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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/319
30 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, 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: Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition
to Establish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on Food - Imazapic
(5 pages).
5. Description of content: This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition
proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or
on various 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. 346a(d), to amend 40 CFR part 180 by
establishing tolerances for residues of the herbicide (+-)-2-4,5-dihydro-4-methyl-4-(1-
methylethyl)-5-oxo-1-H-imidazol-2-yl-5-methyl-3-pyridinecarboxylic acid (also known as
imazapic), applied as either the free acid or the ammonium salt, and its metabolite (+-)-2-
[4,5-dihydro-4-methyl-4- (1-methylethyl)-5-oxo-1-H-imidazol-2-yl]-5-hydroxymethyl-3-
pyridinecarboxylic acid, both free and conjugated, in or on the raw agricultural commodities
grass forage at 35 parts per million (ppm), and grass hay at 15 ppm. Tolerances are alsoproposed for (+-) -2-4,5-dihydro-4-methyl-4-(1-methylethyl) -5-oxo-1-H-imidazol-2-yl-5-
methyl-3-pyridinecarboxylic acid and its free hydroxymethyl metabolite alone in milk, meat
of cattle, sheep, goats, and horses, fat of cattle, sheep, goats, and horses, meat by-products
(except kidney) of cattle, sheep, goats, and horses at 0.1 ppm and kidney of cattle, sheep,
goats, and horses at 2.0 ppm. EPA has determined that the petition contains data orinformation regarding the elements set 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.
6. Objective and rationale: [  X ] food safety,  [     ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from
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7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [     ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations: There are no Codex maximum residue levels
established or proposed for residues of imazapic from use on grasses.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 65 FR 51608,
24 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: 25 September 2000
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [     ] National notification
authority, [     ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body: Environmental Protection Agency.
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: [     ] National notification authority, [     ] 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