. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1434 
2 October 2006 
 (06-4678) 
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):   Cucurbit crop group; stone fruit crop group except plum, prune, fresh and 
dried; plum, prune, fresh and dried; tree nut  crop group except almond hulls; almond hulls; 
and pistachios.  Also, bulb vegetables crop group  3; edible podded legume vegetables, crop 
subgroup 6a; succulent shelled pea and beans, crop group 6b, and berries, crop group 13.  
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 
Acetamiprid in or on Various Commod ities (Available in English, 2 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petitions 
proposing the establishment or amendment of  regulations for residues of pesticide 
chemicals in or on cucurbit crop group at 0.5 parts per million (ppm); stone fruit crop group except plum, prune, fresh and dried at 1.2 ppm ; plum, prune, fresh and dried at 0.3 ppm; 
tree nut crop group except almond hulls at 0.1 ppm; almond hulls at 5.0 ppm; and pistachios at 0.1 ppm.  In bulb vegetables crop group 3 at 3 ppm; edible podded legume vegetables, 
crop subgroup 6a at 0.5 ppm; succulent shelled pea and beans, crop group 6b, at 0.5 ppm 
and berries, crop group 13 at 1 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 Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   G/SPS/N/USA/1434 
Page 2  
 
  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
22 September 2006 (Volume 71, Number 184).  Pages 55468-55469.  http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA- PEST/2006/September/Day-22/p7961.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 23 October 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