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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/573
11 April 2002
(02-1973)
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, where
applicable).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Pesticide
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Molinate;  Availability of Risk
Assessment (2 pages plus risk assessment document)
5. Description of content:   This Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) notice announces
the availability of documents that were developed as part of EPA's process for making
pesticide re-registration eligibility decisions and tolerance reassessments consistent with the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food QualityProtection Act of 1996 (FQPA).  These documents  are the human health, environmental fate
and ecological effects risk assessments and related documents for molinate.  This notice
also starts a 60-day public comment period for the risk assessment.  Comments are to be
limited to issues directly associated with molinate and raised by the risk assessment or other
documents placed in the docket.  By allowing access and opportunity for comment on the
risk assessment, EPA is seeking to strengthen  stakeholder involvement and help ensure that
EPA's decisions under FQPA are transparent and based on the best available information.The tolerance reassessment process will ensure that the United States continues to have the
safest and most abundant food supply.  The Agency cautions that the risk assessment for
molinate is preliminary and that further refinements may be appropriate.  Risk assessments
reflect only the work and analysis conducted as of the time they were produced and it is
appropriate that, as new information becomes available and/or additional analyses areperformed, the conclusions they contain may change.
6. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety,  [     ] animal health,  [     ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from
other damage from pests           
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:  No Codex maximum residue levels have been
established for Molinate.G/SPS/N/USA/573
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8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  67 FR 15569
2 April 2002 (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:  Comments must be received on or before 3 June 2002.
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  Environmental Protection Agency
[    ] National notification authority, [     ] National enquiry point, or address, fax
number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  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: [  X ] National notification authority, [  X ] 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 Building
Stop 1027
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.Washington, D.C. 20250
Tel:   (202) 720-2239
Fax:  (202) 690-0677
E-mail:  ofsts@fas.usda.gov