. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1472 
30 November 2006 
 (06-5765) 
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):   Soybeans, corn, wheat, and certain animal commodities (cattle, goat, hog, 
horse and sheep).  
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.  Cyproconazole; 
Notice of Filing of a Pesticide Petition for Establishment of Regulations for Residues of the Fungicide in or on Various Commoditi es (Available in English, 3 pages). 
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition 
proposing the establishment of  regulations to establish tolerances for residues of the 
fungicide cyproconazole in or on food commodities soybean, seed at 0.05 parts per million 
(ppm); soybean, forage at 1.0 ppm; soybean, hay at 2.5 ppm; corn, field, grain at 0.02 ppm; corn, field, forage at 0.6 ppm; corn, field, stover at 1.5 ppm; wheat, grain at 0.05 ppm; wheat, forage at 1.0 ppm; wheat, hay at 1.5 ppm; wheat, straw at 1.0 ppm; aspirated grain fraction at 0.6 ppm; cattle, fat at 0.01 ppm; cattle , liver at 0.3 ppm; cattle, meat at 0.01 ppm; 
cattle, meat byproducts (except liver) at 0.01 ppm ; milk at 0.01 ppm; goat, fat at 0.01 ppm; 
goat, liver at 0.3 ppm; goat, meat at 0.01 ppm; goat, meat byproducts (except liver) at 
0.01 ppm; hog, fat at 0.01 ppm; hog, liver at 0.3 ppm; hog, meat at 0.01 ppm; hog, meat byproducts (except liver) at 0.01 ppm; horse, liver at 0.3 ppm; horse, meat at 0.01; horse, meat byproducts at 0.01, sheep, fat at 0.01 ppm; sheep, kidney at 0.3; sheep, meat at 0.01 ppm; sheep, meat byproducts (except liver) at 0.01. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ X ] food safety,  [ X ] 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/1472 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
22 November 2006 (Volume 71, Number 225).  Pages 67575-67577.  Available in English.  http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/ 2006/November/Day-22/p19578.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