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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/655
9 January 2003
(03-0102)
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 Cyfluthrin, specifically Alfalfa;  Alfalfa, hay;
Barley, bran;  Brassica, head and stem, subgroup;  Carrot;  Cattle, fat; Cattle, meat;  Cattle,
meat byproducts;  Citrus, dried pulp  Citrus, oil;  Corn, field, forage;  Corn, field, milled
by-products;  Corn, field, refined oil;  Corn, field, stover;  Corn, pop, stover;  Corn, sweet,forage;  Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks removed Corn, sweet, stover;  Cotton,
hulls;  Cotton, refined oil;  Cotton, seed;  Egg;  Fruit, citrus, group;  Goat, fat;  Goat, meat;
Goat, meat by-products;  Grain, aspirated fracti ons;  Grain, cereal, group;  Hog, fat; Hog,
meat;  Hog, meat by-products;  Hop, dried cones;  Hop, fresh;  Horse, fat;  Horse, meat;
Horse, meat by-products;  Lettuce, head;  Lettuce, leaf;  Milk; Milk, fat;  Mustard greens;
Oat, bran;  Pea, dry;  Pea, southern, succulent;  Pepper;  Potato;  Poultry, fat;  Poultry,meat;  Poultry, meat by-products;  Radish, root s;  Rice, bran;  Rice, hulls;  Rye, bran;
Sheep, fat;  Sheep, meat;  Sheep, meat by-products;  Sorghum, grain, forage;  Sorghum,
grain, stover;  Soybean, forage;  Soybean, hay;  Soybean, seed;  Sugarcane, cane;Sugarcane, molasses;  Sunflower, forage;  Sunflower, seed;  Tomato;  Tomato, paste;
Tomato, pomace;  Wheat milled by-products, except flour.
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any
trading partners
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Cyfluthrin;  Pesticide
Tolerance (available in English, 16 pages).
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of cyfluthrin in
or on Alfalfa (5.0 ppm);  Alfalfa, hay (10.0 ppm );  Barley, bran (5.0 ppm);  Brassica, head
and stem, subgroup (2.5 ppm);  Carrot (0.20 ppm);  Cattle, fat (10.0 ppm);  Cattle, meat
(0.40 ppm);  Cattle, meat by-products (0.40 ppm);   Citrus, dried pulp (0.3 ppm);  Citrus, oil
(0.3 ppm);  Corn, field, forage (3.0 ppm);  Corn, field, milled by-products (7.0 ppm);
Corn, field, refined oil (30.0 ppm);  Corn, field, stover (6.0 ppm);  Corn, pop, stover(6.0 ppm);  Corn, sweet, forage (15.00 ppm);  Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks
removed (0.05 ppm);  Corn, sweet, stover (30.00 ppm);  Cotton, hulls (2.0 ppm);  Cotton,
refined oil (2.0 ppm);  Cotton, seed (1.0 ppm);  Egg (0.01 ppm);  Fruit, citrus, group
(0.2 ppm);  Goat, fat (10.0 ppm);  Goat, meat (0.40 ppm);  Goat, meat by-products
(0.40 ppm);  Grain, aspirated fractions (600 ppm);  Grain, cereal, group (4.0 ppm);  Hog,
fat (10.0 ppm);  Hog, meat (0.40 ppm);  Hog,  meat by-products (0.40 ppm);  Hop, dried
cones (20.0 ppm);  Hop, fresh (4.0 ppm);  Hors e, fat (10.0 ppm);  Horse, meat (0.40 ppm);
Horse, meat by-products (0.40 ppm);  Lettuce,  head (2.0 ppm);  Lettuce, leaf (3.0 ppm);
Milk (1.0 ppm);  Milk, fat (30.0 ppm);  Mustard greens (7.0 ppm);  Oat, bran (5.0 ppm);G/SPS/N/USA/655
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Pea, dry (0.15 ppm);  Pea, southern, succulent (0.25 ppm);  Pepper (0.50 ppm);  Potato
(0.01 ppm);  Poultry, fat (0.01 ppm);  Poultry,  meat (0.01 ppm);  Poultry, meat by- products
(0.01 ppm); Radish, roots (1.0 pp m);  Rice, bran (6.0 ppm);  Rice, hulls (18.0 ppm);  Rye,
bran (5.0 ppm);  Sheep, fat (10.0 ppm);  Sh eep, meat (0.40 ppm);  Sheep, meat by-products
(0.40 ppm);  Sorghum, grain, forage (2.0 ppm);  Sorghum, grain, stover (5.0 ppm);
Soybean, forage (8.0 ppm);  Soybean, hay (4.0 ppm);  Soybean, seed (0.03 ppm);
Sugarcane, cane (0.05 ppm);  Sugarcane, molasses (0.20 ppm);  Sunflower, forage
(5.0 ppm);  Sunflower, seed (0.02 ppm);  Tomato (0.20 ppm);  Tomato, paste (0.5 ppm);
Tomato, pomace (5.0 ppm);  Wheat milled byproducts, except flour (5.0 ppm).  These
tolerances were requested under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as
amended by the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996.
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:
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [   ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:   There are no established Codex Maximum
Residue Limits (MRLs) for residues of cyfluthrin in/on the commodities for which
tolerances are being established, with the exception of maize (field corn grain) at 0.05 ppm.Codex MRLs are currently expressed in terms of cyfluthrin per se.  Due to the post harvest
use on stored grains, the U.S. tolerance for corn grain is much higher than the Codex maize
MRL.
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  DOCID:
fr27se02-25, Federal Register:  27 September 2002 (Volume 67, Number 188) Page
60976-60991,http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2002/September/Day-27/p24653.htm;  Available
in English
10. Proposed date of adoption:   n.a.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   27 September 2002
12. Final date for comments:  26 November 2002
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 "AOPP-2002-0193" 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