. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1476 
30 November 2006 
 (06-5763) 
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):   Vegetable, root and tuber, group 1; ve getable, leaves of root and tuber, group 
2;vegetable, bulb, group 3, except onion, dry bulb; vegetable, leafy, except brassica, group 
4; vegetable, legume, group 6;  vegetable, foliage of legume, group 7; caneberry, subgroup 
13A; grain, cereal, group 15; grain, cereal, forage, fodder and straw, group 16; animal feed, 
nongrass, group 18  forage, seed, and hay; asp aragus; banana and plantain; cacao bean; 
canola, seed; coffee; cranberry; date; grass, forage; grass, hay; kiwifruit; pawpaw; peanut; 
pineapple; pomegranate; safflower, seed; sesame, seed; sugarcane; tea; watercress; and artichoke, globe.  
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 Pesticide Petition for Establishment of Regul ations of Pyriproxyfen in or on Various 
Commodities (Available in English, 2 pages). 
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petition 
proposing the establishment of regulations fo r residues of pyriproxyfenthe insecticide, 
pyriproxyfen 2-[1-methyl-2-(4-phenoxyphenoxy)ethoxypyridine in or on the following 
commodities: Vegetable, root and tuber, group 1 at 0.15 part per million (ppm); vegetable, 
leaves of root and tuber, group 2 at 2.0 ppm;ve getable, bulb, group 3, except onion, dry bulb 
at 0.70 ppm; vegetable, leafy, except brassica, group 4 at 2.0 ppm; vegetable, legume, group 
6 at 0.2 ppm; vegetable, foliage of legume , group 7 at 2.0 ppm; caneberry, subgroup 13A at 
1.0 ppm; grain, cereal, group 15 at 1.1 ppm; grain, cereal, forage, fodder and straw, group 
16 at 1.1 ppm; animal feed, nongrass, group 18 at 0.7 ppm for forage, 2.0 for seed, and 
1.1 for hay; asparagus at 2.0 ppm; banana and plantain at 0.2 ppm; cacao bean at 
0.02 ppm;canola, seed at 0.20 ppm; coffee at 0.02 ppm; cranberry at 1.0 ppm;date at 0.3 ppm; grass, forage at 0.5 ppm; grass, hay at 1.0 ppm; kiwifruit at 0.1 ppm; pawpaw at 1.0 ppm; peanut at 0.2 ppm; pineapple at 0. 3 ppm; pomegranate at 0.2 ppm; safflower, seed 
at 0.2 ppm; sesame, seed at 0.2 ppm; sugarcan e at 1.1 ppm; tea at 0.02 ppm; watercress at 
2.0 ppm; and artichoke, globe at 2.0 ppm. G/SPS/N/USA/1476 
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  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: 
November 22, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 225).  Pages 67571-67572.  Available in English.  http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/ 2006/November/Day-22/p19575.htm 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Unable to determine at this time. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  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 should be received on or before 22 December 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 (7505P), 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:  
United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, 
International Regulations and Standards Di vision (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 
20250.  Tel:  202-720-1301;  Fax:  2 02-690-0677;  Email:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov