. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/875 
12 March 2004 
 (04-1106) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd 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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Products that use the pesticide Novaluron 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
US trade partners  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Novaluron;  Notice of 
Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tolera nce for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or 
on Food (available in English, 5 pages). 
6. Description of content:  EPA has received a pesticide petition (2F6430) proposing to 
establish a tolerance for residues of novaluro n in or on the raw agricultural commodity 
pome fruits (excluding pears) at 1.0 parts per million (ppm), apple pomace at 6.0 ppm, pears at 2 ppm, cottonseed at 0.3 ppm, cotton gin by-products at 17 ppm, tuberous and 
corm vegetables (Crop Subgroup 1-C) at 0.05 ppm, cattle meat at 0.3 ppm, cattle meat-
by-products at 6.0 ppm, cattle fat at 6.0 ppm, cattle liver at 0.4 ppm, cattle kidney at 0.4 ppm, and milk at 0.4 ppm.  EPA has dete rmined that the petition contains data or 
information regarding the elements set fort h 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.  Add itional 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 damage from pests 
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  Not applicable G/SPS/N/USA/875 
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 9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  DOCID:fr25fe04-61, 
Federal Register
:  25 February 2004 (Volume 69, Number 37) Pages 8649-8654; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA- PEST/2004/February/Day-25/p3937.htm ; available in 
English 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   Not applicable 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   Not applicable 
12. Final date for comments:  Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number 
OPP-2004-0030, must be receive d on or before 26 March 2004. 
Agency or authority designated to handle 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 Pestic ide Programs (OPP), Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.  opp-docket@epa.gov 
Note:  Identify docket name "OPP-2003-0030"  in subject line of your response. 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Ms. Julie Morin, United States SPS Enquiry Point Officer, USDA Foreign Agricultural 
Service, Food Safety and Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington, DC 20250.  
Tel:  (202) 720-4051, Fax:   (202) 720-7772, Email:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov