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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/597
27 May 2002
(02-2904)
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):   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 –Milbemectin (7 pages - English).
6. Description of content:  This Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) notice announces
the initial filing of pesticide petitions proposing the establishment of regulations for
residues of a certain pesticide chemicals in or on various food commodities.
EPA has received pesticide petitions proposing, pursuant to section 408(d) of the FFDCA,
21 U.S.C. 346a(d), to amend 40 CFR part 180 by establishing a tolerance for residues of
milbemectin (a mixture of milbemycins containing greater than or equal to 70%
milbemycin A4 [(6R, 25R)- 5-O-demethyl-28-deoxy-6, 28-epoxy-25-ethyl-milbemycin B]
and less than or equal to 30% milbemycin A3 [(6R, 25R)-5-O-demethyl-28-deoxy-6, 28-
epoxy-25-methyl-milbemycin B]) in or on the raw agricultural commodities citrus crop
group at 0.02  parts per million (ppm);  citrus pulp, dried at 0.2 ppm; citrus oil at 0.1 ppm;
cotton, undelinted seed at 0.02  ppm (CA only); cotton gin by-products at 0.08 ppm (CA
only);  pome fruit crop group at 0.02  ppm;  apple pomace, wet at 0.15 ppm;  stone fruit
crop group at 0.03 ppm (CA only);  strawbe rry at 0.04 ppm;  tree nut crop group at
0.02 ppm; and almond hulls at 0.2 ppm.  EPA has determined that the petition contains data
or information regarding the elements se t forth in section 408(d)(2) of the FFDCA;
however, EPA has not fully evaluated the sufficiency of the submitted data at this time or
whether the data support granting of the petition.  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 36178,
23 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:   24 June 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