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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/743
13 June 2003
(03-3108)
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 Fenhexamid in or on the agricultural
commodities kiwifruit, cucumber, fruiting vegetables, leafy greens, and the stone fruit
group.
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:  Fenhexamid;  Notice of
Filing Pesticide Petitions to Establish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on
Food (available in English, 3 pages).
6. Description of content:  EPA has received pesticide petitions proposing, pursuant to
section 408(d) of the FFDCA, 21 U.S.C. 346a(d), to amend 40 CFR 180.553 by
establishing tolerances for residues of Fenhexamid, N-(2,3-dichloro-4-hydroxyphenyl)-1-methyl-cyclohexane carboxamide, in or on raw agricultural commodities as follows:
1. PP 2E6463 proposes a tolerance in or on kiwifruit (post harvest) at 15.0 parts per
million (ppm).
2. PP 2E6496 proposes to establish tolerances in or on cucumber at 2.0 ppm, and
vegetable, fruiting, group 8 at 2.0 ppm.
3. PP 3E6532 proposes a tolerance in or on leafy greens subgroup 4A, except
spinach, at 30.0 ppm.
4. PP 3E6541 proposes a tolerance in or on fruit, stone, group 12 (post harvest) at
10 ppm.
This action also proposes to further amend 40 CFR 180.553 by deleting the entry for stonefruit, except plum (fresh prune) tolerance at 6.0 ppm as a higher tolerance of 10 ppm for
fruit, stone, group 12 (post harvest) is proposed herein.
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:   NAG/SPS/N/USA/743
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9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  DOCID:
fr21my03-33, Federal Register:  21 May 2003 (Volume 68, Number 98)
Pages 27799-27802;http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/May/Day-21/p12485.htm; Available in
English
10. Proposed date of adoption: :  not applicable
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  not applicable
12. Final date for comments:  20 June 2003
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ X ] National notification
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (ifavailable) 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 "OPP-2003-0142" 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