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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/334
25 September 2000
(00-3846)
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:  Chlorpyrifos
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Chlorpyrifos; Receipt of Requests
for Amendments, Cancellations, and Notification of Tolerance Revocation and
Modifications (9 pages)
5. Description of content:  The companies that hold the pesticide registrations of
manufacturing-use pesticide products containing chlorpyrifos [O,O-diethyl
O-(3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridiny l)phosphorothioate] have asked EPA to cancel their
registrations for these products. In addition, these companies have asked EPA to cancel oramend their registrations for end-use products containing chlorpyrifos. Pursuant to section
6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is
announcing the Agency's receipt of these requests from the registrants. These requests for
voluntary cancellation and amendment are the result of a memorandum of agreement signed
by EPA and a number of registrants of products containing chlorpyrifos on 7 June 2000, and
ancillary agreements signed by other registrants shortly thereafter. Given the potential risks,
both dietary and non-dietary, that chlorpyrifos use poses, especially to children, EPAintends to grant the requested cancellations and amendments to delete uses. EPA also plans
to issue a cancellation order for the deleted uses and the canceled registrations at the close
of the comment period for this announcement. Upon the issuance of the cancellation order,
any distribution, sale, or use of chlorpyrifos products will only be permitted if such
distribution, sale, or use is consistent with the terms of that order. In addition, EPA isannouncing its intention to revoke the tolerance for chlorpyrifos residues in or on tomatoes
and to lower the tolerance for chlorpyrifos residues in or on apples and grapes.
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:  Some differences currently exist between the
United States MRLs for chlorpyrifos and the CXLs under Codex Alimentarius.  JMPR is
currently doing a reevaluation of Chlorpyrifos and will make recommendations to Codexwhen the reevaluation is completed. Some current Codex MRLs (CXLs) are likely to
change.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  65 FR 56886,
20 September 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:  20 October 2000
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
Phone (202) 720-2239
Fax (202) 690-0677
E-mail Address: ofsts@fas.usda.gov