. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1467 
23 November 2006 
 (06-5671) 
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):   Bushberry subgroup 13B; juneberry , lingonberry, and salal; caneberry 
subgroup 13A; brassica, leafy greens, subgrou p 5B; turnip greens; fruit, citrus, group 10; 
ginseng; mushroom; nut, tree, group 14; s unflower; vegetable, tuberous and corm, 
subgroup 1C; tomato, tomatillo; and mustard (grown for seed); pistachio; almond hulls 
cotton, undelinted seed, a nd cotton, gin byproducts.  
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 Re gulations for Residues of Thiophanate-methyl 
in or on Various Commodities (Available in English, 3 pages). 
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petition 
proposing the establishment and amendment of regulations for residues of pesticide thiophanate-methyl Bushberry subgroup 13B at  4.0 parts per million (ppm); juneberry, 
lingonberry, and salal at 4.0 ppm; caneberry subgroup 13A at 25 ppm; brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 5B at 7.0 ppm; turnip greens at 7.0 ppm; fruit, citrus, group 10 at 6.0 ppm; 
ginseng at 0.3 ppm; mushroom at 0.09 ppm; nut, tree, group 14 at 0.2 ppm; sunflower at 
0.05 ppm; vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C at 0.1 ppm; tomato, tomatillo at 1.4 
ppm; and mustard (grown for seed) at 0.1 ppm. The IR-4 pesticide petition also proposes to amend 40 CFR 180.371 by amending the existing tolerance for the raw agricultural commodity pistachio currently at 0.1 ppm to 0.9 ppm, and the existing tolerance for almond 
hulls currently at 1.0 ppm to 14.0 ppm.  The notice also proposes to establish tolerances for 
residues of the fungicide thiophanate-methyl, (dimethyl [(1,2-phenylene)-bis(iminocarbonothioyl)]bis[carbamate]), its oxygen analogue dimethyl-4,4-o-phenylene 
bis(allophonate), and its benzim idazole-containing metabolites] in  or on cotton, undelinted 
seed at 0.05 ppm, and cotton, gin byproducts at 14.0 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   G/SPS/N/USA/1467 
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  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: 
8 November 2006 (Volume 71, Number 216).  Pa ges 65504-65506.  Available in English. 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/ 2006/November/Day-08/p18777.htm  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not specified. 
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 8 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:  
Ms Evelyn Alexander , United States SPS National 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;  Email:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov