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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/425
24 April 2001
(01-2035)
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, where
applicable).  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 a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on Food - Aldicarb and itsmetabolites aldicarb sulfoxide and aldicarb sulfone (5 pages)
5. Description of content:  This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petitions
proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical 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 by
establishing a tolerance for residues of aldicarb and its metabolites aldicarb sulfoxide andaldicarb sulfone for the crop group #10 "citrus fruits" at 0.3 parts per million (ppm).  This
crop group includes: calamondin, citrus citron, citrus hybrids (includes chironja, tangelo,
tangor),grapefruit, kumquat, lemon, lime, mandarin (tangerine), orange (sour), orange
(sweet), pummelo, and Satsuma mandarin. There are currently aldicarb tolerances (40 CFR
180.269) for orange, lemon, lime, and grapefruit at 0.3 ppm.
EPA has also received a pesticide petition pr oposing, pursuant to section 408(d) of FFDCA,
21 U.S.C. 346a(d), to amend 40 CFR part 180 by establishing an import tolerance forresidues of aldicarb and its metabolites aldicarb sulfoxide and aldicarb sulfone in banana,
pulp at 0.008 ppm. EPA has determined that the petition contains data or information
regarding the elements set forth in secti on 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 support
granting of the petition.  Additional data may be needed before EPA rules on the petition.The full text of this notice includes a summary of the petitions prepared by the petitioner.
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 [    ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  Codex maximum residue levels are established
for residues of aldicarb on citrus fruits at 0.2 ppm. Codex has not established MRLs for
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8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  66 FR 18773,
17 April 2001 (Available in English)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined.
11. Final date for comments:  17 May 2001
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: Environmental Protection Agency
[    ] National notification authority, [     ] National enquiry point, or address, fax
number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  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
Attn:  Carolyn F. Wilson
Room 5545 South Agriculture Building
Stop 1027
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C.20250Tel:  (202) 720-2239
Fax:  (202) 690-0677
E-mail:  ofsts@fas.usda.gov