. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1550 
11 May 2007  
 (07-1968) 
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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):   Tomatoes 
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.   Issuance of an 
Experimental Use Permit (avail able in English, 1 page) 
6. Description of content:  EPA has granted an Experimental Use Permit (EUP) to the 
following pesticide applicant: BHN Research, 16750 Bonita Beach Rd., Bonita Springs, FL 
34135.  This EUP allows the use of 0.306 pounds  of the plant-incor porated protectant 
Bacillus thuringiensis  subsp kurstaki  Cry1A(c) in tomatoes on 500 acres of tomatoes.  The 
program is authorized only in the States of Ca lifornia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, 
Puerto Rico, and Virginia.  The EUP is ef fective from 20 April 2007 to 20 April 2008.  A 
tolerance has been established for residues of  the active ingredient in or on all food 
commodities. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protec t territory from other 
damage from pests    
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), [ 
] International Plant Protec tion 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:  Federal Register: 
18 April 2007 (Volume 72, Number 74) Notices Page 19494; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA -PEST/2007/April/Day-18/p7271.htm 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A G/SPS/N/USA/1550 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  20 April 2007 
12. Final date for comments:  There is no comment period for this regulatory action;  however, 
EPA has established a docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number EPA-
HQ-OPP-2007-0188. 
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 Penn sylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority, [ ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail a ddress (if available) of other body:   United States 
SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Fore ign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Divisi on (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel:  +(1 
202) 720-1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 690-0677;   E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov.