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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/711
10 June 2003
(03-2975)
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 Fluroxypyr in or on the raw agricultural
commodities sorghum grain, forage, stover and grass forage, hay, silage.  In addition, the
following animal commodities: milk of cattle, goats, hogs, horses and sheep; kidneys ofcattle, goats, hogs, horses and sheep.
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:  Fluroxypyr;  Notice of
Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or
on Food (available in English,5 pages).
6. Description of content:  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 by establishing tolerances for residues of fluroxypyr in or on the
raw agricultural commodities as follows:  tolerances for residues of fluroxypyr
1-methylheptyl ester (MHE) in or on sweet corn are being proposed in support of this
registration as follows:  0.02 parts per million (ppm) for kernels plus cob with husk
removed, and 1.0 ppm for forage.  Tolerances for residues of fluroxypyr MHE in or onfield corn are being proposed in support of this registration as follows:  0.02 ppm for grain;
1.0 ppm for forage;  and 0.5 ppm for stover.  Tolerances for residues of fluroxypyr MHE in
or on sorghum are being proposed as follows:  Sorghum grain, 0.02 ppm;  sorghum forage,
2.0 ppm;  sorghum stover, 4.0 ppm.  Tolerances for residues of fluroxypyr MHE in or on
grasses are proposed as follows: grass forage, 120 ppm; grass hay, 160 ppm; and grasssilage, 100 ppm.  Based on the above tolerances and an animal feeding study, increased
tolerances are also proposed for fluroxypyr MHE and fluroxypyr, expressed as combined
residues of total fluroxypyr, in or on the following animal commodities: milk of cattle,
goats, hogs, horses and sheep, 0.3 ppm; and kidney of cattle, goats, hogs, horses and sheep,
1.5 ppm. EPA previously received a pesticide petition (9F6050) for fluroxypyr and the
Notice of Filing was published in the Federal Register on 15 January 2003.  The notice of
filing erroneously omitted tolerances proposed for residues of fluroxypyr on corn.  Thus,this notice will supercede the previously published notice of filing.
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other
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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:
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  DOCID:
fr14my03-12, Federal Register:  14 May 2003 (Volume 68, Number 93 DOCID:
fr14my03-55, Federal Register: 14 May 2003 (Volume 68, Number 93)
Pages 25883-25888;http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/May/Day-14/p11759.htm;  Available in
English
10. Proposed date of adoption:  not applicable
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   not applicable
12. Final date for comments:  13 June 2003
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ X ] National notification
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (ifavailable) 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-2003-0118" 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