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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/669
9 January 2003
(03-0116)
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 Pyraclostrobin, specifically almond, hulls;
banana;  barley, grain;  barley, hay;  barley, stra w;  bean, dry;  beet, sugar, dried pulp;  beet,
sugar, roots;  beet, sugar, tops;  berry, group;  citrus, dried pulp;  citrus, oil;  fruit, citrus,group;  fruit, stone, group;  grain, aspirated fractions;  grape;  grape, raisin;  grass, forage;
grass, hay;  grass, seed screenings;  grass, straw;  nut, tree, group;  peanut, nutmeat;
peanut, refined oil;  pistachio;  radish, tops;  rye, grain;  rye, straw;  strawberry;  vegetable,
bulb, group;  vegetable, cucurbit, group;  vegetable, fruiting, group;  vegetable, root, except
sugar beet, subgroup;  vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup;  wheat, grain;  wheat, hay;and wheat,  straw;  cattle, fat;  cattle, liver;  cattle, meat;  cattle, meat by-products, except
liver fat;  goat, fat;  goat, liver;  goat, meat;  goat, meat by-products, except liver;  hog, fat;
hog, liver;  hog, meat;  hog, meat by-products, except liver;  horse, fat;  horse, liver;  horse,
meat;  horse, meat by-products, except liver;  milk; sheep, fat;  sheep, liver;  sheep, meat;
and sheep, meat by-products, except liver.
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any
U.S. trading partners
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Pyraclostrobin;  Pesticide
Tolerance, (available in English, 17 pages).
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes tolerances for combined residues of
pyraclostrobin (carbamic acid, [2-[ [[1-(4-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrazol- 3-
yl]oxy]methyl]phenyl]methoxy-, methyl ester and its desmethoxy metabolite methyl 2-
[[[1-(4-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrazol-3- yl]oxy]methyl]phenyl carbamate, expressed as parentcompound, in or on almond, hulls at 1.6 parts per million (ppm);  banana at 0.04 ppm;
barley, grain at 0.4 ppm;  barley, hay at 25 ppm;  barley, straw at 6.0 ppm;  bean, dry at
0.3 ppm;  beet, sugar, dried pulp at 1.0 ppm;  beet, sugar, roots at 0.2 ppm;  beet, sugar,
tops at 8.0 ppm;  berry, group at 1.3 ppm;  citrus, dried pulp at 5.5 ppm;  citrus, oil at
4.0 ppm;  fruit, citrus, group at 0.7 ppm;  fruit, stone, group at 0.9 ppm;  grain, aspirated
fractions at 2.5 ppm;  grape at 2.0 ppm;  grape, raisin at 7.0 ppm;  grass, forage at 10 ppm;
grass, hay at 4.5 ppm;  grass, seed screenings at 27 ppm;  grass, straw at 14 ppm;  nut, tree,group at 0.04 ppm;  peanut, nutmeat at 0.05 ppm;  peanut, refined oil at 0.1 ppm;  pistachio
at 0.7 ppm;  radish, tops at 16 ppm;  rye, grain at 0.04 ppm;  rye, straw at 0.5 ppm;
strawberry at 0.4 ppm;  vegetable, bulb, group at 0.9 ppm;  vegetable, cucurbit, group at
0.5 ppm;  vegetable, fruiting, group at 1.4 ppm;  vegetable, root, except sugar beet,
subgroup at 0.4 ppm;  vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup at 0.04 ppm;  wheat, grain at0.2 ppm;  wheat, hay at 6.0 ppm;  and wheat, st raw] at 8.5 ppm;  and combined residues ofG/SPS/N/USA/669
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pyraclostrobin, carbamic acid, [2- [[[1-(4-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-
yl]oxy]methyl]phenyl]methoxy-, methyl ester and its metabolites convertible to 1-(4-
chlorophenyl)-1H- pyrazol-3-ol and 1-(4 -chloro-2-hydroxyphenyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-ol,
expressed as parent compound, in or on cattle, fat at 0.1 ppm; cattle, liver at 1.5 ppm;
cattle, meat at 0.1 ppm;  cattle, meat by-products, except liver at 0.2 ppm;  goat, fat at0.1 ppm;  goat, liver at 1.5 ppm;  goat, meat at 0.1 ppm;  goat, meat by-products, except
liver at 0.2 ppm;  hog, fat at 0.1 ppm;  hog, liver at 1.5 ppm;  hog, meat at 0.1 ppm;  hog,
meat by-products, except liver at 0.2 ppm;  horse, fat at 0.1 ppm;  horse, liver at 1.5 ppm;
horse, meat at 0.1 ppm;  horse, meat by-products , except liver at 0.2 ppm;  milk at 0.1 ppm;
sheep, fat at 0.1 ppm;  sheep, liver at 1.5 ppm;  sheep, meat at 0.1 ppm;  and sheep, meat
by-products, except liver at 0.2 ppm.
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:
fr27se02-17, Federal Register:  27 September 2002 (Volume 67, Number 188)
Pages 60886-60902,http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2002/September/Day-27/p24487.htm;  Available
in English
10. Proposed date of adoption:  n.a.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   27 September 2002
12. Final date for comments:  26 November 2002
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 "AOPP-2002-0225" 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