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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/790
25 August 2003
(03-4401)
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 Penoxsulam
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:   Penoxsulam;  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 a tolerance for residues of 2-(2,2-difluoroethoxy)-6-
trifluoromethyl-N-(5,8-dimethoxy [ 1,2,4]triazolo-1,5c pyrimidin-2-yl)
benzenesulfonamide, (penoxsulam, DE-638) in or on the raw agricultural commodity riceraw agricultural commodities (RACS) and rice processed products at 0.01 part per million
(ppm) for rice grain, 0.05 ppm for rice straw, 0.01 ppm for rice hull, 0.01 ppm for rice
bran, and 0.01 ppm for polished rice.  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:fr06au03-79,
Federal Register:  6 August 2003 (Volume 68, Number 151) Page 46609-46613;
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/August/Day-06/p20015.htm;  available in
English.
10. Proposed date of adoption:  not applicable
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  not applicableG/SPS/N/USA/790
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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-2003-0261" 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