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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/298
28 June 2000
(00-2650)
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 a Pesticide Petition to
Establish a Tolerance for Certain Pesticide Chemicals in or on Food - Buprofezin (7 pages)
5. Description of content:  This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition
proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of certain pesticide chemicals in or on
various food commodities.
EPA has received a 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 byestablishing a tolerance for residues of buprofezin in or on the following raw agricultural
commodities: almonds, nutmeats at 0.05 part per million (ppm); almonds, hulls, at 0.7 ppm;
bananas at 0.1 ppm; the citrus crop group, fruit, at 0.7 ppm; cotton seed at 1.0 ppm; grapes at
0.4 ppm; and tomatoes, fruit at 0.8 ppm; in or on the following processed commodities: citrus
oil at 26 ppm; citrus pulp, dried, at 2.5 ppm; cotton gin by-products at 23 ppm; and raisins at
1.0 ppm; and in or on the following meat and milk commodities: the fat, meat and meat
byproducts of cattle, goats, hogs, horses, and sheep at 0.05 ppm; and milk at 0.01 ppm. EPAhas determined that the petition contains data or information regarding the elements set forth
in section 408(d)(2) of the FFDCA; however, EP A has not fully evaluated the sufficiency of
the submitted data at this time or whether the data supports granting of the petition. Additional
data may be needed before EPA rules on the petition.
6. Objective and rationale: [  X ] food safety,  [     ] animal health,  [    ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from other
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7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [    ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  Buprofezin was reviewed by the Joint Meeting of
the Food and Agriculture Organization Panel of Experts on Pesticide Residues in Food and the
Environment and the World Health Organization Expert Group on Pesticide Residues (JMPR)to establish Codex maximum residue levels (MRLs) in 1991, 1995, and 1997. Permanent
MRLs were granted for cucumbers and tomatoes and a temporary MRL was granted for
oranges as described below. Additional residue trial data on oranges will be available for the
1999 JMPR meeting to determine if this MRL should also be made permanent.
Commodity MRL
Cucumber 0.3 ppm
Tomato 0.5 ppmOranges, sweet, sour 0.3 ppm (temporary)
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 65 FR 38543,
21 June 2000 (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:  21 July 2000
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
USDA/FAS/FSTSD
Attn: Carolyn F. Wilson
Room 5545 South Agriculture Building
Stop 10271400 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20250
Phone (202) 720-2239
Fax (202) 690-0677
E-mail Address: ofsts@fas.usda.gov