. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1256 
29 March 2006 
 (06-1436) 
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):  Beet, garden, roots;  beet, sugar, roots; radish, roots; turnip, roots;  and 
vegetable, root and tuber, leaves, Group 2.  
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 Revised Pesticide Petition for Amendment to  Regulations for the Indirect or Inadvertent 
Residues of the Fungicide Boscalid in or  on Various Food Commodities (Available in 
English, 2 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the revised filing of a pesticide petition 
proposing the amendment of regulations for th e indirect or inadvertent residues of the 
fungicide boscalid in or on the food commodities beet, garden, roots;  beet, sugar, roots; 
radish, roots;  turnip, roots; and vege table, root and tuber, leaves, Group 2.  
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:, 
17 March 2006 (Volume 71, Number 52), Pages 13841-13842, 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/March/Day-17/p2630.htm  
Available in English.  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not specified  G/SPS/N/USA/1256 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  N/A – 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:  Members are asked to submit th eir comments by 17 April 2006 
if possible.  
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 , (7505C), 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 Julie Morin, 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