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25 August 2003
(03-4394)
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 Indian Meal Moth Granulosis Virus
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any
US trade partners
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Indian Meal Moth
Granulosis Virus; Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tolerance for aCertain Pesticide Chemical in or on 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 expand the tolerance exemption from the existing exemption on
pesticide Indian Meal Moth Granulosis Virus for use on dried fruits and nuts to use on all
agricultural commodities and relevant processed fractions.  After considering publiccomment, 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:fr30jy03-56,
Federal Register:  30 July 2003 (Volume 68, Number 146) Page 44780-44784;
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/July/Day-30/p19354.htm;  available in
English.
10. Proposed date of adoption:   not applicable
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   not applicableG/SPS/N/USA/787
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12. Final date for comments:  29 August 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 Pesticid e Programs (OPP), Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. opp-docket@epa.gov
Note:  Identify docket name "OPP-2003-0256" 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