. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1500 
30 January 2007 
 (07-0406) 
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):   Grape, juice, and grape, wine, and the processed commodity grape, raisin, 
wheat, barley, oat, rye, triticale (grain) and wh eat, barley, oat, rye, triticale (forage, hay and 
straw).  
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.  Filing of 
Pesticide Petitions for Establishment or Amendment to Regulations for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Comm odities (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 various commodities.  Speci fically, an import tolerance is proposed for 
residues of the fungicide fluopicolide in or on the food commodities grap e, juice, and grape, 
wine at 2.0 parts per million (ppm), and the processed commodity grape, raisin at 9.0 ppm, and a tolerance is proposed for residues of the herbicide florasulam in or on the food 
commodities wheat, barley, oat, rye, triticale (gra in) at 0.01 ppm and wheat, barley, oat, rye, 
triticale (forage, hay, and straw) at 0.05 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:   
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  [Federal Register: 
24 January 2007 (Volume 72, Number 15)] [Notices] [Page 3132-3133] 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA- PEST/2007/January/Day-24/p1009.htm G/SPS/N/USA/1500 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A. 
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 23 February 2007. 
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 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 Foreign Agricultural Service, International Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD) , Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250.  Tel: 
202-720-1301;  Fax:  202-690-0677;   Email:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov