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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/312
27 July 2000
(00-3106)
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 a Pesticide Petition to
Establish a Tolerance for Certain Pesticide Chemicals in or on Food - Glyphosate (5 pages)
5. Description of content: This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition
proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of certain pesticide chemicals in or on
various 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 ofglyphosate (N-phosphonomethyl)glycine from the application of glyphosate, the
isopropylamine salt of glyphoste, the ethanolamine salt of glyphosate, and the ammonium salt
of glyphosate in or on the raw agricultural commodity grass forage, fodder, and hay group at
300 parts per million (ppm). These tolerances would replace the existing tolerances for Bahia
grass, Bermuda grass, bluegrass, bromegrass, fescue, orchard grass, rye grass, timothy, and
wheat grass at 200 ppm, and forage, grasses at 0.2 ppm, grasses forage, at 0.2 ppm, and
grasses forage, at 0.1 ppm. The Agency has determined that the petition contains data orinformation 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: A Codex Maximum Residue Level exists for "hay
or fodder (dry) of grasses'' at 50 ppm.G/SPS/N/USA/312
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8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 65 FR 45769,
25 July 2000 (Available in English)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined.
11. Final date for comments:  24 August 2000
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 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
USDA/FAS/FSTSD
Attn: Carolyn F. Wilson
Room 5545 South Agriculture Building
Stop 1027
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.Washington, D.C. 20250
Phone (202) 720-2239
Fax (202) 690-0677
E-mail Address: ofsts@fas.usda.gov