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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/674
10 January 2003
(03-0121)
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 Clopyralid, specifically Flax seed; s trawberry;
hop, dried cones;  rapeseed seed, rapeseed forage, canola seed, mustard seed, and crambe
seed, and canola meat;  spinach;  stone fruit group;  garden beet tops and garden beet roots;mustard greens;  turnip roots and turnip greens;  cranberry;  sweet corn, kernel plus cob
with husks removed, sweet corn forage, sweet corn stover, pop corn grain, pop corn stover;
liver of cattle, goat, horse, and sheep, meat by-products, except liver, of cattle, goat, horse
and sheep, and milk;  and the brassica, head and stem, subgroup.
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any
U.S. trading partners
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Clopyralid;  Pesticide
tolerance, (available in English, 10 pages).
6. Description of content:   This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of clopyralid in
or on Flax seed at 3.0 part per million (ppm);   strawberry at 1.0 ppm;  hop, dried cones at
5.0 ppm;  rapeseed seed, rapeseed forage, canola seed, mustard seed, and crambe seed at
3 ppm, and canola meat at 6.0 ppm;  spinach at 5.0 ppm;  stone fruit group at 0.5 ppm;
garden beet tops at 3.0 ppm and garden beet  roots at 4.0 ppm;  mustard greens at 5.0 ppm;
turnip roots at 1.0 ppm and turnip greens at 4.0 ppm;  cranberry at 4 ppm;  sweet corn,
kernel plus cob with husks removed at 1.0 ppm, sweet corn forage at 7.0 ppm, sweet corn
stover at 10.0 ppm, pop corn grain at 1.0 ppm, pop corn stover at 10.0 ppm;  liver of cattle,
goat, horse, and sheep at 3.0 ppm, meat by-products, except liver, of cattle, goat, horse and
sheep at 36.0 ppm, and milk at 0.2 ppm;  and the brassica, head and stem, subgroup at2.0 ppm.  These tolerances were requested under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act, as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act 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:
[   ] 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:G/SPS/N/USA/674
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9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  DOCID:
fr25se02-10, Federal Register:  25 September 2002 (Volume 67, Number
186)Pages 60152-60161,
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2002/September/Day-25/p24232.htm;  Available
in English
10. Proposed date of adoption:  n.a.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   25 September 2002
12. Final date for comments:  25 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 (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 AOPP-2002-0235"  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