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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/519
19 November 2001
(01-5847)
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, where
applicable).  Pesticides  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant
or practicable:           
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 – Mepiquat
(5 pages).
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 a pesticide petition proposing, pursuant to section 408(d) of the FFDCA,
21 U.S.C. 346a(d), to amend 40 CFR part 180 by establishing tolerances for residues of the
plant growth regulator mepiquat resulting from the use of mepiquat chloride (N,N-
dimethylpiperdinium chloride) or mepiqua t pentaborate (N,N-dimethylpiperidinium
pentaborate hemi-hydrate) in or on the following raw agricultural and processed
commodities:  Cottonseed at 2.0 parts per million (ppm); cotton, gin by-products at
6.0 ppm, and meat byproducts of cattle, goat, hog, horse, and sheep at 0.1 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 support 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
other damage from pests           
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [  X ].
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 mepiquat.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 66 FR 57446,
15 November 2001 (Available in English).
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined.G/SPS/N/USA/519
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10. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined.
11. Final date for comments:  17 December 2001
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 request to 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 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