. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1659 
2 August 2007  
 (07-3304) 
Committee on Sanitary and 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):  Brassica, leafy vegetable, olive, stra wberry, bearberry, bilberry, lowbush 
blueberry, cloudberry, cranberry, lingonberry, muntries, partridge berry 
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 of Filing of 
Pesticide Petitions for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities 
(available in English, 3 pages) 
6. Description of content:  By means of this notice, the Ag ency proposes to establish a 
tolerance for residues of the insecticide buprofezin, in or on food commodities:  vegetable, 
leafy, except Brassica, group 4 at 25 ppm; olive at 3.0 ppm; olive, oil at 9.0 ppm; strawberry, 
bearberry, bilberry, lowbush blueberry, cloudberry, cranberry, lingonberry, muntries and 
partridge berry at 2.5 ppm.  
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 Plan t 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 :  
25 July 2007 (Volume 72, Number 142) Notices Page 40877-40879; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2007/July/Day-25/p14058.htm  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This is a notice of availability and may or may not result 
in a future regu latory action. G/SPS/N/USA/1659 
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  12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 24 August 2007, and 
may be identified by docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0426. 
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 Penns ylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001  
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifica tion authority, [   ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  United States 
SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Fo reign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop  1027, Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel:  +(1 
202) 720-1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 690-0677;  E-mail:  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov