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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/422
20 April 2001
(01-1985)
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 may be provided in addition, whereapplicable).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Pesticides
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Zoxamide
3,5-dichloro-N-(3-chloro-1-ethyl-1-methyl-2- oxopropyl)-4-methylbenzamide;  Pesticide
Tolerance (5 pages)
5. Description of content:  This regulation (final rule - inadvertently not previously notified)
establishes tolerances for the combined residues of zoxamide and its metabolites
3,5-dichloro-1,4- benzenedicarboxylic acid (RH-1455 and RH-141455) and
3,5-dichloro-4-hydroxymethylbenzoic acid (RH-1452 and RH-141452) in or on potato,tuber; potato, granule/flake; potato, wet peel and residues of zoxamide in or on grape; and
grape, raisins.  The petitioner requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act, as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996.
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 [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  There are no Codex MRLs for residues of
zoxamide.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  66 FR 18725,
11 April 2001 (Available in English)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  This regulation is effective 11 April 2001.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  This regulation is effective 11 April 2001.G/SPS/N/USA/422
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11. Final date for comments:  Objections and requests for hearings must be received by EPA
on or before 11 June 2001.
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 12.
12. 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
Attn:  Carolyn F. Wilson
Room 5545 South Agriculture Building
Stop 1027
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.Washington, D.C.20250
Tel:  (202) 720-2239
Fax:  (202) 690-0677
E-mail:  ofsts@fas.usda.gov