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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/735
13 June 2003
(03-3102)
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 Methoxyfenozide in or on cranberry;  okra;
pea, blackeyed, seed;  pea, southern, seed;  turnip, greens; and vegetable, cucurbit.
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:  Methoxyfenozide;
Pesticide Tolerance (available in English, 6 pages).
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of
Methoxyfenozide, benzoic acid, 3-methoxy-2-methyl-, 2-(3,5-dimethylbenzoyl)-2-(1,1-
dimethylethyl) hydrazide, in or on cranberry at 0.5 ppm;  okra at 2.0 ppm;  pea, blackeyed,
seed at 4.0 ppm;  pea, southern, seed at 4.0 ppm;  turnip, greens at 30 ppm;  and vegetable,
cucurbit, group 9 at 0.3 ppm.  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 (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
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:   NA
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  DOCID:
fr30my03-19, Federal Register:  30 May 2003 (Volume 68, Number 104)
Pages 32384-32390;
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/May/Day-30/p13563.htm; Available in
English
10. Proposed date of adoption: :  30 May 2003
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  not applicableG/SPS/N/USA/735
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12. Final date for comments:  29 July 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-2003-0088" 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