. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1111 
30 September 2005 
 (05-4335) 
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):  Watermelon  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
U.S. trade partners.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  NOTICE.   Terbacil; 
Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Esta blish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide 
Chemical in or on Food (Available in English, 5 pages).  
6. Description of content:  EPA has received a pesticide pe tition proposing the establishment 
and/or amendment of regulations for residues of terbacil on watermelon.  EPA has not fully 
evaluated the sufficiency of the submitted data  at this time or whether the data support 
granting of the petition.  Additional data may be needed before EPA rules on the petition.  
EPA is inviting the public to submit co mments and scientific data for review.  
7. Objective and rationale: [ X ] food safety,  [   ] animal health,  [   ] 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:  NA 
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
7 September 2005 (Volume 70, Number 172) [Pages 53180-53185], 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/ 2005/September/Day-07/p17529.htm , Available in 
English.  
10. Proposed date of adoption:   G/SPS/N/USA/1111 
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 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:  Submissions must be received on or before 7 October 2005 
identified by docket ID number OPP-2005-0215.  
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 P esticide 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;  Email:  fstsd@usda.gov