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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/822
8 October 2003
(03-5308)
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 Bifenazate
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:   Bifenazate;  Pesticide
Tolerances, (available in English, 10 pages).
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes tolerances for combined residues of
bifenazate and diazinecarboxylic acid, 2-(4 -methoxy-[1,1'-biphenyl]-3-yl), 1-methylethyl
ester (expressed as bifenazate) in or on almond, hulls at 15 ppm; nut, tree, group 14 at 0.20
ppm; okra at 2.0 ppm; peppermint, tops at 25 ppm; pistachio at 0.20 ppm; spearmint, tops
at 25 ppm; vegetable, cucurbit, group 9 at 0.75 ppm; and vegetable, fruiting, group 8 at 2.0
ppm, and combined residues of bifenazate; diazinecarboxylic acid, (expressed asbifenazate); 1,1'-biphenyl, 4-ol; and 1,1'-bi phenyl, 4-oxysulfonic acid (expressed as 1,1'-
biphenyl, 4-ol)] in meat and meat byproduct s of cattle, goat, hog, horse, and sheep at 0.02
ppm and milk at 0.02 ppm.  EPA is also deleting the bifenazate time-limited tolerance for
tomato, which is established in connection with a section 18 emergency exemption.
Tomato is included in the tolerance establis hed by this action for vegetable, fruiting
group 8.  The Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4) requested these tolerances
under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food
Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA).
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:fr26se03-16,
Federal Register:  26 September 2003 (Volume 68, Number 187) Pages 55494-55503;
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/September/Day-26/p24370.htm ;  available
in EnglishG/SPS/N/USA/822
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10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not applicable
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  26 September 2003
12. Final date for comments:  25 November 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-2003-0297" 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) 690 0677,
E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov