. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1270 
5 April 2006 
 (06-1598) 
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):  Sunflower, safflower; vegetable, legume, soybean, mulberry, Indian, and 
other 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 Pesticide Petitions for Establishment or Amendment to Regulations for Residues of 
Pesticide Chemicals in or Various Comm odities (Available in English, 1 page).  
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petitions 
proposing the establishment or amendment of regulations for residues of the herbicide glyphosate [(N-phosphonomethyl) glycine]sunflo wer and safflower at 25.0 parts per million 
(ppm) (PP 4E6878); vegetable, legume, group 6, except soybean at 8.0 ppm (PP 5E6987); 
and mulberry, Indian at 0.2 ppm (PP 5E6987).  IR-4 further proposes to delete the present 
entire entries for sunflower, seed at 0.1 ppm ; safflower, seed at 0.1 ppm; and vegetable, 
legume, group 6, except soybean at 6.0,  as these tolerances are no longer needed.  
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:   
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
29 March 2006 (Volume 71, Number 60, Pages: 15734 - 15735), http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/March/Day-29/p4549.htm  
Available in English.  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  - G/SPS/N/USA/1270 
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  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 28 April 2006. 
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 Julie Morin, 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