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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/498
10 September 2001
(01-4244)
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, whereapplicable).  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 a Pesticide Petition
to Establish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on Food – Trifloxystrobin
(6 pages)
5.Description of content: This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition
proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of certain pesticide chemicals 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 (FFD CA), 21 U.S.C. 346a(d), to amend 40 CFR
Part 180 by establishing a tolerance for residues of trifloxystrobin in or on the raw
agricultural commodity barley grain at 0.05 parts per million (ppm), straw at 0.05 ppm,
barley hay at 0.2 ppm, citrus fruits group at 0.3 ppm, citrus oil at 7.0 ppm, corn forage at
0.05 ppm, corn stover at 7.0 ppm, aspirated grain fractions at 0.1 ppm, popcorn grain at
0.05 ppm, popcorn stover at 7.0 ppm, pecans at 0.05 ppm, rice grain at 3.5 ppm, rice straw
at 7.5 ppm, stone fruits crops group at 2.0 ppm, and poultry (fat, kidney, liver, meat
by-products, meats at 0.5 ppm). EPA has determined that the petition contains data or
information regarding the elements set forth in section 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 supports granting of the petition.  Additional data may be needed before EPA rules onthe petition.
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:  No Codex MRLs have been established for
residues of trifloxystrobinG/SPS/N/USA/498
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8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  66 FR 45988
31 August 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:  1 October 2001
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [     ] National notification
authority, [     ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:  Environmental Protection Agency
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: [     ] National notification authority, [     ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
United States SPS Enquiry Point/Notification Authority
USDA/FAS/FSTSD
ATTN: Carolyn F. Wilson
Room 5545 South Agriculture Building
Stop 10271400 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20250
Tel:  (202) 720-2239
Fax:  (202) 690-0677
     E-mail Address: ofsts@fas.usda.gov