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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1401 
28 August 2006 
 (06-4056) 
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 vegetable crop Group 4 (except Brassica) commodities  
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 a Pesticide Petition for Establishment of Regul ations for Residues of Atrazine in or on 
Leafy Vegetable Crop Group 4 (except Brassi ca) Commodities (Available in English, 
2 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition 
proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of atrazine in or on leafy vegetable Crop Group 4 (except Brassica) commodities at 0.60 parts per million (ppm). The petitioner 
has submitted practical analytical methods (AG-484, MRID 40431365) for detecting and 
measuring the level of atrazine and its chloro -s-triazine metabolites in or on various crop 
commodities. 
EPA has not fully evaluated the sufficiency of the submitted data at this time or whether the 
data support granting of the pesticide petition. Additional data may be needed before EPA 
rules on this pesticide petition. 
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:   G/SPS/N/USA/1401 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
15 August 2006 (Volume 71, Number 157) Pages 46911-46912, http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA- PEST/2006/August/Day-15/p13315.htm  
Available in English.  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Not Applicable. 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 14 September 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 Nati onal Notification Authority, USDA Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250.  Tel:  202-720-1301;  Fax:  202-690-0677;  E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov