. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1331 
16 June 2006 
 (06-2912) 
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):  Food Commodity Vegetable, Cucurbit, Group 9  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
U.S. trade partners  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Notice of Filing of 
Pesticide Petitions for Establishment of Regula tions for Residues of Kresoxim-methyl in or 
on Vegetable, Cucurbit, Group 9 (Available in English, 2 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This regulation proposed to estab lish a tolerance for residues of 
the fungicide kresoxim-methyl acetic acid in or  on the food commodity vegetable, cucurbit, 
group 9 at 0.5 parts per million (ppm). The pr oposed analytical method involves extraction, 
enzyme hydrolysis, partition, clean-up and detection of residues by HPLC/UV detection.  
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: 
7 June 2006 (Volume 71, Number 109, Pages:   32950 - 32952) (Available in English). 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA -PEST/2006/June/Day-07/p8490.htm   
10. Proposed date of adoption:   
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.    G/SPS/N/USA/1331 
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  12. Final date for comments:  Comments should be received on or before 7 July 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:   
Registration Division (7505C) 
Office of Pesticide Programs 
Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., 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:  
Ms Deborah Thompson 
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