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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/413
4 April 2001
(01-1694)
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 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 Pesticide Petitions
to Establish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on Food - Esfenvalerate
(6 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 or
on 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 ofesfenvalerate in or on the raw agricultural commodities unshelled peanut kernels, 0.20 parts
per million (ppm); unshelled cocoa beans, 1.00 ppm; shelled almonds, 50 ppm; and shelled
walnuts, 15 ppm. 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 [    ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  Codex maximum residue levels (MRLs) have
been established for residues of fenvalerate on a number of crops that also have US
tolerances.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  66 FR 16926,
28 March 2001 (Available in English)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined.G/SPS/N/USA/413
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11. Final date for comments:  27 April 2001
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 requestto 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
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:  ofsts@fas.usda.gov