. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1456 
2 November 2006 
 (06-5257) 
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 except liver (cattle, goats, sheep, horses, hogs); liver (cattle, goats, sheep, 
horses, hog).  
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.  Notice of Filing 
of Pesticide Petitions for Establishment or Amendment to Regulations for Residues of 
Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Co mmodities (Available in English, 3 pages).  
6. Description of content:  EPA is printing a summary of a pesticide petition proposing to 
establish a tolerance for residues of flucarb azone 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 metabo lite in or on wheat, forage at 0.30ppm; wheat ,grain at 
0.01 ppm; wheat, hay at 0.10 ppm; wheat, straw at 0.05 ppm; and combined residues of flucarbazone-sodium and its metabolites c onverted to 2-(trifluoromethoxy)benzene 
sulfonamide and calculated as flucarbazone-sodium  in or on milk at 0.005 ppm; meat and 
meat byproducts except liver (cattle, goats,  sheep, horses, hogs) at 0.01 ppm; liver (cattle, 
goats, sheep, horses, hogs) at 1.50 ppm. 
EPA has not fully evaluated the sufficiency of the submitted data at this time or whether the 
data support granting of the pesticide petition.   Additional data may be needed before 
EPA rules on this pesticide petition.  
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 
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  8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] 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: 
20 October 2006 (Volume 71, Number 203).  Pages 61969-61971. 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA- PEST/2006/October/Day-20/p17568.htm  
Available in English. 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not specified.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This is a notice of availability and may or may not 
result in a future regulatory action.  A notice invites the public to submit additional scientific information and comments to the Agency.  
12. Final date for comments:  Comments should be received on or before 20 November 2006 
if possible.  
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 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:  Doreen 
Chen-Moulec , United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington 
D.C. 20250.  Tel:  202-690-0607;  Fax:  202-690-0677;  Email:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov