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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1110 
7 September 2005 
 (05-3905) 
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 number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Wine grapes 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
US trade partners  
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  Procymidone; Tolerance 
Reassessment Decision for Low Risk Pesticid e; Notice of Availability (Available in 
English, 3 pages)  
6. Description of content:  EPA has reassessed the uses of procymidone, and on 7 July 2005, 
reached a tolerance reas sessment decision for this pesticide. Procymidone is a fungicide 
used to treat wine grapes outside of the United States.  A tolerance of 5 parts per million for 
wine grapes has been established, with no US registrations, to permit the import of wine 
produced from procymidone treated grapes. Cu rrently, procymidone exposures to the US 
general population exist only through drinki ng imported wine made from procymidone 
treated grapes. Since there are no registered uses of procymidone in the United States, no occupational, residential, or drinking water exposures are expected.  EPA has not made a 
common mechanism of toxicity finding and therefore, has not assumed that procymidone has a common mechanism of toxicity with other substances for the purposes of this 
tolerance action. 
The Agency is now issuing for comment the resulting Report on Food Quality Protection 
Act (FQPA) Tolerance Reassessment Progress and Risk Management Decision for procymidone, known as a TRED, as well as relate d risk assessments and technical support 
documents. EPA developed the procymidone TRED through a modified, streamlined 
version of its public process for making tolera nce reassessment and reregistration eligibility 
decisions. Through these programs, the Agency is ensuring that pesticides meet current 
standards under the Federal Food, Drug, an d Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) and the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended by FQPA. EPA must 
review tolerances and tolerance exemptions that were in effect when the FQPA was 
enacted, to ensure that these existing pesticide residue limits  for food and feed commodities 
meet the safety standard established by the new law. Tolerances are considered reassessed 
once the safety finding has been made or a revocation occurs. EPA has reviewed and made the requisite safety finding for the procymi done tolerance included in this notice.   
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 EPA will carefully consider all comments recei ved by the closing da te and will provide a 
Response to Comments Memorandum in the Docket and electronic EDOCKET. If any comment significantly affects the document, EPA  also will publish an amendment to the 
TRED in the Federal Register. In the absen ce of substantive comments requiring changes, 
the decisions reflected in the TRED will be implemented as presented.  
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 
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
August 24, 2005 (Volume 70, Nu mber 163)][Pages 49597-49599], 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA- PEST/2005/August/Day-24/p16685.htm  (Available in 
English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption:   
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 24 October 2005 
identified by docket ID number OPP-200 5-0232.  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification 
authority, [    ] National enquiry point, or add ress, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508c), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001  
13. Texts available from:  [    ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Ms. Julie Morin, United States SPSEInquiry Point Officer, USDA Foreign Agricultural 
Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Di vision, Stop 1027, W ashington D.C. 20250. 
Tel: 202-720-4051; Fax 202-690-0677; Email fstsd@usda.gov