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10 June 2003
(03-2984)
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 pesticide Thiacloprid in or on the raw agricultural
commodities apple (wet pomance), cattle, cotton (gin byproducts and undelinted seed),
fruit (pomance and stone groups) and milk.
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:  Thiacloprid;  Notice of
Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or
on Food (available in English, 5 pages).
6. Description of content:  EPA has received pesticide petitions proposing, pursuant to
section 408(d) of FFDCA, 21 U.S.C. 346a(d), to  amend 40 CFR part 180 by establishing a
tolerance for residues of the insecticide Thiacloprid ([3-[(6-chloro-3-pyridinyl)methyl]-2-thiazolidinylidene]cyanamide (CAS No. 111988-49-9)) in or on the raw agricultural
commodities:
Apple, wet pomace at 0.6 parts per million (ppm).
Cattle, meat at 0.2 ppm.
Cattle, meat byproducts at 0.2 ppm.Cotton, gin byproducts at 11.0 ppm.
Cotton, undelinted seed at 1.0 ppm.
Fruit, pomace, group 11 at 0.3 ppm.
Milk at 0.1 ppm.
Fruit, stone, group 12 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 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 on the petition.
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other
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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:
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  DOCID:
fr07my03-74, Federal Register:  7 May 2003 (Volume 68, Number 88)
Pages 24458-24463;http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/May/Day-07/p11200.htm; Available inEnglish
10. Proposed date of adoption:  not applicable
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  not applicable
12. Final date for comments:  1 June 2003
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ X ] National notification
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) 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-2003-0139" 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