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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/224
8 February 2000
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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).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 Pesticide Petitions
to Establish Tolerance for Certain Pesticide Chemicals in or on Food: Coniothyrium minitans
(4 pages)
5. Description of content: This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petitions
proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of certain pesticide chemicals in or on
various food commodities.
EPA has received a pesticide petition proposing pursuant to section 408(d) of the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21 U.S.C. 346a(d), to amend 40 CFR part 180 to
establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for the microbial pesticide
Coniothyrium minitans strain CON/M/91-08. Pursuant to section 408(d)(2)(A)(i) of the
FFDCA, as amended, the petitioner has submitted a summary of information, data, and
arguments in support of their pesticide petition. EPA has not fully evaluated the merits of the
pesticide petition.
Coniothyrium minitans strain CON/M/91-08 is proposed for use to control Sclerotinia
species in the soil of any agricultural cr op. The end-use product, CONTANS<Register>WG,
is applied as a spray to the soil, which is followed with mechanical incorporation (i.e.
rotating) into the first one to two inches of the top soil layer. The product is applied as a
preplant treatment, 3 to 4 months prior to planting the crop, or as a postharvest treatment to
plant residues.
6. Objective and rationale: [  X ] food safety,  [    ] animal health,  [    ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from other
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7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [    ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  A Codex Alimentarius Commission Maximum
Residue Level (MRL) is not required for Coniothyrium minitans strain CON/M/91-08
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  65 FR 3696,
24 January 2000 (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 February 2000
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [     ] National notification
authority, [     ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:  Environmental Protection Agency
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 BuildingStop 1027
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20250
Phone (202) 720-2239
Fax (202) 690-0677E-mail Address: ofsts@fas.usda.gov