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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/788
25 August 2003
(03-4402)
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 Benoxacor
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:   Benoxacor; Notice of
Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in oron Food,  available in English, 5 pages.
6. Description of content:  This document announces EPA's receipt of and seeks public
comment on a petition requesting a particular tolerance action be taken.  Specifically, this
petitioner seeks to establish the use ofbenoxacor, (4-(dichloroacetyl)-3,4-dihydro-3-methyl-
2H-1,4-benzoxazine) as an inert ingredient (safener) in pesticide formulations containing
S-metolachlor in or on raw agricultural commodities (RACs) for which tolerances havebeen established for S-metolachlor or that support S-metolachlor uses.  The petitioner is not
requesting a change in the level or the numerical tolerance, but is requesting that benoxacor
only be used with S-metolachlor, not metolachlor.  After considering public comment, EPA
will either deny the petition or issue a final rule implementing its decision with regard to
the tolerance action.  Final tolerance actions are promulgated in 40 CFR Part 180.
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:   not applicable
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  DOCID:fr06au03-82,
Federal Register:  6 August 2003 (Volume 68, Number 151) Page 46619-46623;
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/August/Day-06/p19915.htm;  available in
English.
10. Proposed date of adoption:  not applicable
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  not applicableG/SPS/N/USA/788
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12. Final date for comments:  5 September 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-2003-0234" 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:
Ms. Roseanne Freese, United States SPS Enquiry Point Officer, USDA Foreign
Agricultural Service, Food Safety and Technical Services Division, Stop 1027,
Washington, DC  20250.  Tel:  (202) 690-1642, Fax:  (202) 720-7772,
Email:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov