WorldTradeOrganizationGSPSNUSA167610August2007(07.docVIP

World Trade Organization G/SPS/N/USA/1676 10 August 2007 (07-3386) Committee on Sanitary and 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): Bushberry, juneberry, lingonberry, salal, aronia berry, blueberry, lowbush, buffalo currant, chilean guava, European barberry, highbush cranberry, honeysuckle, native curran,t sea buckthorn, pistachio, mayhaw, fruiting vegetables, peanut, soybean, root vegetables, beet, leafy petioles 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 of Filing of Pesticide Petitions for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities (available in English, 3 pages) 6. Description of content: This notice announces receipt of a pesticide petition which proposes to establish a tolerance for residues of the insecticide bifenthrin ((2-methyl [1,1-biphenyl]-3-yl)methyl-3-(2-chloro-3,3,3,-trifluoro-1-propenyl)-2,2- dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate) in or on food commodities bushberry subgroup 13-B and juneberry; lingonberry; salal; aronia berry; blueberry, lowbush; buffalo currant; chilean guava; European barberry; highbush cranberry; honeysuckle; jostaberry; native currant; sea buckthorn at 2.0 ppm; pistachio at 0.05 ppm; mayhaw at 1.4 ppm; vegetables, fruiting, group 8 at 0.5 ppm; peanut at 0.05 ppm; soybean at 0.2 ppm; vegetable, root, except sugar beet and garden beet, subgroup 1B at 0.07 ppm; beet, garden, roots at 0.45 ppm; beet, garden, tops at 15 ppm, and leafy petioles subgroup 4-B at 3.0 ppm. 7. Objective and rationale: [?X?] food safety, [? ?] animal he