. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1639 
6 July 2007  
 (07-2895) 
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):  Root vegetables, radish, tuberous and corm vegetables, brassica leafy greens, 
turnip, okra 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable :  Any 
US trade partners  
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  NOTICE.   Notice of 
Filing of Pesticide Petitions for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various 
Commodities (available in English, 6 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This notice announces receipt of a petition proposing the 
establishment of a tolerance for combined resi dues of the insecticide flonicamid in or on 
food commodities: Vegetables, root, except s ugarbeet, (subgroup 1B) at 0.45 ppm; radish, 
tops at 16.0 ppm; vegetables,  tuberous and corm, (subgroup 1C) at 0.2 ppm; Brassica, leafy 
greens (subgroup 5B) at 16.0 ppm; turnip greens at 16.0 ppm; hop at 7.0 ppm; and okra at 
0.4 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:     
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
27 June 2007 (Volume 72, Number  123) Notices Page 35237-35242; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2007/June/Day-27/p12036.htm G/SPS/N/USA/1639 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This is a notice of regulat ory intent which may or may 
not result in further regulatory action. 
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before July 27, 2007, and 
may be identified by docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0338. 
Agency or authority designated to handl e 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 notification authority, [ ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail add ress (if available) of other body:   United States 
SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Fore ign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), St op 1027, Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel.:+(1 
202) 720 1301;  Fax: +(1 202) 69 0 0677;  E-mail: fstsd@fas.usda.gov