. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1760 
29 January 2008  
 (08-0413) 
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 numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Tomato, tomatillo, avocado, sapote, cani stel, sapote, mango, papaya, sapodilla, 
star apple, herbs, root and tuber vegetables, le mon, lime, kiwifruit, oni on, strawberry, cucurbit 
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:   N o t i c e  o f  
Filing of Pesticide Petitions for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various 
Commodities (available in English, 4 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the receip t of a proposal to establish 
tolerances for residues of the fungicide cyprodinil: 4-cy clopropyl-6-methyl-N-phenyl-2-
pyrimidinamine in or on food commodities to mato at 0.40 ppm; tomatillo at 0.40 ppm; 
tomato, paste at 1.0 ppm; avocado at 1.2 ppm; sa pote, black at 1.2 ppm; canistel at 1.2 ppm; 
sapote, mamey at 1.2 ppm; mango at 1.2 ppm; pa paya at 1.2 ppm; sapodilla at 1.2 ppm; star 
apple at 1.2 ppm; herbs subgroup 19A, fresh at 25 ppm; herbs subgroup 19A, dried at 
170 ppm; vegetable, root and tuber, group, le aves at 9.0 ppm; vegetable, root, except 
sugarbeet subgroup at 0.60 ppm; lemon at 0.6 pp m; lime at 0.6 ppm; kiwifruit at 1.8 ppm; 
onion, dry bulb at 0.50 ppm; onion, green at 1.2 ppm; strawberry at 7.0 ppm; and cucurbits at 
0.40 ppm.  
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:   F e d e r a l  R e g i s t e r :  
23 January 2008 (Volume 73, Number 15) Notices Page 3964-3967; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA -PEST/2008/January/Day-23/p1001.htm  G/SPS/N/USA/1760 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   This is a notice of availability which may or may not 
result in further regulatory action. 
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 22 February 2008, and 
may be identified by docke t number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-1069. 
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 Pe sticide Programs, Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notificati on authority, [   ] Na tional enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
United States SPS National Notification Aut hority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, 
International Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 
20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720-1301;  Fa x:  +(1 202) 690-0677;  E-mail:  
us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov