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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1433 
2 October 2006 
 (06-4670) 
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):  Cotton.  
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 a Pesticide Petition for Establishment of  Regulations for Residues of a Pesticide 
Chemical in or on Various Commodities (Available in English, 2 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This notification  proposes to establish tolerances for residues of 
the herbicide fluthiacet-methyl [acetic acid, [[2-chloro-4-fluoro-5-[(tetrahydro-3-oxo-1H,3H-[1,3,4] thiadiazolo[3,4-[alpha]]pyrid azin-1-ylidene)amino]phenyl]thio]-methyl 
ester] and its acid metabolite, CGA-300402, CAS No. 149253-65-6: acetic acid, [[2-chloro-
4-fluoro-5-[(tetrahydro-3-oxo-1H,3H [1,3,4]thiadiazolo[3,4-[alpha]]pyridazin-1-ylidene)amino]phenyl]thio]-, in or on the food/ feed commodities: cotton, gin byproducts at 
0.20 part per million (ppm); co tton seed, undelinted at 0.020 ppm.  
7. Objective and rationale: [   ] 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,  [   ] 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 September 2006 (Volume 71, Number 182).  Pages 54987-54988. http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA- PEST/2006/September/Day-20/p7804.htm  
Available in English.  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not specified.  G/SPS/N/USA/1433 
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  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 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