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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/523
23 November 2001
(01-5990)
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
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where
applicable).  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 of Pesticide
Petitions to Establish a (exemption from) Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or
on Food -  Bacillus cereus  strain BPO1 and diallyl sulfides (DADs) (5 pages)
5. Description of content:  This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petitions
proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of certain pesticide chemicals 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 amendment/expansion of anexisting tolerance exemption for the microbial pesticide Bacillus cereus strain BP01 in or on
all raw agricultural commodities.  EPA has not fully evaluated the merits of the pesticide
petition.  The summary in the full text may have been edited by EPA if the terminology
used was unclear, the summary contained extraneous material, or the summary
unintentionally made the reader conclude that the findings reflected EPA's position and not
the position of the petitioner.
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 biochemical pesticide diallyl sulfides (DADs).  EPA has
not fully evaluated the merits of the pesticide petition.  The summary in the full text may
have been edited by EPA if the terminology used was unclear, the summary contained
extraneous material, or the summary unintentionally made the reader conclude that thefindings reflected EPA's position and not the position of the petitioner.
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:  There are no Codex Maximum Residue Levels
or tolerance exemptions for Bacillus cereus strain BPO1.  There is no Codex Alimentarius
Commission Maximum Residue Level for DADs.G/SPS/N/USA/523
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8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  66 FR 58481,
21 November 2001 (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:  Comments must be received on or before 21 December 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 instructions 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. Wilson
Room 5545 South Agriculture Building
Stop 1027
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.Washington, D.C. 20250
Tel:   (202) 720-2239
Fax:  (202) 690-0677
E-mail:  ofsts@fas.usda.gov