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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/806
1 October 2003
(03-5160)
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 Diflubenzuron
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:   Diflubenzuron;
Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions  (available in English, 6 pages).
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes time-limited tolerances for combined
residues of diflubenzuron in or on wheat and barley commodities.  This action is in
response to treatment of these crops under section 18 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).  This regulation establishes maximum permissible levels for
residues of diflubenzuron in these food commodities.  The maximum tolerances, for
combined residues of the insecticide diflubenzuron, [N-[[(4-chlorophenyl)amino]carbonyl]-2,6-difluorobenzamide and its metabolites 4-
chlorophenlyurea and 4-chloroaniline (CPU) a nd (PCA)], in or on wheat and barley grain,
are at 0.05 parts per million (ppm), wheat and barley straw at 0.50 ppm, wheat and barley
hay at 1.0 ppm, wheat milled byproducts at 0.10 ppm, and aspirated grain fractions at
30 ppm.
The tolerances will expire and are revoked on 31 December 2005.
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:fr27au03-15,
Federal Register:  27 August 2003 (Volume 68, Number 166) Page51479-51484;
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/August/Day-27/p21935.htm ;  (available in
English)
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not applicableG/SPS/N/USA/806
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11. Proposed date of entry into force:  27 August 2003
12. Final date for comments:  27 October 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 ProtectionAgency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.  opp-docket@epa.gov
Note:  Identify docket name "OPP-2003-0279" 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, United States SPS Enquiry Point Officer, USDA Foreign
Agricultural Service, Food Safety and Technical Services Division, Stop 1027,Washington, DC  20250.  Tel:  (202) 690-1642, Fax:  (202) 720 7772,
E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov