. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1312 
12 May 2006 
 (06-2333) 
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):  Leafy vegetables (Subgroup 4B);  cranberry;  mint;  almond, hulls;  berries 
(Group 13);  carrot, roots;  legume vegetabl es (Group 6);  foliage of legume vegetables 
(Group 7), forage and hay;  onion, dry bulb and green;  pistachios;  tree nuts (Group 14); sorghum, grain/forage/stover;  soybeans, fora ge/hay/seed;  strawberry;  grain cereal (Group 
15, except corn, rice and sorghum), bran/forage/ hay/straw;  corn, forage/grain/stover/oil; 
sugar beet, dried pulp/molasses/ roots/tops;  rice, aspirated grain fraction/bran/grain/hulls; 
and alfalfa, forage/hay.  
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 Petitions for Establishment of Regulations for the Residues of Propiconazole and Its Metabolites Containing th e Dichlorobenzoic Acid (DCBA) Moiety in 
or on Various Food and Feed Commoditi es (Available in English, 3 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petitions 
proposing the establishment of regulations for the residues of the fungicide propiconazole and its metabolites containing the dichlorobe nzoic acid (DCBA) moiety in or on leafy 
vegetables (Subgroup 4B) at 5.0 parts per milli on (ppm);  and Cranberry at.1.0 ppm;  and 
Mint at.3.0 ppm;  commodities almond, hulls and onion, green at 8.0 ppm;  berries (Group 13) and legume vegetables (Gr oup 6) at 1.0 ppm;  foliage of  legume vegetables (Group 7)/ 
sorghum/soybean, forage and sugar beet, tops at 10.0 ppm;  carrot, roots/pistachios/nuts, 
tree (Group 14) at 0.2 ppm;  foliage of legum e vegetable (Group 7)/soybean, hay at 32.0 
ppm;  onion, dry bulb/corn, grain/sugar beet, roots at 0.3 ppm;  sorghum, grain/grain cereal 
group (except corn, rice, and sorghum), bran  at 2.5 ppm;  sorghum, stover at 15.0 ppm; 
soybean, seed/grain, cereal group (except corn, rice, and sorghum), hay/sugar beet, dried pulp at 2.0 ppm;  strawberry at 1.5 ppm;  grain, cereal group (except corn, rice, and sorghum) (Group 15), forage/sugar beet, molasses  at 3.0 ppm;  grain, cereal group (except 
corn, rice, and sorghum), straw at 13.0 ppm;  grain, cereal group (except corn, rice, and 
sorghum)/corn, oil at 0.5 ppm;  corn, forage at 4.0 ppm;  corn, stover at 25.0 ppm;  rice, 
bran and hulls at 28.0 ppm;  rice, grain at 7.0 ppm;  rice, straw at 18.0 ppm;  and aspirated grain fraction at 17.0 ppm;  and Alfa lfa, forage and hay at 0.1 ppm.  G/SPS/N/USA/1312 
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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: 
3 May 2006 (Volume 71, Number 85).  Pages 26084-26086.   
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/May/Day-03/p6616.htm  (Available in 
English).  
10. Proposed date of adoption:   
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:  Comments should be received on or before 2 June 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 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;  E-mail  fstsd@fas.usda.gov