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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/314
3 August 2000
(00-3198)
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 – Azoxystrobin (6 pages)
5. Description of content: This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petitions 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 azoxystrobin (methyl (E-2-(2-(6-(2-cyanophenoxy)
pyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl)-3-methoxyacrylate) ) and its Z isomer methyl (Z-2-(2-(6-
(2-cyanophenoxy) pyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl)-3- (methoxyacrylate)) in or on the raw
agricultural commodities (RAC) apples at 1.5 parts per million (ppm); barley, bran at 0.2 ppm;
barley, grain at 0.1 ppm; barley, hay at 15 ppm; barley, straw at 4 ppm; beet, sugar, dried pulp
at 0.8 ppm; cattle, fat at 0.03 ppm; cattle, meat by-products at 0.07 ppm; citrus, oil at 15 ppm;
coriander, leaves at 30 ppm; coriander, seed at 30 ppm; corn, field, forage at 10 ppm; corn,field, grain at 0.05 ppm; corn, field, refined oil at 0.3 ppm; corn, field, stover at 25 ppm; corn,
pop, grain at 0.05 ppm; corn, pop, stover at 25 ppm; corn, sweet, kernal plus cob with husks
removed at 0.02 ppm; corn, sweet, forage at 10 ppm; corn, sweet, stover at 25 ppm; cotton at
0.01 ppm; cotton, gin by-products at 0.01 ppm; fruit, citrus, group at 3 ppm; fruit, citrus, dried
pulp at 7 ppm; goat, fat at 0.03 ppm; goat, meat by-products at 0.07 ppm; horse, fat at 0.03ppm; horse, meat by-products at 0.07 ppm; peanut at 0.2 ppm; peanut, hay at 15 ppm; peanut,
refined oil at 0.6 ppm; sheep, fat at 0.03 ppm; sheep, meat by-products at 0.07 ppm; soybean,
seed at 0.5 ppm; soybean, forage at 25 ppm; soybean, hay at 55 ppm; soybean, hulls at 1.25
ppm; soybean, seed at 0.5 ppm; rice, wild at 5 ppm; vegetable, bulb, group at 7.5 ppm;
vegetable, leafy, except brassica vegetables, group at 30 ppm; vegetable, leaves of root andtuber, group at 50 ppm; and vegetable, root and tuber, group at 0.5 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 sufficiency
of the submitted data at this 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/314
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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:  There are no Codex maximum residue levels
established for azoxystrobin.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 65 FR 47498,
2 August 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:  1 September 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. WilsonRoom 5545 South Agriculture Building
Stop 1027
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20250
Phone (202) 720-2239Fax (202) 690-0677
E-mail Address: ofsts@fas.usda.gov