. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/964 
3 September 2004 
 (04-3679) 
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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Products that use the pesticide Glyphosate in or on alfalfa;  rice, grain;  
cotton, gin by-products;  wheat, forage;  wheat, hay;  rice, bran;  and rice, hulls;  alfalfa, 
forage;  alfalfa, hay;  grain, cereal, group 15 except barley, field corn, grain sorghum, oats, 
rice and wheat.   
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: Glyphosate; 
Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Esta blish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide 
Chemical in or on Food (available in English, 12 pages). 
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition 
proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of Glyphosate in or on alfalfa seeds 
at 0.5ppm;  rice, grain at 15.0 ppm;  cotton, gi n by products at 150 ppm;  wheat, forage at 
10.0 ppm;  wheat, hay at 10.0 ppm;  rice, bran  at 30.0 ppm;  and commodities such as rice, 
hulls at 25.0 ppm;  alfalfa, forage at 175 ppm;  alfalfa, hay at 400 ppm;  grain, cereal, group 
15 except barley, field corn, grain sorghum, oats, rice and wheat at 0.1ppm.   
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:   DOCID:fr, Federal 
Register : 18 August 2004 (Volume 69, Number 159) Pages 51301-51312; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA- PEST/2004/August/Day-18/p18770.htm  (available in 
English). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   Not available G/SPS/N/USA/964 
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 11. Proposed date of entry into force:   Not available 
12. Final date for comments:  17 September 2004 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   Registration Division (7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs 
(OPP), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 
DC 20460.  opp-docket@epa.gov  Note:  Identify docket name "OPP-2004-0160" in 
subject line of your response. 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail a ddress (if available) of other body:   Ms. Julie 
Morin, United States SPS Enquiry Point O fficer, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, 
Food Safety & Technical Services Divisi on, Stop 1027, Washi ngton D.C. 20250.  
Tel:  202-720-4051;  Fax:  202-690-0677;  Email:  fstsd@usda.gov