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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/760
9 July 2003
(03-3718)
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 Bacillus pumilus in or on all agricultural
commodities.
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:  Bacillus Pumilus Strain
QST2808; Temporary Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance, available in
English, 4 pages.
6. Description  of content:  This regulation establishes a temporary exemption from the
requirement of a tolerance for residues of the Bacillus pumilus strain QST2808 in or on all
agricultural commodities when applied/used in accordance with label directions.
AgraQuest, Inc. submitted a petition to EPA under the Federal Food, Drug, and CosmeticAct (FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality  Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA), requesting
the temporary tolerance exemption.  This regulation eliminates the need to establish a
maximum permissible level for residues of Bacillus pumilus strain QST2808.  The
temporary tolerance exemption will expire on 30 June 2006.
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: fr18jn03-12,
Federal Register:  18 June 2003 (Volume 68, Number 117) Page 36476-36480;
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/June/Day-18/p15129.htm;  available inEnglish.
10. Proposed date of adoption:  18 June 2003G/SPS/N/USA/760
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11. Proposed date of entry into force:  not applicable
12. Final date for comments:  18 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 Pesticide Programs (OPP), Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. opp-docket@epa.gov
Note:  Identify docket name "OPP-2003-0113" 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