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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/446
30 May 2001
(01-2691)
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 - Fosetyl-Al
(4 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 pesticide petitions proposing, pursuant to section 408(d) of FFDCA, 21
U.S.C. 346a(d), to amend 40 CFR part 180 by establishing tolerances for residues of the
fungicide, aluminum tris (O-ethylphosphonate) (referred to in this document as fosetyl-Al)
in or on the raw agricultural commodities as follows:
Petition 1 proposes the establishment of tolerances for the bushberry subgroup, and
lingonberry, salal, and juneberry at 40 parts per million (ppm).
Petition 2 proposes the establishment of tolerances for turnip roots and tops (leaves) at 50
ppm, peas (succulent) at 0.3 ppm, and citrus at 5 ppm.
EPA has determined that these petitions contain 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 these
petitions.  Additional data may be needed before EPA rules on these petitions.
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:  There are presently no Codex Alimentarius
Commission maximum residue levels established for residues of fosetyl-Al.G/SPS/N/USA/446
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8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   66 FR 28479,
23 May 2001 (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:  23 June 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
Attn:  Carolyn F. Wilson
Room 5545 South Agriculture Building
Stop 1027
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C.20250Tel:  (202) 720-2239
Fax:  (202) 690-0677
E-mail:  ofsts@fas.usda.gov