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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/784
25 August 2003
(03-4405)
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):  Products that use the pesticide 6-Benzyladenine
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any
US trading partners.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  6-Benzyladenine;
Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide
Chemical in or on Food (available in English, 4 pages)
6. Description of content:  This document announces EPA's receipt of and seeks public
comment on a petition requesting a particular tolerance action be taken.  Specifically, this
petitioner seeks to establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for the
biochemical pesticide 6-benzyladenine (6-BA) in or on pistachio, and to amend the existing
exemption for apples to expand the uses and increase the application rate.  Afterconsidering public comment, EPA will either deny the petition or issue a final rule
implementing its decision with regard to the tolerance action.  Final tolerance actions are
promulgated in 40 CFR Part 180.
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[ X ] 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:   not applicable
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  DOCID:fr30jy03-55,
Federal Register: 30 July 2003 (Volume 68, Number 146) Page 44777-44780;
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/July/Day-30/p19280.htm; available in
English.
10. Proposed date of adoption:  not applicable
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  not applicableG/SPS/N/USA/784
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12. Final date for comments:  29 August 2003
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 Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Information Resources and
Services Division (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), Environmental ProtectionAgency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. opp-docket@epa.gov
Note:  Identify docket name "OPP-2003-0223" in subject line of your response.
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [ X ] National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Ms. Roseanne Freese, United States SPS Enquiry Point Officer, USDA Foreign
Agricultural Service, Food Safety and Technical Services Division, Stop 1027,
Washington, DC  20250.  Tel: (202) 690-1642, Fax: (202) 720-7772,
Email: fstsd@fas.usda.gov