. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1730 
30 October 2007  
 (07-4702) 
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):  Aronia berry, buffalo currant, bushberry , Chilean guava, European barberry, 
ginseng, highbush cranberry, honeysuckle, jost aberry, juneberry, lingonberry, native currant, 
pea, bean, salal, sea bucktho rn, turnip, brassica, legume 
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:  FINAL RULE:  
Fluazinam; Pesticide Tolerance (a vailable in English, 12 pages) 
6. Description of content:  By means of this regulation, tolera nces for residues of fluazinam in 
or on the following commodities are establishe d at the following levels (in ppm): Aronia 
berry at 7.0; Buffalo currant at 7.0; Bushbe rry subgroup 13B at 7.0; Chilean guava at 7.0; 
European barberry at 7.0; Ginseng at 4.5; Highbu sh cranberry at 7.0; Honeysuckle, edible at 
7.0; Jostaberry at 7.0; Juneberry at 7.0; Li ngonberry at 7.0; Native currant at 7.0; Pea and 
bean, dried shelled, except soybean, subgroup 6C , except pea at 0.02; Pe a and bean, succulent 
shelled, subgroup 6B, except pea at 0.04; Salal at  7.0; Sea buckthorn at 7.0; Turnip, greens at 
0.01; Vegetable, Brassica leafy, group 5 at 0.01; and Vegetable, legume, edible-podded, 
subgroup 6A, except pea at 0.10.  
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 :   
24 October 2007 (Volume 72, Number 205) Rules and Regulations Page 60255-60261; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-P EST/2007/October/Day-24/p20581.htm    G/SPS/N/USA/1730 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This regulation is effective 24 October 2007. 
12. Final date for comments:  Objections and requests for hear ings must be received on or 
before 24 December 2007, and may be id entified by docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-
0234. 
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