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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/285
26 May 2000
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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 may be provided in addition, where applicable).
Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Biochemical pesticides
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Notice of Filing Pesticide Petitions to
Establish a (exemption from) Tolerance for Certain Pesticide Chemicals in or on Food -
Biochemical Pesticides Geraniol and Citronellol (5 pages)
5. Description of content:  This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition
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 Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21 U.S.C. 346 a(d), to amend 40 CFR part 180 to establish
an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for biochemical pesticide geraniol
[3,7-dimethyl-[E]-2,7- octadien-1-ol] in or on all raw agricultural commodities (RACs).
Pursuant to section 408(d)(2)(A)(i) of the FFDCA, as amended, the petitioner has submitted
summaries of information, data, and arguments in support of their pesticide petitions. The
summaries were prepared by the petitioner and EPA has not fully evaluated the merits of thepesticide petitions.  The summaries may have been edited by EPA, if the terminology used was
unclear, the summaries contained extraneous material, or the summaries unintentionally made
the reader conclude that the findings reflected EPA's position and not the position of the
petitioner.  Geraniol will be incorporated into the end-use product Biomite as an active
ingredient.  Biomite is proposed for use as a foliar spray for the control of Tetranychid mites ona variety of agricultural and greenhouse crops.
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 biochemical pesticide citronellol [3,7-dimethyl-6-octen-1-ol] in or on all raw
agricultural commodities.  Citronellol will be incorporated into the end-use product Biomite asan active ingredient.  Biomite is proposed for use as a foliar spray for the control of
Tetranychid mites on a variety of agricultural and greenhouse crops.
6. Objective and rationale: [  X ] food safety,  [     ] animal health,  [    ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from other
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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 known existing tolerances for the use
of geraniol or citronellol as a pesticide.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 65 FR 33318,
23 May 2000 (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:  22 June 2000
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 instruction on where and how to
send comments is in the body of the full text - which will be sent upon request to the address inparagraph 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 BuildingStop 1027
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20250
Phone (202) 720-2239
Fax (202) 690-0677E-mail Address: ofsts@fas.usda.gov