. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/860 
24 February 2004 
 (04-0770) 
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 Tebufenozide 
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:   Tebufenozide; Notice of 
Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tolera nce for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or 
on Food;  Available in English, 4 pages 
6. Description of content:  EPA has received a pesticide petition (PP 7F4824) proposing, to 
amend 40 CFR part 180, to reestablish the time-limited tolerance for indirect or inadvertent residues of tebufenozide and its metabolite benzoic acid, 3,5-dimethyl-1-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-2-4-(hydroxyethyl) benzoyl benzoyl in or on the raw agricultural 
commodity foliage of legume vegetables at 0. 1 parts per million (ppm), forage, fodder, hay 
and straw of cereal grains at 0.5 ppm, grass fo rage, fodder and hay at 0.5 ppm, and forage, 
fodder, straw and hay of nongrass animals feeds at 0.5 ppm.  EPA has determined that the petition contains data or info rmation regarding the elements set forth in section 408(d)(2) 
of the FFDCA;  however, EPA has not fully eval uated the sufficiency of the submitted data 
at this time or whether the data support gran ting of the petition.  Additional data may be 
needed before EPA rules on the petition. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from anima l/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:   Codex MRLs have been established for 
residues of tebufenozide in/on pome fruit 1.0 ppm, husked rice 0.1 ppm and walnut 0.05 ppm.  Tebufenozide is registered in Canada, and a tolerance for residues in/on apples is 
established at 1.0 ppm. EPA has set the pome fru it tolerance at 1.5 ppm based on US field 
residue trials. G/SPS/N/USA/860 
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 9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which thes e are available: 
 DOCID: fr28ja04-55, 
Federal Register : 28 January 2004 (Volume 69, Number 18), pages 4147-4151; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA- PEST/2004/January/Day-28/p1241.htm ; Available in 
English 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   n.a. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   n.a. 
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 27 February 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:   Public Information and Reco rds Integrity Branch (PIRIB), 
Information Resources and Services Division (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. opp-docket@epa.gov Note: Identify doc ket name "OPP-2003-0372" 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 address (if available) of other body:   
Ms. Julie Morin, United States SPS Enquiry Point Officer, USDA Foreign Agricultural 
Service, Food Safety and Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington, DC  20250.  
Tel:  (202) 720-4051, Fax:   (202) 720-7772, E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov