. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1251 
20 March 2006 
 (06-1232) 
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):  Alfalfa seed;  alfalfa seed screenings;  banana;  food commodities;  animal 
feed, nongrass, group 18, forage;  animal feed, nongrass, group 18, hay; peanut, hay; vegetable, bulb, group 3, except green onion;  onion, green;  grass, forage, fodder and hay, 
group 17, forage;  grass, forage, fodder and hay,  group 17, hay;  grain, cereal, group 16, 
stover, except rice; grain, cereal, group 16, forage, except rice; grain, cereal, group 16, hay, 
except rice;  grain, cereal, group 16, straw, except rice;  peppermint, tops; and spearmint 
tops.  
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:  Final rule:   Spinosad; 
Pesticide Tolerance (Available in English, 7 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes tolera nces for residues of Spinosad 
in/on the following commodities:  Alfalfa seed at 0.15 ppm;  alfalfa seed screenings at 2.0 
ppm;  banana at 0.25 ppm;  food commodities at 0.02 ppm;  spearmint, tops at 3.5 ppm; 
peppermint, tops at 3.5 ppm;  animal feed, nongrass, group 18, forage at 35 ppm; animal feed, nongrass, group 18 hay at 30 ppm;  peanut, hay at 11 ppm;  vegetable, bulb, group 3, 
except green onion, group 3 at 0.1 ppm;  onion,  green at 2.0 ppm;  grass, forage, fodder and 
hay, group 17, forage at 10 ppm;  grass, fora ge, fodder and hay, group 17, hay at 5 ppm; 
grain, cereal, group 16, stover, except rice at 10 ppm;  grain, cereal, group 16, forage, except rice at 2.5 ppm; grain, cereal, group 16, hay, except rice at 10 ppm;  grain, cereal, group 16, straw, except rice at 1.0 ppm. 
EPA had published a proposed rule on the toleran ce in the Federal Register of 20 July 2005.  
7. Objective and rationale: [ X ] food safety,  [   ] animal health,  [ X ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from 
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  8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[ X ] 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:  There are Codex MRLs for spinosad in corn 
forage (5 ppm), corn fodder (5 ppm), wheat fodder (1 ppm) and wheat straw (1 ppm).  
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
8 March 2006 (Volume 71, Number 45) Pages 11519-11526. http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/March/Day-08/p1939.htm  (Available in 
English).  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not specified 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This regulation is effective 8 March 2006.  
12. Final date for comments:  Objections and requests for hearings must be received on or 
before 8 May 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