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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/316
17 August 2000
(00-3326)
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 (#316)
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 - Glyphosate
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 – Glyphosate
(9 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 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 180.364.
The proposed amendments to 40 CFR 180.364, are listed in the section entitled "Summary
of Revisions to Sec. 180.364 Glyphosate; tolerances for residues...''. The following
summary also includes several revisions to Sec. 180.364 which were proposed by the
registrant, in Federal Register notices of 10 January 2000 (notified as G/SPS/N/USA/216),
and 25 July  2000 (notified as G/SPS/N/USA/312). In the Federal Register notice of
10 January 2000, the registrant proposed to amend 40 CFR part 180 by establishingtolerances for residues of glyphosate in or on the food commodities field corn forage at
3.0 ppm; alfalfa hay at 400 ppm and alfalfa forage at 175 ppm; and stover and straw of the
cereal grains group at 100 ppm.  The registrant also proposed deletion of currently
established tolerances on alfalfa at 200 ppm; fresh alfalfa at 0.2 ppm; field corn stover at
100 ppm; grain sorghum stover at 40 ppm; and wheat straw at 85 ppm. The registrantproposed these tolerances for deletion since they are either no longer needed or are
superceded by the proposed crop group tolerances. In a second notice published in the
Federal Register on 25 July, the registrant, proposed to amend 40 CFR part 180 by
establishing tolerances for the grass forage, fodder, and hay group at 300 ppm and by
revising the tolerance expression under Sec.180.364(a)(1) to read as follows:
"(a) General. (1) Tolerances are established for residues of glyphosate (N-
(phosphonomethyl)glycine) from the application of glyphosate, the isopropylamine salt of
glyphosate, the ethanolamine salt of glyphosate, and the ammonium salt of glyphosate."
The registrant also proposed that the glyphosate commodity tolerances in Sec. 180.364(a)(2)
and (a)(3) be transferred to Sec. 180.364(a)(1), that Sec. 180.364(a)(1) be redesignated asSec. 180.364(a), and that Sec. 180.364(a)(2) and (a)(3) be deleted.  A Summary of the
Revisions to Sec. 180.364 proposed by the registrant revise Sec. 180.364 by redesignatingG/SPS/N/USA/316
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paragraph (a)(1) as paragraph (a), which would r ead as follows: "(a) General. Tolerances are
established for residues of glyphosate (N-(phosphonomethyl) glycine) resulting from the
application of glyphosate, the isopropylamine salt of glyphosate, the ethanolamine salt of
glyphosate and the ammonium salt of glyphosate in or on the following food commodities'.
'Transfer the commodity tolerances from Sec. 180.364(a)(2) and Sec. 180.364(a)(3) to thetable in Sec. 180.364(a) and delete Sec. 180.364(a)(2) and Sec. 180.364(a)(3). Revise the
table under Sec. 180.364(a) by the establishment of new tolerances, increasing the tolerance
for selected commodities (increase), the deletion of duplicate commodity tolerance entries
and the deletion of commodity tolerances that are superceded by the proposed crop group
tolerances, the conversion of commodity terms to comply with EPA's Food and Feed
Vocabulary Data Base, and the transfer of commodity tolerances from Sec. 180.364(a)(2)
and Sec. 180.364(a)(3) to the table in Sec. 180.364(a). EPA has determined that the petitioncontains 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 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 [     ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations: Codex maximum residue levels have not been
established for residues of glyphosate on the crops proposed for tolerances in this petition.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 65 FR 49563
14 August 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: 13 September 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: [     ] National notification authority, [     ] 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