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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/406
23 March 2001
(01-1450)
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 may be provided in addition, where
applicable).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Pesticides
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Notice of Filing Pesticide Petitions
to Establish Tolerances for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on Food - Tebuconazole
(7 pages)
5. Description of content: This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petitions
proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or
on various food commodities.
EPA has received pesticide petitions proposing, pursuant to section 408(d) of the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21 U.S.C. 346a(d), to amend 40 CFR part 180 byestablishing tolerances for residues of tebuconazole, alpha-[2-(4-chlorophenyl)ethyl]alpha-
(1,1-dimethylethyl) -1H-1,2,4] in or on the raw agricultural commodities as follows:
1. Proposes the establishment of tolerances in or on turnip, tops at 8.0 parts per million
(ppm) and turnip, roots at 0.4 ppm.
2. Proposes the establishment of a tolerance in or on hop at 5.0 ppm.
3. Proposes the establishment of a tolerance in or on vegetable, cucurbit, group at
0.1 ppm.
4. Proposes the establishment of a tolerance in or on mango (postharvest) at 0.2 ppm.
5. Proposes the establishment of a tolerance in or on plum (postharvest) at 1.0 ppm.
6. Proposes the establishment of tolerances in or on sunflower, seed at 0.05 ppm,
sunflower, refined oil at 0.2 ppm, and sunflower, meal at 0.2 ppm.
7. Proposes the establishment of a tolerance in or on okra at 1.0 ppm.8. Proposes the establishment of a tolerance in or on lychee at 1.5 ppm.
9. Proposes the establishment of tolerances for nut, tree, group at 0.05 ppm, almond,
hulls at 5.0 ppm, pistachio at 0.05, wheat, forage at 3.0 ppm, wheat, hay at 6.0 ppm,
and wheat, straw at 1.4 ppm.
10. Proposes the establishment of tolerances in or on bean, succulent at 0.1 ppm, bean,
seed at 0.1 ppm, cotton, undelinted seed at 2.0 ppm, and cotton, gin byproducts at
16.0 ppm.
11. Proposes the establishment of tolerances in or on asparagus at 0.01 ppm, coffee,
green bean at 0.1 ppm, coffee, roasted bean at 0.2 ppm, garlic, bulb at 0.1 ppm, and
onion, dry bulb at 0.1 ppm.G/SPS/N/USA/406
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EPA has determined that the petitions contain 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
petitions. Additional data may be needed before EPA rules on the petitions.
6. 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           
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  There are no established Codex Maximum
Residue Levels (MRLs) for tebuconazole.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  66 FR 15437,
19 March 2001 (Available in English)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined.
11. Final date for comments:  18 April 2001
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: Environmental Protection Agency
[    ] National notification authority, [     ] National enquiry point, or address, fax
number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  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 12.
12. 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
Attn:  Carolyn F. Wilson
Room 5545 South Agriculture Building
Stop 1027
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C.20250Tel:  (202) 720-2239
Fax:  (202) 690-0677
E-mail:  ofsts@fas.usda.gov