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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/723
13 June 2003
(03-3091)
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 fungicide fosetyl-Al, aluminum tris
(O-ethylphosphonate) in or on green onion.
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any
US trading partners
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Aluminum tris
(O-ethylphosphonate); Pesticide Tolerance (available in English, 5 pages).
6. Description of content:  In the Federal Register of January 2, 2003 (68 FR 103)
(FRL-7282-5), EPA issued a notice pursuant to section 408 of FFDCA, 21 U.S.C. 346a, as
amended by FQPA (Public Law 104-170), announcin g the filing of a pesticide petition (PP
2E6366) by IR-4, Center for Minor Crop Mana gement, Rutgers, The State University of
New Jersey, 681 US Highway #1 South, No rth Brunswick, NJ 08902-3390. That notice
included a summary of the petition prepared by Bayer CropScience, the registrant.
The petition requested that 40 CFR 180.415 be amended by establishing a tolerance for
residues of the fungicide fosetyl-Al, aluminum  tris (O-ethylphosphonate), in or on onion,
green at 10 parts per million (ppm).  There were no comments received in response to the
notice of filing.Therefore, 40 CFR chapter I is amended as follows:
PART 180--[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for part 180 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321(q), 346(a) and 371.
2. Section 180.415 is amended by alphabetically adding an entry for "Onion, green"
to the table in paragraph (a) to read as follows:
Sec. 180.415  Aluminum tris (O-ethylphosphonate);  tolerance for residues.
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Expiration/
Commodity Parts per million Revocation Date
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Onion, green...................... 10.0 None
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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:   NA
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available: DOCID:  fr10mr03-5,
Federal Register:  10 March 2003 (Volume 68, Number 46) Pages 11330-11335;
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/March/Day-10/p5616.htm; Available in
English
10. Proposed date of adoption:  10 March 2003
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  not applicable
12. Final date for comments:  9 May 2003
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 "OPP-2002-0348" 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