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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/202
3 December 1999
(99-5356)
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 Pesticide Petitions
to Establish a Tolerance for Certain Pesticide Chemicals (mepiquat chloride) in or on Food
(5 pages)
5. Description of content: This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition
proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of certain pesticide chemicals in
or on various food commodities. EPA has received pesticide petitions proposing,
pursuant to section 408(d) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21U.S.C. 346a(d), to amend 40 CFR part 180 by establishing a tolerance for residues of
mepiquat chloride, N,N-dimethylpiperidinium chloride in or on the raw agricultural
commodity grapes at 1.0 parts per million (ppm) and raisins at 5.0 ppm. EPA has
determined that the petition contains data or  information regarding the elements set forth
in section 408(d)(2) of the FFDCA; how ever, 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.
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 no Codex tolerances established for
mepiquat chloride on grapes
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  64 FR 66181,
24 November 1999 (Available in English)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined.G/SPS/N/USA/202
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11. Final date for comments:  27 December 1999
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 Building
Stop 1027
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.Washington, D.C. 20250
Phone (202) 720-2239
Fax (202) 690-0677
E-mail Address: ofsts@fas.usda.gov