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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/195
29 October 1999
(99-4700)
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, whereapplicable).  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 Pesticide Petitions
to Establish a Tolerance for Certain Pesticide Chemicals (furilazole) in or on Food (4 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. 346a(d), to amend 40 CFR part 180 byestablishing a tolerance for residues of 3-dichloroacetyl-5-(2-furanyl)-2,2-
dimethyloxazolidine (furilazole) in or on the raw agricultural commodity (RAC) field corn
grain, forage, and fodder at 0.01 parts per million (ppm).  EPA has determined that the
petition contains data or information regarding the elements set forth in section 408(d)(2) of
the FFDCA;  however, EPA has not fully evaluated the sufficiency of the submitted data at
this time or whether the data supports granting of the petition.  Additional data may be
needed before EPA rules on the petition.
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:  The Codex Alimentarius Commission has not
established a maximum residue level for furilazole.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  64 FR 56502,
20 October 1999 (Available in English)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined.G/SPS/N/USA/195
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11. Final date for comments:  19 November 1999.
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [     ] National notification
authority, [     ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body: .  Environmental Protection Agency
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 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
Phone (202) 720-2239
Fax (202) 690-0677
E-mail Address: ofsts@fas.usda.gov