notices Page 67300-67302; http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-P EST/2007/November/Day-28/p23054.htm
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  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 regulatory action. 
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 22 December 2007, and 
may be identified by docke t number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-1024. 
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