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4 August 2000
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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, where applicable).
Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Microbial
pesticides
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Notice of Filing Pesticide Petitions to
Establish an (Exemption From) Tolerance for Certain Pesticide Chemicals in or on Food -
Microbial Pesticides - Streptomyces lydicus  WYEC 108 and  Colletotrichum gloeosporioides f.
sp. malvae . (5 pages)
5. Description of content:  This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petitions
proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of certain pesticide chemicals in or onvarious 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. 346 a(d), to amend 40 CFR part 180 to establish
an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for microbial pesticide Streptomyces lydicus
WYEC 108. Pursuant to section 408(d)(2)(A)(i) of the FFDCA, as amended, the petitioner has
submitted a summary of information, data, and arguments in support of their pesticide petition.
This summary was prepared by the petitioner and EPA has not fully evaluated the merits of thepesticide petition. The summary may have been edited by EPA if the terminology used was
unclear, the summary contained extraneous material, or the summary unintentionally made the
reader conclude that the findings reflected EPA's position and not the position of the petitioner.
According to the product name and proposed use practices part the summary, the active
ingredient Streptomyces lydicus WYEC 108 is intended for use as a biological fungicide forthe control of soil borne plant root rot and damping-off fungi. Fungi controlled include:
Fusarium, Rhizoctonia, Pythium, Phytophthora, Phytomatotricum, Aphanomyces,
Monosprascus, Armillaria and other root-decay fungi. The active ingredient colonizes the root
system, thus out competing other harmful fungi, and enhances plant vitality.
EPA has received a pesticide petition proposing pursuant to section 408(d) of the FFDCA, 21
U.S.C. 346a(d), to amend 40 CFR part 180 to establish an exemption from the requirement of
a tolerance for microbial pesticide Colletotrichum gloeosporioides f. sp. malvae.  Pursuant to
section 408(d)(2)(A)(i) of the FFDCA, as ame nded, the petitioner has submitted a summary of
information, data, and arguments in support of their pesticide petition. This summary was
prepared by the petitioner and EPA has not fully evaluated the merits of the pesticide petition.The summary may have been edited by EPA if the terminology used was unclear, the
summary contained extraneous material, or the summary unintentionally made the readerG/SPS/N/USA/313
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conclude that the findings reflected EPA's position and not the position of the petitioner.
According to the product name and proposed use practices part of the summary
Colletotrichum gloeosporioides f. sp. malvae is a naturally occurring fungus that is pathogenic
to the weeds round-leaved mallow (Malva pusila) , small flowered mallow (Malva parviflora),
common mallow (Malva neglecta), and velvet leaf (Abutilon theophrasti), all of which aremembers of the family Malvaceae. The organism will infect and kill round-leaved and small
flowered mallows at any stage of growth, from seedling to mature plant. Colletotrichum
gloeosporioides f. sp. malvae causes disease lesions that will completely encircle the stems
and petioles of mallow, causing the plant to collap se in 2 to 4 weeks. The product is applied to
field crops at an early stage to control target weeds.
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:  A Codex Alimentarius Commission Maximum
Residue Level is not required for Streptomyces lydicus  WYEC 108 or for Colletotrichum
gloeosporioides f. sp. malvae .
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 65 FR 46912,
1 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:  31 August 2000
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 inparagraph 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
USDA/FAS/FSTSD
Attn: Carolyn F. Wilson
Room 5545 South Agriculture BuildingStop 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