WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1326 
14 June 2006 
 (06-2881) 
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):  Bean, mung, sprouts; Alfalfa, seed; Almond, hulls; Animal feed, nongrass, 
group 18; Aloe vera; Ambarella; Artichoke , globe; Asparagus; Atemoya; Avocado; 
Bamboo, shoots; Banana; Barley, bran; Barley, gr ain; Beet, sugar, dried pulp; Beet, sugar, 
roots; Beet, sugar, tops; Berry group 1; Be telnut; Biriba; Blimbe; Borage, seed; Breadfruit; 
Cactus, fruit; Cactus, pads; Canistel; Canola,  meal; Canola, seed; Cattle, kidney; Cattle, 
liver; Chaya; Cherimoya; Citrus, dried pulp;  Cacao bean; Coconut; Coffee, bean; Corn, 
field, forage; Corn, field, grain; Cotton, gin byproducts; Cotton, undelinted seed; Cranberry; 
Crambe, seed; Custard apple; Date; Dokudami; Durian; Egg; Epazote; Feijoa; Fig; Fish; 
Flax, meal; Flax, seed; Fruit, citrus, group 10; Fruit, pome, group 11; Fruit, stone, group 12; 
Galangal, root; Ginger, white, flower; Goat , kidney; Goat, liver; Gourd, buffalo, seed; 
Governor's plum; Gow kee, leaves; Grain, aspir ated fractions; Grain, cereal, forage, fodder 
and straw,group100; Grain, cereal, group 15, except barley, field corn, grain sorghum, oat and wheat; Grape; Grass, forage, fodder a nd hay, group 17; Guava; Herbs subgroup 19A; 
Hog, kidney; Hog, liver; Hop, dried cones; Horse, kidney; Horse, liver; Ilama; Imbe; Imbu; Jaboticaba; Jackfruit; Jojoba, seed; Juneberry;  Kava, roots; Kenaf, forage; Kiwifruit; 
Lesquerella, seed; Leucaena, fo rage; Lingonberry; Longan; Lychee; Mamey apple; Mango; 
Mangosteen; Marmaladebox; Meadowfoam, seed; Mioga, flower; Mustard, seed; Nut, pine; 
Nut, tree, group 14; Oat, grain; Okra; Olive;  Oregano, Mexican, leaves; Palm heart; Palm 
heart, leaves; Palm, oil; Papaya; Papaya, mountain; Passion fruit; Pawpaw; Peanut; Peanut, forage; Peanut, hay; Pepper leaf, fresh leaves;  Peppermint, tops; Per illa, tops; Persimmon; 
Pineapple; Pistachio; Pomegranate; Poultry, meat; Poultry, meat byproducts; Pulasan; 
Quinoa, grain; Rambutan;Rapeseed, meal; Rap eseed, seed; Rose apple; Safflower, seed; 
Salal; Sapodilla; Sapote, black; Sapote, mame y; Sapote, white; Sesame, seed; Sheep, 
kidney; Sheep, liver; Shellfish; Sorghum, grain, grain; Soursop; Soybean, seed; Soybean, forage; Soybean, hay; Soybean, hulls; Spanish lime ; Spearmint, tops; Spice subgroup 19B; 
Star apple; Starfruit ; Stevia, dried leaves; Strawberry; Sugar apple; Sugarcane, cane; 
Sugarcane, molasses; Sunflower, seed; Surinam ch erry; Tamarind; Tea, dried; Tea, instant; 
Teff, grain; Ti, leaves; Ti, roots; Ugli fruit; Vegetable, brassica, leafy, group 5; Vegetable, 
bulb, group 3; Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9; Vegetable, foliage of legume, subgroup 7A, 
except soybean ; Vegetable, fruiting, group 8; Vegetable, leafy, group 4;  Vegetable, leaves 
of root and tuber, group 2, except sugar b eet tops; Vegetable, legume, group 6, except 
soybean; Vegetable, root and tuber, group 1,  except sugar beet; Wasabi, roots; Water 
spinach, tops; Watercress, upland; Wax ja mbu; Wheat, bran ; Wheat, grain; Wheat, 
middlings; Wheat, shorts; Yacon, tuber. G/SPS/N/USA/1326 
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  Barley, bran; Barley, grain; Barley, straw; Ca ttle, fat; Cattle, meat; Cattle, meat byproducts ; 
Goat, fat; Goat, meat; Goat, meat byproducts; Hog, fat; Hog, meat; Hog, meat byproducts; 
Horse, fat; Horse, meat ; Horse, meat byproducts; Poultry, fat; Poultry, meat ; Poultry, meat byproducts; Sheep, fat; Sheep, meat; Sheep, m eat byproducts; Wheat, bran; Wheat, grain; 
Wheat, shorts; Wheat, straw. 
