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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/542
21 January 2002
(02-0291)
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
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:  Benomyl;  Proposed Revocation of
Tolerances (9 pages)
5.Description of content:  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to revoke
all tolerances for residues of the fungicide benomyl because this pesticide is no longer
registered for use in the United States.  EPA expects to determine whether any individuals
or groups want to support these tolerances.  The regulatory actions proposed in this
document are part of the Agency's reregistration program under the Federal Insecticide,Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), a nd the 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 2002 to
reassess 66 per cent of the tolerances in existence on 2 August 1996, or about 6,400
tolerances.  The regulatory actions proposed in this document pertain to the proposed
revocation of all tolerances for benomyl of which 100 would be counted among
tolerance/exemption reassessments made toward the August 2002 review deadline.
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:  Codex has CXLs for Benomyl on a number of
commodities.  Withdrawal has been recommended by JMPR for some of these Codex
CXLs.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 67 FR 1917,
15 January 2002 (Available in English)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined.G/SPS/N/USA/542
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11. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 18 March 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