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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/710
10 June 2003
(03-2974)
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 Pyriproxyfen in or on the raw agricultural
commodities atemoya, biriba, cherimoya, custard apple, ilama, soursop, sugar apple,
avocado, black sapote, canistel, mamey sapote, mango, papaya, sapodilla, star apple andfig.
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:  Pyriproxyfen;  Pesticide
Tolerances (available in English, 6 pages).
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes a tolerance for residues of
Pyriproxyfen in or on atemoya, biriba, cherimoya, custard apple, ilama, soursop, and sugar
apple at 0.20 parts per million (ppm);  av ocado, black sapote, canistel, mamey sapote,
mango, papaya, sapodilla and star apple at 1.0 ppm; okra at 0.02 ppm;  fig at 0.30 ppm; and
fig, dried at 1.0 ppm.  The Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4) requested these
tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the
Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA).
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:
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  DOCID:
fr14my03-12, Federal Register:  14 May 2003 (Volume 68, Number 93)
Pages 25831-25837;http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/May/Day-14/p12022.htm; Available in
English
10. Proposed date of adoption:  not applicableG/SPS/N/USA/710
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11. Proposed date of entry into force:   14 May 2003
12. Final date for comments:  14 June 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 Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.  opp-docket@epa.gov
Note:  Identify docket name "OPP-2003-0109" 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:
Mr. Bill Janis, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Stop 1027, Washington, DC  20250.  Tel
(202) 720-9047, (202) 720-0677, fstsd@usda.gov