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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/767
28 July 2003
(03-4005)
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 carry the rodenticide Zinc Phosphide in or on the following raw
agricultural commodities:  alfalfa, forage and alfalfa, barley, grain and barley, hay, barley
straw, bean (dry, seed), beet (sugar, roots, tops), potato, timothy hay and forage, wheatgrain, wheat hay, and wheat straw
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:  Zinc Phosphide; Notice
of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or
on Food (Available in English, 5 pages)
6. Description  of content:  EPA has received pesticide petitions (2E6419, 1E6306, 1E6270,
1E6337, 9E5082, 0E6199, 1E6292) from the IR-4 Project, Center for Minor Crop PestManagement, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 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 180.284 by establishing tolerances for the first time for residues of the
rodenticide Zinc Phosphide in or on the following raw agricultural commodities:
• PP 2E6419 proposes to establish a tolerance in or on alfalfa, forage and alfalfa, hay
at 0.1 parts per million (ppm).
• PP 1E6306 proposes a tolerance in or on barley, grain and barley, hay at 0.05 ppm,
and barley, straw at 0.2 ppm.
• PP 1E6270 proposes a tolerance in or on bean, dry, seed at 0.05 ppm.
• PP 1E6337 proposes tolerances in or on beet, sugar, roots at 0.05 ppm and beet,
sugar, tops at 0.2 ppm.
• PP 9E5082 proposes a tolerance in or on potato at 0.05 ppm.
• PP 0E6199 proposes a tolerance in or on timothy hay and timothy forage at 0.05
ppm.
• PP 1E6292 proposes a tolerance in or on wheat grain; wheat, hay; and wheat, straw
at 0.05 ppm.
EPA has determined that these petitions contain 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
requests.  Additional data may be needed before EPA rules on the petitions.G/SPS/N/USA/767
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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: fr09jy03-90,
Federal Register:  9 July 2003 (Volume 68, Number 131) Pages 40939-40944;
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/July/Day-09/p17104.htm (Available in
English)
10. Proposed date of adoption:  not applicable
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  not applicable
12. Final date for comments:  8 August 2003
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ X ] National notification
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (ifavailable) 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-2003-0204" 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, US Department of Agriculture, Stop 1027, Washington, DC  20250.
Tel (202) 690-1642, Roseanne.Freese@usda.gov