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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/717
10 June 2003
(03-2992)
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 Bacillus pumilus GB 34 when used as a seed
treatment in or on soybeans and soybeans after harvest.
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:  Bacillus pumilus GB 34;
Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance (available in English, 5 pages).
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of
a tolerance for residues of the Bacillus pumilus GB 34 when used as a seed treatment in or
on soybeans and soybeans after harvest.  There was a petition submitted to EPA under the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality
Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA), requesting an exemption from the requirement of atolerance.  This regulation eliminates the need to establish a maximum permissible level for
residues of Bacillus pumilus GB 34.
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:
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  DOCID:
fr02ap03-11, Federal Register:  2 April 2003 (Volume 68, Number 63)
Pages 15958-15963;
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/April/Day-02/p7638.htm; Available in
English
10. Proposed date of adoption:  not applicable
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  2 April 2003G/SPS/N/USA/717
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12. Final date for comments:  1 June 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-2003-0328" 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:
Mr. Bill Janis, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Stop 1027, Washington, DC  20250.
Tel (202) 720-9047, (202) 720-0677, fstsd@usda.gov