Alfalfa, forage; Alfalfa, hay; Alfalfa, seed; Blueberry; Grass, hay; Grass, forage; Pineapple; 
Cattle, meat; Cattle, meat byproducts; Goat, m eat; Goat, meat byproducts; Horse, meat; 
Horse, meat byproducts; Sheep, meat; Sheep, meat byproduct; milk.  
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:  Proposed rule.  P- 
Chlorophenoxyacetic acid, Glyphosate, Difenzoqua t, and Hexazinone; Proposed Tolerance 
Actions (Available in English, 8 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes a tolerance for residues of P-
Chlorophenoxyacetic acid  in or bean, mung, sprouts at 0.2 ppm.  
 
Glyphosate  in or Acerola at  0.2 ppm; alfalfa, seed at 0.5 ppm; Almond, hulls at 25 ppm; 
Animal feed, nongrass, group 18 at 400Aloe vera at 0.5 ppm; Ambarella at 0.2 ppm; 
Artichoke, globe at 0.2 ppm; Asparagus at 0.5 ppm; Atemoya at 0.2 ppm; Avocado at 
0.2 ppm; Bamboo, shoots at 0.2  ppm; Banana  at 0.2 ppm; Barley, bran at 30 ppm; Barley, 
grain at 20 ppm; Beet, sugar, dried pulp at 25 ppm; Beet, sugar, roots at 10 ppm; Beet, 
sugar, tops at 10 ppm; Berry group 13 at 0.2 pp m; Betelnut at 1.0 ppm; Biriba at 0.2 ppm; 
Blimbe at 0.2 ppm; Borage, seed at 0.1 ppm; Breadfruit at 0.2 ppm; Cactus, fruit at 0.5 ppm; Cactus, pads at 0.5 ppm; Canistel at 0.2 ppm; Canola, meal at 15 ppm; Canola, seed at 10 ppm; Cattle, kidney at 4.0 ppm; Cattle, liver at 1.0 ppm; Chaya at 1.0 ppm; Cherimoya at 2.0 ppm; Citrus, dried pulp at 1.5 ppm; Cacao bean at 0.2 ppm; Coconut at 0.1 ppm; Coffee, 
bean at1.0 ppm; Corn, field, forage at 6.0 ppm; Corn, field, grain at 1.0 ppm; Cotton, gin 
byproducts at 175 ppm; Cotton, undelinted seed  at 35 ppm; Cranberry at 0.2 ppm; Crambe, 
seed at 0.1 ppm; Custard apple at 0.2 ppm;  Date at 0.2 ppm; Dokudami at 2.0 ppm; Durian at 0.2 ppm; Egg at 0.05 ppm; Epazote at 1.3 ppm; Feijoa at 0.2 ppm;Fig at 0.2 ppm; Fish at 0.25 ppm; Flax, meal at 8.0 ppm; Flax, seed at 4.0 ppm; Fruit, citrus, group 10 at 0.5 ppm; 
Fruit, pome, group 11 at 0.2 ppm; Fruit, stone, group 12 at 0.2 ppm; Galangal, root at 
0.2 ppm; Ginger, white, flower at 0.2 ppm; Goat, kidney at 4.0 ppm; Goat, liver at 0.5 ppm; Gourd, buffalo, seed at 0.1 ppm; Governor's plum at 0.2 ppm; Gow kee, leaves at 0.2 ppm; Grain, aspirated fractions 100.0 ppm; Grain,  cereal, forage, fodderand straw,group100 at 
16 ppm; Grain, cereal, group 15, except barley, field corn, grain sorghum, oat and wheat at 0.1 ppm; Grape at 0.2 ppm; Grass, forage, fodder and hay, group 17 at 300 ppm; Guava at 
0.2 ppm; Herbs subgroup 19A at 0.2 ppm; Hog, kidney at 4.0 ppm; Hog, liver at 1.0 ppm; 
