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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/324
6 September 2000
(00-3474)
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, whereapplicable).  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 an Exemption From Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemicals in or on Food
- Microbial Pesticide Pseudozyma flocculosa  (3 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 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 to establish an exemption from the
requirement of a tolerance for the microbial pesticide Pseudozyma flocculosa  i n or o n a ll
raw agricultural commodities (RAC). Pursuant to section 408(d)(2)(A)(i) of the FFDCA, as
amended, the petitioner has submitted a summary of information, data, and arguments in
support of their pesticide petition. This summary was prepared by the petitioner and EPA
has not fully evaluated the merits of the pesticide petition. The summary may have been
edited by EPA if the terminology used was unclear, the summary contained extraneousmaterial, or the summary unintentionally made the reader conclude that the findings
reflected EPA's position and not the position of the petitioner. The part of the summary
shown here, on product name and proposed use practices, was prepared by the petitioner:
The active ingredient Pseudozyma flocculosa  is formulated into the end use product called
Sporodex WP Biological Fungicide. Sporodex is a wettable powder that controls powderymildew on greenhouse-grown English seedless cucumbers and roses.
6. Objective and rationale: [  X ] food safety,  [     ] animal health,  [  X ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from
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7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  We are not aware of any tolerances,
exemptions from tolerance or maximum residue levels issued for Pseudozyma flocculosa
outside of the United States.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 65 FR 52749,
30 August 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: 29 September 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. WilsonRoom 5545 South Agriculture Building
Stop 1027
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20250
Phone (202) 720-2239Fax (202) 690-0677
     E-mail Address: ofsts@fas.usda.gov