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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/629
14 August 2002
(02-4447)
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):  Pesticide - Sethoxydim
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any
trading partners
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document : Notice of Filing a
Pesticide Petition To Establish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on Food -Sethoxydim (4 pages – available in English).
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition
proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or
on various food commodities.
EPA has received a pesticide petition proposing, pursuant to section 408(d) of the FFDCA,
21 U.S.C. 346a(d), to amend 40 CFR part 180 by establishing tolerances for combined
residues of the herbicide, sethoxydim (2-[1-(ethoxyimino)butyl]-5-[2-(ethylthio)propyl]-3-
hydroxy-2-cyclohexen-1-one) and its metabolites containing the 2-cyclohexen-1- one
moiety (calculated as the herbicide)] in or on the raw agricultural commodities as follows:
1. Herb subgroup 19A, fresh leaves, except lemongrass at 5.0 parts per million
(ppm).
 2. Abarella, atemoya, avocado, acerola, banana, birbira, blimbe, breadfruit, cacao
bean canistel, cherimoya, coconut, custard apple, date, durian, feijoa, fig,
governor's plum, guava, ilama, imbe, imbu, jaboticaba, jackfruit, kiwifruit, longan,
lychee, mamey apple, mango, marmaladebox, mamey sapote, mangosteen,
mountain papaya, papaya, passionfruit, persimmon, pomegrante, rambutan, roseapple, sapodilla, black sapote, white sapote, soursop, spanish lime, starfruit, star
apple, surinam cherry, sugar apple, tamarind, ugli fruit, and wax jambu at 0.5 ppm.
3. Lingonberries, juneberry, and salal at 5.0 ppm.
EPA has determined that the petition contains data or information regarding the elements
set forth in section 408(d)(2) of the FFDCA ; however, EPA has not fully evaluated the
sufficiency of the submitted data at this time or whether the data support granting of the
petition. Additional data may be needed before EPA rules on the petition.G/SPS/N/USA/629
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7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ]  protect territory from other
damage from pests
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[  ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [ X ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   67 FR 51267,
7 August 2002 (Available in English)
10. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined.
12. Final date for comments:   Comments must be received by EPA on or before
6 September 2002.
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments: [   ] National notification
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:   Environmental Protection Agency
Detailed instruction on where and how to send comments is in the body of the full text -
which will be sent upon request to the address in paragraph 13.
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
United States SPS Enquiry Point/Notification Authority
USDA/FAS/FSTSD
Attn:  Carolyn F. WilsonRoom 5545 South Agriculture Building
Stop 1027
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20250
Tel:  (202) 720-2239Fax:  (202) 690-0677
E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov