. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1160 
17 November 2005 
 (05-5405) 
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):  Wheat, forage; wheat, grain; wheat, hay ; wheat, straw; and milk; meat and 
meat byproducts (excluding liver) of cattle , goats, hogs, horses, and sheep; and liver of 
cattle, goats, hogs, horses, and sheep.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
U.S. trade partners.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Final rule.  
Flucarbazone-sodium; Time-Limited Pesticide To lerance (Available in English, 5 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes a time-l imited tolerance for combined 
residues of flucarbazone-sodium, 4,5-dihydro-3-methoxy-4-methyl-5-oxo-N-[2(trifluoromethoxy)phenyl] sulfonyl-1H-1,2,4- triazole 1-carboxamide, sodium salt and its 
N-desmethyl metabolite in or on wheat, forage at 0.30 parts per million (ppm); wheat, grain 
at 0.01 ppm; wheat, hay at 0.10 ppm; and wheat, straw at 0.05 ppm; and combined residues of flucarbazone-sodium and its metabolites converted to 2-(trifluoromethoxy) benzene 
sulfonamide and calculated as flucarbazone-sodium  in or on milk at 0.005 ppm; meat and 
meat byproducts (excluding liver) of cattle, goa ts, hogs, horses, and sheep at 0.01 ppm; and 
liver of cattle, goats, hogs, horses, and sheep  at 1.5 ppm.  The tolerance will expire on 
30 November 2006.  
7. Objective and rationale: [ X ] food safety,  [ X ] 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:  A default Maximum Residue Limit (MRL) of 
0.01 ppm has been established in Canada for residues of flucarbazone-sodium and its N-
desmethyl metabolite on wheat grain.  This va lue is consistent with the tolerance being 
established in the United States on wheat grain.  There are no Codex MRLs for this compound on wheat.  G/SPS/N/USA/1160 
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 9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
9 November 2005 (Volume 70, Number 216, Pages: 67910-67915), http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/ 2005/November/Day-09/p22254.htm , Available in 
English. 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  9 November 2005  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  9 November 2005  
12. Final date for comments:  This regulation is effective 9 November 2005.  Objections and 
requests for hearings must be received unde r Docket identification (ID) number OPP-2005-
0254 on or before 9 January 2006. 
In the Federal Register of 27 July 2005, EPA  issued a notice pursuant announcing the filing 
of a pesticide petition.  This notice include d a summary of the petition prepared by the 
registrant.  
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, DC 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;  Email:  fstsd@usda.gov