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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/445
30 May 2001
(01-2690)
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, whereapplicable).  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 a Pesticide Petition
to Establish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on Food - Pyraclostrobin
(9 pages)
5. 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 pesticide petition 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 by
establishing tolerances for combined residues of BAS 500 F or pyraclostrobin
(methyl-N-(((1-(4-chlorophenyl)pyrazol-3-yl) oxy, o-tolyl)N-methoxycarbamate) and its
metabolite BF 500-3 (methyl-N-(((1-(4-chlorophenylpyrazol-3-yl)oxy)o-tolyl)carbamate);
expressed as parent compound in or on the raw agricultural commodities almond hulls at 1.6
ppm, banana at 0.04 parts per million (ppm), barley (grain) at 0.4 ppm, barley (hay) at 25
ppm, barley (straw) at 6.0 ppm, berries (crop group) at 1.0 ppm, bulb vegetables (cropgroup) at 0.7 ppm, citrus fruits (crop group) at 0.7 ppm, cucurbits (crop group) at 0.5 ppm,
fruiting vegetables (crop group) at 1.0 ppm, grape at 2.0 ppm, grass seed (seed screenings)
at 27 ppm, grass seed (straw) at 14.0 ppm, grass seed (forage) at 10.0 ppm, grass seed (hay)
at 4.5 ppm, lentil at 0.5 ppm, orange oil at 4.2 ppm, orange pulp (dry) at 6.3 ppm, peanut at
0.05 ppm, peanut oil at 0.1 ppm, pea (dry, seed ) at 0.4 ppm, radish tops at 16.0 ppm, raisinat 6.0 ppm, root vegetables (crop subgroup 1- B) at 0.4 ppm, rye (grain) at 0.04 ppm, rye
(straw) at 0.5 ppm), stone fruits (crop group) at 0.7 ppm, strawberry at 0.4 ppm, sugar beet
(dry pulp) at 1.6 ppm, sugar beet (root) at 0.2 ppm, sugar beet (top) at 8.0 ppm, tomato paste
at 2.0 ppm, tree nuts (crop group) at 0.04 ppm, tuberous and corm vegetables (crop
subgroup 1-C) at 0.04 ppm, wheat (grain) at 0.2 ppm, wheat (hay) at 6.0 ppm, wheat (straw)
at 6.0 ppm, cattle (fat) at 0.1 ppm, cattle (kidney) at 0.1 ppm, cattle (liver) at 0.6 ppm, cattle
(milk) at 0.03 ppm, cattle (muscle) at 0.1 ppm, poultry (egg) at 0.1 ppm, poultry (muscle) at
0.1 ppm, poultry (liver) at 0.1 ppm, poultry (fat) at 0.1 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 sufficency of the submitted data atthis 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/445
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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:  A maximum residue level (MRL) has not been
established for pyraclostrobin in any crop by the Codex Alimentarius Commission.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   66 FR 28470,
23 May 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:  22 June 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 BuildingStop 1027
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C.20250
Tel:  (202) 720-2239
Fax:  (202) 690-0677E-mail:  ofsts@fas.usda.gov