. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/893 
6 April 2004 
 (04-1547) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd 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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Products that use the biopesticid es Dihydroazadirachtin; Kontrol HV; 
Metarhizium anisopliae strain ESF1polyhedral occlusion bodies of Autographa californica 
NPV; Pseudomonas fluorescens EG-1053; Pseudomonas fluorescens NCIB 12089; and Puccinia canaliculata ATCC (40199). 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
US trade partners 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Proposed Revocation of 
Tolerance Exemptions for Certain Biopesticides , (available in English, 5 pages). 
6. Description of content:  This document proposes to revoke exemptions from the 
requirement of a tolerance, as expressed in 40 CFR part 180, on residues of the following 
pesticide active ingredients because there are no active Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) product registrati ons applicable to these exemptions:  
Dihydroazadirachtin; Kontrol HV;  Metarhiziu m anisopliae strain ESF1 in attractant 
stations; polyhedral occlusion bodies of Autographa californica NPV; Pseudomonas 
fluorescens EG-1053;  Pseudomonas fluorescens NCIB 12089;  and Puccinia canaliculata 
ATCC (40199).  In addition, this document pr oposes to revoke the tolerance exemption for 
Bacillus thuringiensis CryIA(b) delta-endotoxin and the genetic material necessary for its 
production in corn because that tolerance ex emption has been replaced by a tolerance 
exemption that applies to all plants. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from anima l/plant pest or disease,  [   ]  protect territory from 
other damage from pests 
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   n.a. 
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  DOCID:fr26no03-22, 
Federal Register :  26 November 2003, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 228) pages 66390-
66394; http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/November/Day-26/p29322.htm ; 
available in English   G/SPS/N/USA/893 
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 10. Proposed date of adoption:   n.a. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   n.a. 
12. Final date for comments:  n.a. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  Public Information and Record s Integrity Branch (PIRIB), 
Information Resources and Services Division (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 
20460. opp-docket@epa.gov Note: Identify doc ket name "OPP-2003-0209" in subject line 
of your response. 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number an d E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ms. Julie Morin, United States SPS Enquiry Point Officer, USDA Foreign Agricultural 
Service, Food Safety and Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington, DC  20250.  
Tel:  (202) 720-4051, Fax:   (202) 720-7772, E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov