. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1194 
10 January 2006 
 (06-0082) 
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):  Field corn (forage, grain, stover), pop  corn (grain, stover), and sweet corn 
(forage, kernel plus cob wi th husks removed, stover)  
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.  
Dichlormid; Extension of Time-Limited Pestic ide Tolerance (Available in English, 3 pages)  
6. Description of content:  This regulation amends 40 CFR 180.469 by extending the 
expiration/revocation date of the time-limited tolerances for residues of acetamide, 2,2-dichloro-N,N-di-2-propenyl- (dichlormid) in or on field corn (forage, grain, stover), pop 
corn (grain, stover), and sweet corn (forage, ke rnel plus cob with husks removed, stover) at 
0.05 ppm. The current tolerances are set to e xpire on 31 December 2005.  This rule extends 
the expiration/revocation date of these tim e-limited tolerances to 31 December 2008.  
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:  Federal Register: 
28 December 2005 (Volume 70, Number 248), Pages 76697-76699, 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/December/Day-28/p24470.htm  (Available in 
English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  TBA 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  28 December 2005 G/SPS/N/USA/1194 
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 12. Final date for comments:  This regulation is effective 28 December 2005.  Objections and 
requests for hearings must be recei ved on or before 27 February 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 (7505C)   , Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, D.C. 
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. Lashonda McLeod, United States SPS Nati onal Notification Authority, USDA Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250. Tel:  202-720-5683; Fax:  202-690-0677; E-mail:  fstsd@usda.gov