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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/477
31 July 2001
(01-3799)
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:  Pesticides
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Diazinon, Parathion, O,O-Diethyl
S-[2-(ethylthio)ethyl] phosphorodithioate (Dis ulfoton), Ethoprop, and Carbaryl; Tolerance
Revocations (6 pages)
5. Description of content:   This Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) final rule revokes
specific tolerances listed in the regulatory  text for the insecticides diazinon, parathion,
O,O-Diethyl S-[2- (ethylthio)ethyl] phosphorodithioate (disulfoton), ethoprop, and carbaryl.
The regulatory actions in this rule are part of the Agency's reregistration programme under the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and the tolerance reassessmentrequirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosm etic Act (FFDCA).  By law, EPA is required
to reassess 66 per cent of the tolerances in existence on 2 August 1996, by August 2002, or
about 6,400 tolerances.  This document counts 24 tolerance reassessments made toward the
August 2002 review deadline of FFDCA section 408(q), as amended by the Food 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 standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [    ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  Differences exist between some of the actions the
United States is taking and the current status of some tolerances in the Codex.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  66 FR 38950,
26 July 2001 (Available in English)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  This regulation is effective 24 October 2001.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  This regulation is effective 24 October 2001.G/SPS/N/USA/477
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11. Final date for comments:  Objections and requests for hearings must be received by EPA on
or before 24 September 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:  The full text of this final rule, which includes instructions for submitting
objections and request for hearing 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
Attn:  Carolyn F. Wilson
Room 5545 South Agriculture Building
Stop 1027
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C.20250Tel:  (202) 720-2239
Fax:  (202) 690-0677
E-mail:  ofsts@fas.usda.gov