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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/813
7 October 2003
(03-5298)
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 Sulfentrazone
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:   Sulfentrazone;  Pesticide
Tolerances, (available in English, 12 pages).
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes tolerances for combined residues of
sulfentrazone and its metabolites HMS (N-(2,4-dichloro-5-(4-(difluoromethyl)-4,5-dihydro-3-hydroxymethyl-5-oxo-1H-1,2,4-triaz ol-1-yl)phenyl)methanesulfonamide) and
DMS (N-(2,4-dichloro-5-(4-(difluoromethy l)-4,5-dihydro-5-oxo-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-
l)phenyl)methanesulfonamide, in or on asparagus at 0.15 ppm;  bean, lima, succulent at
0.15 ppm;  cabbage at 0.20 ppm;  corn, field, forage at 0.20 ppm;  corn, field, grain at
0.15 ppm;  corn, field, stover at 0.30 ppm;  horseradish, roots at 0.20 ppm;  pea and bean,dried shelled, except soybean, subgroup 6C at 0.15 ppm;  peanut at 0.20 ppm;  peanut,
meal at 0.40 ppm;  peppermint, tops at 0.30 ppm;  potato at 0.15 ppm;  spearmint, tops at
0.30 ppm;  sugarcane, cane 0.15 ppm;  sugarcane, molasses 0.20 ppm;  and sunflower, seed
at 0.20 ppm.  EPA is also deleting certain sulfentrazone tolerances that are no longer
needed as result of this action.  The Interregional Research Project Number 4 and FMCCorporation requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA).
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, 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:   not applicable
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  DOCID:fr24se03-2,
Federal Register:  24 September 2003 (Volume 68, Number 185) Pages 55269-55280;
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/September/Day-24/p24011.htm; (available
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10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not applicable
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  24 September 2003
12. Final date for comments:  24 November 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.govNote:  Identify docket name "OPP-2003-0270" 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:
Ms. Roseanne Freese, United States SPS Enquiry Point Officer, USDA Foreign
Agricultural Service, Food Safety and Technical Services Division, Stop 1027,
Washington, DC  20250.  Tel:  (202) 690-1642, Fax:  (202) 720 7772,E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov