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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/154
14 April 1999
(99-1481)
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, where applicable).
Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Pesticides
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Tolerance Revocations for Certain
Pesticides (7 pages)
5. Description of content:  The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to
revoke tolerances as listed in the full text  of this proposal for the herbicides dalapon,
fluchloralin, metobromuron, paraquat, and sesone;  the fungicides zinc sulfate, glyodin, and
manganous dimethyldithiocarbamate (manam);  the insecticides coumaphos, hydrogen
cyanide and O-Ethly S-phenyl ethylphosphonodithioate (fonofos);  the plant growth regulator
N,N-dimethylpiperidinium chloride (mepiquat ch loride);  and the food additive ethyl formate.
Also, this notice proposes to revoke the tolerance for residues of the nematocide and
insecticide ethoprop in or on mushrooms and soybeans;  soybeans, forage;  and soybeans, hay;
and the food additive tolerance for residues of the fungicide paraformaldehyde in maple syrup.
EPA expects to determine whether any individuals  or groups want to support these tolerances.
The regulatory actions in this notice are part of the Agency's re-registration program under the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticid e Act (FIFRA), and the tolerance reassessment
requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).  By Law, EPA is
required to reassess 33 per cent of the tolerances that were in existence on 2 August 1996, by
August 1999, or about 32,000 tolerances.  The regulatory actions proposed in this documentpertain to the proposed revocation of 206 tolerances and /or exemptions, which would be
counted among reassessments made toward the August 1999 review deadline of FFDCA
section 408(q), as amended by the F ood Quality Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996.
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 standa rd, guideline or recommendati on does not exist [  ].
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  The pesticide paraquat has CXLs under Codex
Alimentarius.  The other pesticides listed in  this proposal do not have an international
standard, guideline or recommendation.G/SPS/N/USA/154
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8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  64 FR 16874,
7 April 1999;  40 CFR Parts 180, 185 and 186 (Available in English)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  The date of entry into force will be announced when the
final rule is published in the Federal Register.
11. Final date for comments:   7 June 1999
Agency or authority designated to handle comme nts:  [  ] 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 commen ts 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,  [  ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
USDA/FAS/FSTD
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 0677E-mail address:  ofsts@fas.usda.gov