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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/587
13 May 2002
(02-2634)
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 should be provided in addition, where
applicable):   Pesticides
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:   Any
trading partners
5. Title, language 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 -Fludioxonil (3 pages).
6. Description of content:
This Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) notice announces the initial filing of a
pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain
pesticide chemical in or on various food commodities.
EPA has received four pesticide petitions proposing, pursuant to section 408(d) of the
FFDCA, 21 U.S.C. 346a(d), to amend 40 CFR part 180.516 by establishing tolerances for
residues of fludioxonil (4-(2,2-difluoro-1,3- benzodioxol-4-yl)- 1H-pyrrole-3-carbonitrile)
in or on the following raw agricultural commodities (RACs) with the respective tolerance
levels in parts per million (ppm): the first petition proposes the establishment of a tolerancefor the bushberry subgroup, lingonberry, juneberry, and salal at 2.0 ppm; the second
petition proposes the establishment of a tolerance for watercress at 7.0 ppm; the third
petition proposes the establishment of a tolerance for pistachio at 0.10 ppm and the fourth
proposes the establishment of a tolerance for the caneberry subgroup at 5.0 ppm.  EPA has
determined that the 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 petitions.
Additional data may be needed before EPA rules on these petitions.
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or di sease,  [   ]  protect territory from other
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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:   67 FR 21671,
1 May 2002.  Available in English.
10. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined
12. Final date for comments:   Comments must be received on or before 31 May 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 13.
13. 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. 20250Tel:   (202) 720-2239
Fax:  (202) 690-0677
E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov