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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/974 
8 September 2004 
 (04-3736) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd 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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Products that use the miticides Clofentezine such as persimmon 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
US trade partners. 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Notice:  Clofentezine;  
Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Esta blish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide 
Chemical in or on Food (available in English, 6 pages). 
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition 
proposing the establishment of re gulations for residues of the mi ticide, clofente zine, (3,6-bis 
(2-chlorophenyl)-1,2,4,5-tetrazine) in or on the raw agricultural commodity persimmon at 0.05 parts per million (ppm).  
Clofentezine is marketed in the US  under tradenames including APOLLO SC. 
APOLLO[reg]SC Ovicide/Miticide (42% active ingredient (a.i.)) is registered for use on apples, pears, almonds, walnuts, apricots, cherries, nectarines, and peaches to control European red mites and several spider mite spec ies (tolerance for grapes is pending, petition 
0F6119).  APOLLO SC is an environmentally fr iendly, IPM-compatible product used at low 
dose rates, and only once per season.  The produ ct has been shown to be relatively non-toxic 
in studies conducted on mammals, fish, birds, aq uatic invertebrates, predacious and other 
beneficial mites, bees , algae, and plants.  
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, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   NA G/SPS/N/USA/974 
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 9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   DOCID:fr, Federal 
Register : 27 August 2004 (Volume 69, Number 166) Pages 52688-52693; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA- PEST/2004/August/Day-27/p19616.htm  (available in 
English). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   Not available 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   Not available 
12. Final date for comments:  27 September 2004 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   Registration Division (7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs 
(OPP), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 
DC 20460.  opp-docket@epa.gov  Note:  Identify docket name "OPP-2004-0288" in 
subject line of your response. 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail a ddress (if available) of other body:   Ms. Julie 
Morin, United States SPS Enquiry Point O fficer, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, 
Food Safety & Technical Services Divisi on, Stop 1027, Washi ngton D.C. 20250.  
Tel:  202-720-4051;  Fax:  202-690-0677;  Email:  fstsd@usda.gov