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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/459
26 June 2001
(01-3176)
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:  Mesotrione; Pesticide Tolerance
(9 pages)
5. Description of content:   This regulation establishes a tolerance for residues of mesotrione,
2-[4-(methylsulfonyl)-2-nitrobenzoyl]-1,3- cyclohexanedione, in or on field corn. The
petitioner requested this tolerance under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as
amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996.  (The original notice of petition was
published in the 29 May 1998, Federal Register and inadvertently not notified to the WTO.)
Therefore, 40 CFR chapter I is amended as follows:
PART 180--[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for part 180 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321(q), 346(a) and 371.
2. Part 180 is amended by adding Sec. 180.571 to read as follows:Sec. 180.571   Mesotrione; tolerances for residues.
(a) General. Tolerances are established for residues of the herbicide mesotrione,
2-[4-(methylsulfonyl)-2-nitrobenzoyl]- 1,3-cyclohexanedione, in or on the
following commodities:
________________________________________Commodity Parts per million
________________________________________
Corn, field, forage 0.01
Corn, field, grain 0.01
Corn, field, stover 0.01________________________________________G/SPS/N/USA/459
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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 [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  66 FR 33187,
21 June 2001 (Available in English)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  This regulation is effective 21 June 2001.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  This regulation is effective 21 June 2001.
11. Final date for comments:  Objections and requests for hearings must be received by EPA
on or before 20 August 2001.
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
Attn:  Carolyn F. Wilson
Room 5545 South Agriculture BuildingStop 1027
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C.20250
Tel:  (202) 720-2239
Fax:  (202) 690-0677E-mail:  ofsts@fas.usda.gov