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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/695
20 March 2003
(03-1635)
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 fungicide Cyprodinil (4-cyclopropyl- 6-methyl- N-
phenyl-2-pyrimidinamine) in or on the bushber ry subgroup, caneberry subgroup, juneberry,
ingonberry, pistachio, salal and watercress.
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:  Cyprodinil;  Pesticide
Tolerance (available in English, 8 pages).
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of Cyprodinil in
or on the bushberry subgroup, caneberry subgroup, juneberry, lingonberry, pistachio, salal
and watercress.  The Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4) requested these
tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) , as amended by theFood Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA).  The petitions requested that 40 CFR
180.532 be amended by establishing tolerances for residues of the fungicide cyprodinil, 4-
cyclopropyl- 6-methyl- N-phenyl-2-pyrimidinamine, in or on the caneberry subgroup at
10.0 parts per million (ppm) (2E6393), watercress at 20 ppm (2E6365), pistachio at
0.07 ppm (2E6377) and the bushberry subgroup, lingonberry, juneberry, and salal, at3.0 ppm (2E6359).  IR-4 subsequently revised the petition to propose the following
tolerances for cyprodinil residues in or on the caneberry subgroup at 10.0 parts per million
(ppm), watercress at 20 ppm, pistachio at 0.10 ppm and the bushberry subgroup,
lingonberry, juneberry, and salal, at 3.0 pm.
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:G/SPS/N/USA/695
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9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  DOCID:fr05fe03-23,
Federal Register: 5 February 2003 (Volume 68, Number 24) Pages 5839-5847;
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/February/Day-05/p2771.htm; Available inEnglish.
10. Proposed date of adoption:  n.a.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   5 February 2003
12. Final date for comments:  7 April 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 Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.  opp-docket@epa.gov
Note:  Identify docket name "OPP-2002-0344" 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