Hop, dried cones at 7.0 ppm; Horse, kidney at 4.0 ppm; Horse, liver at 0.5 ppm; Ilama at 0.2 ppm; Imbe at 0.2 ppm; Imbu at 0.2 ppm; Jaboticaba at 0.2 ppm; Jackfruit at 0.2 ppm;Jojoba, seed at 0.1 ppm; Juneberry at 0.2 ppm; Kava, roots at 0.2 ppm; Kenaf, forage at 200 ppm; Kiwifruit at 0.1 ppm;Lesquere lla, seed at 0.1 ppm; Leucaena, forage at 
200 ppm; Lingonberry at 0.2 ppm; Longan at 0.2 ppm; Lychee at 0.2 ppm; Mamey apple at 
0.2 ppm; Mango at 0.2 ppm; Mangosteen at 0.2 ppm; Marmaladebox at 0.2 ppm; Meadowfoam, seed at 0.1 ppm; Mioga, flower at 0.2 ppm; Mustard, seed at 0.1 ppm; Nut, pine at 1.0 ppm; Nut, tree, group 14 at 1.0 ppm; Oat, grain at 20 ppm; Okra at 0.5 ppm; Olive at 0.2 ppm; Oregano, Mexican, leaves at 2.0 ppm; Palm heart at 0.2 ppm; Palm heart, leaves at 0.2 ppm; Palm, oil at 0.1 ppm; Papaya at 0.2 ppm; Papaya, mountain at 0.2 ppm; 
Passion fruit at 0.2 ppm; Pawpaw at 0.2 ppm; Peanut at 0.1 ppm; Peanut, forage at 0.5 ppm;  G/SPS/N/USA/1326 
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   Peanut, hay at 0.5 ppm; Pepper leaf, fresh leav es at 0.2 ppm; Peppermint, tops at 200 ppm; 
Perilla, tops at 1.8 ppm; Persimmon at 0.2 ppm; Pineapple at 0.1 ppm; Pistachio at 1.0 ppm; Pomegranate at 0.2 ppm; Poultry, meat at 0.1 ppm; Poultry, meat byproducts at 1.0 ppm; Pulasan at 0.2 ppm; Quinoa, grain at5.0 ppm; Rambutan at 0.2 ppm;Rapeseed, meal at 15 ppm; Rapeseed, seed at 10 ppm; Rose apple at 0.2 ppm; Safflower, seed at 0.1 ppm; 
Salal at 0.2 ppm; Sapodilla at 0.2 ppm; Sapote, black at 0.2 ppm; Sapote, mamey at 
0.2 ppm; Sapote, white at 0.2 ppm; Sesame, seed at 0.1 ppm; Sheep, kidney at 4.0 ppm; Sheep, liver at 0.5 ppm; Shellfish at 3.0 ppm; Sorghum, grain, grain at 15 ppm; Soursop at 
0.2 ppm; Soybean, seed at 20 ppm; Soybean, forage at 100 ppm; Soybean, hay at 200 ppm; Soybean, hulls at 100 ppm;Spanish lime at 0.2 ppm; Spearmint, tops at 200 ppm; Spice 
subgroup 19B at 7.0 ppm; Star apple at 0.2 ppm; Starfruit at 0.2 ppm; Stevia, dried leaves at 
1.0 ppm; Strawberry at 0.2 ppm; Sugar apple at 0.2 ppm; Sugarcane, cane at 2.0 ppm; Sugarcane, molasses at 30 ppm; Sunflower, seed at 0.1 ppm; Surinam cherry at 0.2 ppm; Tamarind at 0.2 ppm; Tea, dried at 1.0 ppm; Tea, instant at 7.0 ppm; Teff, grain at 5.0 ppm; Ti, leaves at 0.2 ppm; Ti, roots at 0.2 ppm; Ugli fruit at 0.5 ppm; Vegetable, brassica, leafy, 
group 5 at 0.2 ppm; Vegetable, bulb, group 3 at  0.2 ppm; Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9 at 
0.5 ppm; Vegetable, foliage of legume,  subgroup 7A at 0.2 ppm, except soybean; 
Vegetable, fruiting, group 8 at 0.1 ppm; Vegeta ble, leafy, group 4 at 0.2 ppm; Vegetable, 
