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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/503
19 September 2001
(01-4458)
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 (503)
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).  Pesticides  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant
or practicable:           
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Endosulfan Pesticides;
Availability of Risk Assessments (2 pages plus risk assessments)
5. Description of content: This notice announces the availability of risk assessments that
were developed as part of EPA's process for making pesticide Reregistration Eligibility
Decisions (REDs) and tolerance reassessments consistent with the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA).
These risk assessments are the human health and ecological risk assessments and relateddocuments for endosulfan.  This notice also starts a 60-day public comment period for the
risk assessments and risk management strategies.  By allowing access and opportunity for
comment on the risk assessments, EPA is seek ing to strengthen stakeholder involvement
and help ensure decisions made 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.
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:  There are a number of Maximum Residue
Limits (MRLs) for endosulfan established by Codex.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  66 FR 47666,
13 September 2001 (available in English)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determinedG/SPS/N/USA/503
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11. Final date for comments:  13 November 2001
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [     ] National notification
authority, [     ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:  Environmental Protection Agency
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: [     ] National notification authority, [     ] 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 10271400 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20250
Tel:  (202) 720-2239
Fax:  (202) 690-0677
     E-mail Address: ofsts@fas.usda.gov