  
. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/USA/88 
29 November 2004 
 (04-5178) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   UNITED STATES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Environmental Protection Agency  (EPA) (93) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:         
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:         
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Pesticide Tolerance.   
(HS Chapter 3808) (ICS 65.100). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Trifluralin;  Proposed 
Pesticide Tolerance (12 Pages, in English). 
6. Description of content:   This document proposes to establish a tolerance for residues of 
trifluralin in mint oil under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as 
amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA).  The amendment 
substantially rewrote section 4 08 of FFDCA.  As a result, the revisions made it necessary, 
once again, to establish tolerances on certain  commodities, such as mint oils, that had 
previously been deemed unnecessary. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human life and health 
8. Relevant documents:   69 Federal Register (FR) 68287 24 November 2004;  Title 40 Code 
of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 180.  Will a ppear in the Federal Register when adopted. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:   24 January 2005 G/TBT/N/USA/88 
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 11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses,  if available of the other body:  Full text of this 
Notification is now available on the Internet at URLs: 
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/24 22/06jun20041800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/04-
25941.htm  
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/24 22/06jun20041800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/pdf/
04-25941.pdf  
 