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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/772
30 July 2003
(03-4060)
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):  Any product that carries Cis-3-hexen-1-ol when used as an inert ingredient in
pesticide formulations containing the active ingredient Paraquat Dicholoride used in
accordance with good agricultural practices
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:   Cis-3-hexen-1-ol; Notice
of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or
on Food (Available in English, 5 pages)
6. Description of content:  EPA has received a pesticide petition (PP 3E6569) from
Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc., P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419 proposing,
pursuant to section 408(d) of the FFDCA, 21 U.S.C. 346a(d), to amend 40 CFR part 180 toestablish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for Cis-3-hexen-1-ol when used
as an inert ingredient in pesticide formulations containing the active ingredient Paraquat
Dichloride.
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:   not applicable
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  DOCID: fr16jy03-83,
Federal Register: 16 July 2003 (Volume 68, Number 136) Pages 42035-42040;
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/July/Day-16/p17899.htm (Available in
English)
10. Proposed date of adoption:  not applicable
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  not applicableG/SPS/N/USA/772
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12. Final date for comments:  15 August 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-2003-0233" 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:
Ms. Roseanne Freese, US Department of Agriculture, Stop 1027, Washington, DC  20250.
Tel (202) 690-1642, Roseanne.Freese@usda.gov