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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/802
16 September 2003
(03-4960)
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 Glufosinate-Ammonium
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:   Glufosinate-Ammonium;
Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tolerance for a Certain PesticideChemical in or on Food  (Available in English, 6 pages)
6. Description of content:  This document announces EPA’s receipt of and seeks public
comment on a petition requesting the taking of a tolerance action.  Specifically, this
petitioner seeks to establish a tolerance for residues of the herbicide glufosinate-ammonium
(butanoic acid, 2-amino-4-(hydroxymethyl phosphinyl)-, monoammonium salt) and its
metabolite, 3-methylphosphinicopropionic acid expressed as 2-amino-4-(hydroxymethylphosphinyl)butanoic acid equivalents in or on the raw agricultural
commodities: Cotton, undelinted seed at 4.0 parts per million (ppm); cotton gin byproducts
at 15 ppm; cattle, fat at 0.4 ppm; cattle, meat at 0.15 ppm; cattle meat byproducts at 6.0
ppm; goat, fat at 0.4 ppm; goat, meat at 0.15 ppm; goat meat byproducts at 6.0 ppm; hog,
fat at 0.4 ppm; hog, meat at 0.15 ppm; hog meat byproducts at 6.0 ppm; horse, fat at 0.4
ppm; horse, meat at 0.15 ppm; horse meat by products at 6.0 ppm; sheep, fat at 0.4 ppm;
sheep, meat at 0.15 ppm; sheep meat byprodu cts at 6.0 ppm; egg at 0.15 ppm; milk at 0.15
ppm; poultry, fat at 0.15 ppm; poultry, meat at 0.15 ppm; and poultry meat byproducts at
0.6 ppm. Also establish a tolerance for residues of the herbicide glufosinate-ammonium
(butanoic acid, 2-amino-4-hydroxymethyl phosphinyl)-, monoammonium salt) and its
metabolites, 3-methylphosphinicopropionic acid, and 2-acetamido-4-methylphosphinico-
butanoic acid expressed as 2-amino 4(hydr oxymethylphosphinyl)butanoic acid equivalents
in or on the raw agricultural commodities derived from transgenic cotton and rice tolerant
to glufosinate-ammonium: Rice, grain at 1.0 ppm; rice, straw at 2.0 ppm; rice, hull at 2.0
ppm; cotton, undelinted seed at 4.0 ppm; and, cotton, gin byproducts at 15.0 ppm.  After
considering 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 arepromulgated 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
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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:  NA
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  DOCID:fr15au03-60,
Federal Register: 15 August 2003 (Volume 68, Number 158) Page 48908-48913;
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/August/Day-15/p20897.htm  (Available in
English)
10. Proposed date of adoption:   NA
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   NA
12. Final date for comments:  15 September 2003
Agency or authority designated to handl e 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-2003-0274" 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, Acting 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) 772-7772;  E-mail:fstsd@fas.usda.gov