leaves of root and tuber, group 2 at  0.2 ppm , except sugar beet tops; Vegetable, legume, 
group 6, except soybean at 5.0 ppm; Vegetable,  root and tuber, group 1 at 0.2 ppm, except 
sugar beet; Wasabi, roots at 0.2 ppm; Water spin ach, tops at 0.2 ppm; Watercress, upland at 
0.2 ppm; Wax jambu at 0.2 ppm; Wheat, bran at 20 ppm; Wheat, grain at 5.0 ppm; Wheat, 
middlings at 20 ppm; Wheat, shorts at 20 ppm; Yacon, tuber at 0.2 ppm.  The regulation establishes the followi ng tolerances for the residues of Difenzoquat  in or on: 
Barley, bran at 0.25 ppm; Barley, grain at 0.05 ppm; Barley, straw at 5.0 ppm; Cattle, fat at 
0.05 ppm; Cattle, meat at 0.05 ppm; Cattle, meat byproducts at 0.05 ppm; Goat, fat at 
0.05 ppm; Goat, meat at 0.05 ppm; Goat, meat byproducts at 0.05 ppm; Hog, fat at 0.05 ppm; Hog, meat at 0.05 ppm; Hog, meat byproducts at 0.05 ppm; Horse, fat at 0.05 ppm; Horse, meat at 0.05 ppm; Horse, meat byproducts at 0.05 ppm; Poultry, fat at 0.05 ppm; Poultry, meat at 0.05 ppm; Poultry, meat byproducts at 0.05 ppm; Sheep, fat at 
0.05ppm; Sheep, meat at 0.05 ppm; Sheep, meat byproducts at 0.05 ppm; Wheat, bran at 
0.25ppm; Wheat, grain at 0.05ppm; Wheat, shorts at 0.25 ppm; Wheat, straw at 5.0 ppm.  The regulation establishes the followi ng tolerances for the residues of Hexazinone  in or on: 
Alfalfa, forage at 2.0 ppm; Alfalfa, hay at 8.0 ppm; Alfalfa, seed at 2.0 ppm; Blueberry at 
0.6 ppm; Grass, hay at 10.0 ppm; Grass, fora ge at 10.0 ppm; Pineapple at 0.6 ppm; Cattle, 
meat at 0.1ppm; Cattle, meat byproducts at 0.1 ppm; Goat, meat at 0.1 ppm; Goat, meat byproducts at 0.1 ppm; Horse, meat at 0.1 ppm ; Horse, meat byproducts at 0.1 ppm; Sheep, 
meat at 0.1ppm; Sheep, meat byproduct at 0.1 ppm; milk at 0.2 ppm.  
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 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/1326 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: Federal Register: 
7 June 2006 (Volume 71, Number 109, Page:  32899 - 32909),  
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA -PEST/2006/June/Day-07/p8827.htm  
Available in English.  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not specified  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Not specified  
12. Final date for comments:  :  Comments should be received on or before 7 August 2006. 
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 (7508P), 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:   
Ms Deborah Thompson, United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250.  Tel: 202-720-4051;  Fax: 202-690-0677; Email:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov