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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/807
1 October 2003
(03-5161)
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 Flumioxazin
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:   Flumioxazin;  Pesticide
Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions (available in English, 7 pages).
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes a time-limited tolerance for residues
of flumioxazin in or on sweet potato, roots in connection with a crisis exemption declared
by the State of Louisiana.  This regulation establishes a maximum permissible level for
residues of flumioxazin in this food commodity.  The maximum tolerance for residues of
the herbicide flumioxazin, 2-[7-fluoro-3,4-dihydro-3-oxo-4-(2-propynyl)-2H-1,4-
benzoxazin-6-yl]-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1H-isoindole-1,3(2H)-dione, in or on sweet potato,roots are 0.02 parts per million (ppm).  This tolerance will expire and is revoked on
30 June 2006.  EPA will publish a document in the Federal Register to remove the revoked
tolerance from the Code of Federal Regulations.
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:fr27au03-13,
Federal Register:  27 August 2003 (Volume 68, Number 166) Page;
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/August/Day-27/p21662.htm ;  (available in
English.
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not applicable
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  27 August 2003G/SPS/N/USA/807
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12. Final date for comments:  27 October 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 ProtectionAgency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.  opp-docket@epa.gov
Note:  Identify docket name "OPP-2003-0253" 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