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10 January 2003
(03-0123)
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 Azoxystrobin, specifically caneberry
subgroup;  cranberry;  hop, dried cones;  pistachio;  vegetable, legume, edible podded,
subgroup, except soybean;  pea and bean, succulent shelled, subgroup, except cowpea;  andpea and bean, dried shelled, except soybean subgroup, except cowpea and field pea.
Tolerances have also been established (40 CFR 180.507) for the combined residues of
azoxystrobin and its Zisomer, in or on pecans, soybean hay;  meat, fat, and meat by-
products of cattle, goats, hogs, horses, and sheep, and on milk; head and stem subgroup;
chick pea, seed;  lychee;  and pepper.
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any
U.S. trading partners
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Azoxystrobin;  Pesticide
tolerances, (available in English, 9 pages).
6. Description of content:   This regulation establishes tolerance for combined residues of
azoxystrobin and its z-isomer in or on caneberry subgroup at 5.0 part per million (ppm);
cranberry at 0.50 ppm;  hop, dried cones at 20.0  ppm;  pistachio at 0.50 ppm;  vegetable,
legume, edible podded, subgroup, except soybean at 3.0 ppm;  pea and bean, succulentshelled, subgroup, except cowpea at 0.50 ppm;  and pea and bean, dried shelled, except
soybean subgroup, except cowpea and field p ea at 0.50 ppm.  Tolerances have also been
established (40 CFR 180.507) for the combined residues of azoxystrobin and its Zisomer,
in or on a variety of raw agricultural commodities at levels ranging from 0.01 ppm (pecans)
to 55 ppm (soybean hay), and on meat, fat, and meat by-products of cattle, goats, hogs,horses, and sheep at levels ranging from 0.01 to 0.07 ppm, and on milk at 0.006 ppm.
Time-limited tolerances (set to expire on 31 December 2003) are established at 30 ppm for
the Brassica, head and stem subgroup;  at 0.5 ppm for chick pea, seed;  at 3.0 ppm for
lychee;  and at 2.0 ppm for pepper.  These tolerances were requested under the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act
(FQPA) of 1996.
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other
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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:
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  DOCID:
fr20se02-11, Federal Register:  20 September 2002 (Volume 67, Number 183)
Pages 59169-59177,
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2002/September/Day-20/p23808.htm;  Available
in English
10. Proposed date of adoption:  n.a.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   20 September 2002
12. Final date for comments:  19 November 2002
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 Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.  opp-docket@epa.gov
Note:  Identify docket name "AOPP-2002-0238" 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:
Mr. Bill Janis, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Stop 1027, Washington, DC 20250.
Tel (202) 720-9047, (202) 720-0677, fstsd@usda.gov