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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/328
13 September 2000
(00-3538)
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 - Thiamethoxam
(4 pages, plus 8 page annex from 5-5-99 notice containing the residue chemistry and
toxicological profile).
5. Description of content:  This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition
proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or
on various food commodities.
EPA has received amended pesticide petitions proposing, pursuant to section 408(d) of the
FFDCA, 21 U.S.C. 346a(d), to amend 40 CFR part 180 by establishing a tolerance for the
combined residues of thiamethoxam, 3-[(2-ch loro-5-thiazolyl) methyl] tetrahydro-5-methyl-
N- nitro-4H-1, 3, 5-oxadiazin-4-imine and its major metabolite CGA-322704
N-(2-chloro-thiazol-5-ylmethyl)-N'-methyl-N''-nitro-guanidine which will be commonly
referred to as thiamethoxam throughout the rest of this document in or on the raw
agricultural commodity rapeseed (canola), tuberous and corm vegetables crop subgroup,barley grain, sorghum grain, sorghum forage, sorghum stover, wheat grain, wheat hay,
wheat straw, and milk at 0.02 parts per million (ppm); barley straw at 0.03 ppm; barley hay
at 0.05 ppm; cotton, undelinted seed at 0.10 ppm; cucurbit vegetables crop group, and pome
fruit crop group at 0.20 ppm; fruiting vegetables crop group at 0.25 ppm; wheat forage at
0.50 ppm; tomato paste at 0.80 ppm; head and stem Brassica vegetables crop subgroup at1.00 ppm; cotton gin byproducts at 1.50 ppm; leafy vegetables crop group, and leafy
Brassica greens crop subgroup at 2.00 parts per million (ppm). In addition, meat of cattle,
goats, horses, and sheep at 0.02 ppm and meat byproducts of cattle, goats, horses, and sheep
at 0.02 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 fullyevaluated 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 on the petition.
6. Objective and rationale: [  X ] food safety,  [     ] animal health,  [    ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [    ] protect territory from
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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:  There are no Codex maximum residue levels
established for the combined residues of thiamethoxam on rapeseed (canola), fruiting
vegetables, tomato paste, head and stem Bras sica vegetables, leafy Brassica greens, cucurbit
vegetables, leafy vegetables, tuberous, and corm vegetables, barley grain, barley hay, barley
straw, cotton (undelinted seed), cotton gin byproducts, pome fruit, wheat grain, wheat
forage, wheat straw, wheat hay, sorghum grain, sorghum forage, sorghum stover, meat, and
meat byproducts of cattle, goats, horses, and sheep, and milk.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 65 FR 54019,
6 September 2000 (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:  6 October 2000
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 requestto 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
USDA/FAS/FSTSD
ATTN: Carolyn F. Wilson
Room 5545 South Agriculture BuildingStop 1027
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20250
Phone (202) 720-2239
Fax (202) 690-0677
E-mail Address: ofsts@fas.usda.gov