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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/589
13 May 2002
(02-2626)
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
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):   Pesticides
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:   Any
trading partners
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Notice of Filing a
Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tolerance for Certain Pesticide Chemicals in or on Food -Azoxystrobin (4 pages).
6. Description of content:
This Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) notice announces the initial filing of a
pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certainpesticide chemical in or on various food commodities.
EPA has received four pesticide petitions numbers proposing pursuant to section 408(d) of
the FFDCA 21 U.S.C. 346a(d), to amend 40 CFR 180.507 by establishing and/or amending
tolerances for the combined residues of azoxystrobin: (methyl (E)-2-2-[6-(2-
cyanophenoxy)pyrimidin-4-yloxy]phenyl-3- methoxyacrylate) and the Z isomer of
azoxystrobin, (methyl (Z)-2-2-[6-(2-cyanophenoxy)pyrimidin-4-yloxy]phenyl-3-methoxyacrylate) in or on the agricultural commodities:
1. Proposes to establish a tolerance for caneberry  subgroup at 5.0 parts per million
(ppm).
2. Proposes to increase the existing tolerance for pistachio from 0.02 ppm to 1.0 ppm.
3. Proposes to establish a tolerance for asparagus at 0.02 ppm.4. Proposes to establish a tolerance for cranberry at 0.5 ppm.
Additional data may be needed before EPA rules on the petition.
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or di sease,  [   ]  protect territory from other
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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:
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   67 FR 21676,
1 May 2002.  Available in English.
10. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined
12. Final date for comments:   Comments must be received on or before 31 May 2002.
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  Environmental Protection Agency
[   ] National notification authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number
and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   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 13.
13. 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. 20250Tel:   (202) 720-2239
Fax:  (202) 690-0677
E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov