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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1603 
18 June 2007  
 (07-2532) 
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):  Mushrooms, various 
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. 
Pesticide Tolerance Crop Grouping Program; Prop osed Expansion (available in English, 
11 pages) 
6. Description of content:  EPA is proposing revisions to  its pesticide tolerance crop 
grouping regulations, which allow establishmen t of tolerances for multiple related crops, 
based on data from a representative set of cr ops.  The present revision would create a new 
crop group for edible fungi (mushrooms), expand existing crop groups by adding new 
commodities, establish new crop subgroups, and revise the representative crops in some 
groups.  Additionally, EPA is revising th e generic crop group regulation to add a 
subsection explaining how the Agency will implement revisions to crop groups.  EPA 
expects these revisions to promote greater use of crop groupings for tolerance- setting 
purposes and, in particular, will assist in retain ing or making available pesticides for minor 
crop uses.  This is the first in a series of  planned crop group updates expected to be 
proposed over the next several years.  Sp ecific changes may be found Federal Register 
entry below. 
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:     G/SPS/N/USA/1603 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
23 May 2007 (Volume 72, Number 99) Proposed Rules Page 28920-28930; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2007/May/Day-23/p9595.htm 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  23 July 2007 
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 23 July 2007, and 
may be identified by docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0766. 
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