. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1551 
21 May 2007  
 (07-2050 ) 
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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Corn and rice 
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 Residues of  Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various 
Commodities (available in English, 5 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This document proposes to amend existing regulations by 
establishing a tolerance for resi dues of isoxadifen-ethyl, and its metabolite when used as an 
inert ingredient (safen er) in or on the food commodities corn , sweet, kernel plus cob with 
husks removed at 0.05 ppm; corn, sweet, forage at 0.40 ppm; corn, sweet, stover at 0.40 ppm; 
corn, pop, grain at 0.02 ppm; and corn, pop, stover at 0.40 ppm; corn, field, forage at 0.20 
ppm (increased from existing tolerance of 0. 10 ppm); corn, field, stover at 0.40 ppm 
(increased from existing tolerance of 0.20 ppm); (request removal of the specified limitation in seasonal application rate from the existing tole rances); rice, grain at 0.10 ppm; rice, hulls at 
0.50 ppm; and rice, straw at 0.25 ppm (request re moval of the specified limitation in seasonal 
application rate from the existing tolerances). 
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:    
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: Federal Register: 
4 April 2007 (Volume 72, Number 64) Notices Page 16352-16356; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA -PEST/2007/April/Day-04/p6047.htm 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   N/A G/SPS/N/USA/1551 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:   This is a notice of availability which may or may not 
result in further regulatory action. 
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 4 May 2007, and may 
be identified by docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0305. 
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 Penn sylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority, [ ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  United States 
SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Fore ign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Divisi on (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel:  +(1 
202) 720-1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 690- 0677;  E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov