. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1428 
22 September 2006 
 (06-4505) 
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):  Animal feed, nongrass, group 18, forage ; animal feed, nongrass, group 18, 
hay; barley, hay; barley, straw; beet, sugar, tops; berry group 13; cattle, kidney; cotton, gin 
byproducts; cotton, undelinted seed ; cranberry; fruit, pome, group 11; fruit, stone, group 12; ginger; goat, kidney; grain, aspirated fractions pm; grape; hog, kidney; hop, dried cones; 
horse, kidney; nut, tree, group 14; okra pm; onion, bulb; pea and bean, dried shelled, except 
soybean, subgroup 6C, except guar bean; pea and bean, succulent shelled, subgroup 6B; sheep, kidney; sorghum, forage, forage; sorghum , grain, forage; soybean, forage; soybean, 
hay; soybean, hulls; soybean, seed; vegetable, Br assica leafy, group 5; vegetable, cucurbit, 
group 9; vegetable, fruiting, group 8; vege table, legume, edible  podded, subgroup 6A; 
wheat, forage; wheat, grain; wheat, hay; and wheat, straw.  
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:  Paraquat 
Dichloride; Pesticide Tolerance (A vailable in English, 7 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes tolera nces for residues of paraquat 
dichloride in or on tolerances are established for residues of paraquat dichloride in or on 
animal feed, nongrass, group 18, forage at 75 ppm; animal feed, nongrass, group 18, hay at 
210 ppm; barley, hay at 3.5 ppm; barley, straw at 1.0 ppm; beet, sugar, tops at 0.05 ppm; 
berry group 13 at 0.05 ppm; cattle, kidney at 0. 50 ppm; cotton, gin byproducts at 110 ppm; 
cotton, undelinted seed at 3.5 ppm; cranberry at 0.05 ppm; fruit, pome, group 11 at 0.05 
ppm; fruit, stone, group 12 at 0.05 ppm; ginger at 0.10 ppm; goat, kidney at 0.50 ppm; 
grain, aspirated fractions at 65 ppm; grape at 0.05 ppm; hog, kidney at 0.50 ppm; hop, dried cones at 0.50 ppm; horse, kidney at 0.50 ppm; nut, tree, group 14 at 0.05 ppm; okra at 0.05 ppm; onion, bulb at 0.10 ppm; pea and bean, dr ied shelled, except soybean, subgroup 6C, 
except guar bean at 0.30 ppm; pea and bean, succulent shelled, subgroup 6B at 0.05 ppm; 
sheep, kidney at 0.50 ppm; sorghum, forage, fora ge at 0.10 ppm; sorghum, grain, forage at 
0.10 ppm; soybean, forage at 0.40 ppm; soybean, hay at 10 ppm; soybean, hulls at 4.50 
ppm; soybean, seed at  0.70 ppm; vegetable, Br assica leafy, group 5 at 0.05 ppm; egetable, 
cucurbit, group 9 at 0.05 ppm; vegetable, fru iting, group 8 at 0.05 ppm; vegetable, legume, 
edible podded, subgroup 6A at 0.05 ppm; whea t, forage at 0.50 ppm; wheat, grain at 1.1 
ppm; wheat, hay at 3.5 ppm; and wheat, straw at 50 ppm.  G/SPS/N/USA/1428 
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  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: 
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  The Codex Alimentarius Commission has 
established several maximum resi due limits (MRLs) for para quat dichloride residues in 
various commodities.  The Codex and US tolerances are in harmony with respect to MRL/tolerance expression;  both regulate th e parent paraquat cation only. Compatibility 
between US tolerances and Codex MRLs exists  for eggs, passion fruit, sunflower seed, and 
vegetables [including Brassica leafy vegetables, carrots, cassava, corn (sweet), edible 
podded legume vegetables, fruiting vegetables, lettuce, onions (green), pigeon peas, turnips 
(roots and tops), and yams], milk and rumina nt tissue, and poultry eggs.  Incompatibilities 
of US tolerances and Codex MRLs on the fo llowing raw plant commod ities remain because 
of differences in agricultural practices: cott on seed, dry hops, maize, olives, sorghum, dry 
soya bean and certain vegetables (such as bulb onion).  
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
6 September 2006 (Volume 71, Number 172,Pages 52487-52494,  
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/ 2006/September/Day-06/p14642.htm  
Available in English.  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not specified.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This regulation is effective 6 September 2006.  In the 
Federal Register of 29 June 2005 (70 FR  124) (FRL-7718-8), EPA issued a notice 
announcing the filing of pesticide pe titions for paraquat dichloride.  
12. Final date for comments:  Objections and requests for hearings must be received on or 
before 6 November 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:  Doreen 
Chen-Moulec , United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington 
D.C. 20250.  Tel:  202-690-0607;  Fax:  202-690-0677;  Email:  fstsd@usda.gov