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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1186 
20 December 2005 
 (05-6208) 
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, undelinted seed and cotton, gin by-products  
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 the Estab lishment of Regulations for Residues of the 
Insecticide Clothianidin in or on Food Co mmodities (Available in English, 3 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition 
proposing the establishment of regulations for resi dues of the insecticide clothianidin in or 
on cotton, undelinted seed and co tton, gin byproducts.  The petition proposes establishing a 
tolerance for residues of the insecticide clothi anidin in or on raw agricultural commodities 
cotton, undelinted seed at 0.01 parts per milli on (ppm); and cotton, gin byproducts at 0.01 
ppm.  EPA has determined that this pesticide petition contains data or information regarding 
the elements set forth in federal US law,  however, EPA has not fully evaluated the 
sufficiency of the submitted data at this ti me or whether the data support granting of the 
pesticide petition. Additional data may be needed before EPA rules on this pesticide 
petition.  Members are invited to submit any re levant information on this notification to 
EPA as soon as possible.  
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,  [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   G/SPS/N/USA/1186 
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 9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
14 December 2005 (Volume 70, Number 239)] [Pages 74003-74005] http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/December/Day-14/p23975.htm  (Available in 
English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption:   
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Not Applicable– 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, identified by docket identification (ID) number 
EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0298, must be receive d on or before 13 January 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:  Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, (7511C), 
Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmenta l 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. LaShonda McLeod, United States SPS Nati onal 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; E-mail:  fstsd@usda.gov