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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/756
4 July 2003
(03-3598)
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 pesticide Methoprene in or on mosaic virus-2 coat
protein, zucchini yellow mosaic virus coat protein, and specific portions of the viral genetic
material when used as a plant-incorporated protectant in squash.
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:  Methoprene,
Watermelon Mosaic Virus-2 Coat Protein, and Zucchini Yellow Mosaic Virus Coat
Protein; Final Tolerance Actions, available in English, 4 pages.
6. Description  of content:  EPA is amending the text of the exemption from the requirement
of a tolerance for Methoprene and is revoking all of the tolerances for residues for
Methoprene because a recent EPA review finds that no harm is expected to the public fromexposure to residues of Methoprene.  Therefore, these tolerances are no longer needed and
their associated uses are covered by tolerance exemptions.  Also, EPA is revoking the
exemptions for watermelon mosaic virus-2 coat protein, and zucchini yellow mosaic virus
coat protein and specific portions of the viral genetic material when used as plant-
incorporated protectants in squash, because these exemptions are covered in later sectionsof 40 CFR part 180.  Because Methoprene's 35 tolerances and the 2 exemptions from the
virus materials were previously reassessed, the regulatory actions taken in this document
do not contribute toward the Agency's tolerance reassessment requirements of the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) section 408(q), as amended by the Food Quality
Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996.  By law, EPA is  required by August 2006 to reassess the
tolerances in existence on 2 August 1996.
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] 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:   not applicable
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  DOCID:  fr11jn03-
20, Federal Register:  11 June 2003 (Volume 68, Number 112) Page 34825-34829;
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/June/Day-11/p14330.htm;  available inEnglish.
10. Proposed date of adoption:  11 June 2003
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  not applicable
12. Final date for comments:  11 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-2003-0159" 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