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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/554
25 February 2002
(02-0931)
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
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 a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on Food - Fluoride (4 pages)
5. Description of content:  This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition
proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in oron various food commodities.
EPA has received a pesticide petition proposing, pursuant to section 408(d) of the FFDCA,
21 U.S.C. 346a(d), to amend 40 CFR part 180 by establishing a tolerance for residues of:
1. Fluoride in or on the following raw agricultural commodities:  Date at 5 parts per
million (ppm), fig at 5 ppm, plum, prune, dried at 5 ppm, grape, raisin at 5 ppm, fruit, dried
at 5 ppm, almond at 10 ppm, pecan at 23 ppm, pistachio at 18 ppm, walnut at 30 ppm,
beechnut; butternut; cashew; chestnut; chinquapin;  filbert; nut, brazil; nut, hickory; and nut,
macadamia at 30 ppm, barley, grain at 10 ppm, corn, field, grain; and corn, pop, grain at
7 ppm, oat, grain at 17 ppm, rice, grain at 10 ppm, wheat, grain at 25 ppm, millet, grain;
rice, wild, grain; sorghum, grain; and tritic ale, grain at 25 ppm and on the processed
products corn, field, flour at 26 ppm, corn, field, grits at 10 ppm, corn, field, meal at28 ppm, corn, field, oil at 3 ppm, rice, brown at  14 ppm, rice, polished rice at 18 ppm, rice,
bran at 31 ppm, rice, hulls at 35 ppm, wheat, bran at 40 ppm, wheat, flour at 10 ppm, wheat,
germ at 98 ppm, wheat milled by products at 35 ppm, wheat, shorts at 38 ppm, corn, field,
refined oil at 3 ppm.
2. Sulfuryl fluoride in or on the following raw agricultural commodities:  Date at 0.03
ppm, fig at 0.05 ppm, plum, prune, dried at 0.01 ppm, grape, raisin at 0.01 ppm, fruit, dried
at 0.05 ppm, almond at 0.2 ppm, pecan at 6.0 pp m, pistachio at 0.5 ppm, walnut at 6.0 ppm,
beenut; butternut; cashew; chestnut; chinquapin; filbert; nut, brazil; nut, hickory; and nut,
macadamia at 6.0 ppm, barley, grain at 0.01 ppm , corn, field, grain and corn, pop, grain at
0.04 ppm, oat, grain at 0.01ppm, rice, grain at 0.04 ppm, wheat, grain at 0.05 ppm, millet,
grain; rice, wild, grain; sorghum, grain; trit icale, grain at 0.05 ppm and on the processed
products corn, field, flour at 0.01 ppm, corn, field, grits at 0.01 ppm, corn, field, meal at
0.01 ppm, corn, field, refined oil at 9.0 ppm, ri ce, brown at 0.01 ppm, rice, polished rice at
0.01 ppm, rice , bran at 0.01 ppm, rice, hulls  at 0.08 ppm, wheat, bran at 0.01 ppm, wheat,
flour at 0.03 ppm, wheat, germ at 0.01 ppm, wheat milled byproducts at 0.01 ppm, wheat,
shorts at 0.01 ppm.G/SPS/N/USA/554
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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.
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 is no Codex maximum residue level
established for residues of fluoride on any food or feed crop.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 67 FR 7156,
15 February 2002 (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:  Comments must be received on or before 18 March 2002.
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 1027
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.Washington, D.C. 20250
Tel:   (202) 720-2239
Fax:  (202) 690-0677
E-mail:  ofsts@fas.usda.gov