WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/218/Add.1
23 October 2003
(03-5604)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
Addendum
The following communication, dated 17 October 2003, has been received from the
United States.
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Products using the pesticide Sethoxydim
This regulation establishes a tolerance for the combined residues of sethoxydim, (2-[1-
(ethoxyimino)butyl]-5-[2-(ethylthio)propyl]-3-hyd roxy-2-cyclohexen-1-one) and its metabolites
containing the 2-cyclohexen-1-one moiety (calculated as the herbicide), in or on corn, sweet, kernels
plus cob with husk removed at 0.4 parts per million (ppm); corn, sweet, forage at 3.0 ppm; corn,sweet, stover at 3.5 ppm; lingonberry at 5.0 ppm; j uneberry at 5.0 ppm; milk at 0.5 ppm; cattle, meat
byproducts at 1.0 ppm; goat, meat byproducts at  1.0 ppm; hog, meat byproducts at 1.0 ppm; horse,
meat byproducts at 1.0 ppm; sheep, meat byproducts at 1.0 ppm; pistachio at 0.2 ppm; safflower at
15.0 ppm and salal at 5.0 ppm.  BASF Corporation requested the tolerances for corn, sweet, forage;
corn, sweet, stover and the increase in tolerance for corn, sweet, kernels plus cob with husk removed;
milk; and meat products under the Federal Food, Dr ug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by
the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA). Interregional Project 4 (IR-4) requested the
tolerances on juneberry, lingonberry, pistachio, salal, and safflower under the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA).
This regulation is effective as of 29 September 2003.  Objections and requests for hearings,
identified by docket ID number OPP-2003-0315, must be received on or before 28 November 2003.
The full text of this addendum (final rule) can be found at the address below.DOCID:  fr29se03-22, Federal Register:  29 September 2003 (Volume 68, Number 188)
Page 55858-55870; http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/September/Day-29/p24562.htm ;
Available in English.
Public Information and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Information Resources and
Services Division (7502C), Office of Pesticide Pr ograms (OPP), Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.  opp-docket@epa.gov  Note:  Identify docketname "OPP-2003-0315" in subject line of your response.
Ms. Roseanne Freese, United States SPS Enquiry Point Officer, USDA Foreign Agricultural
Service, Food Safety and Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington, DC  20250.  Tel:
(202) 690-1642, Fax: (202) 720-7772, Email:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov
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