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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/771
30 July 2003
(03-4038)
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 should be provided in addition, where
applicable):  Products that carry the residues of the insecticides Aldicarb, Carbofuran,
Diazinon, and Dimethoate; herbicides Atrazine, Metolachlor, and Sodium Acifluorfen;
fungicides Fenarimol, Propiconazole, and Thiophanate-methyl; and the defoliant Cacodylicacid as found in meat, milk, poultry and egg products
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any
US trading partners.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Aldicarb, Atrazine,
Cacodylic acid, Carbofuran, et al.; Proposed Tolerance Actions (Available in English,
7 pages)
6. Description of content:  This document proposes to revoke specific meat, milk, poultry,
and egg tolerances for residues of the insecticides Aldicarb, Carbofuran, Diazinon, andDimethoate; herbicides Atrazine, Metolachlor, and Sodium Acifluorfen; fungicides
Fenarimol, Propiconazole, and Thiophanate-methyl; and the defoliant Cacodylic acid. EPA
determined that there are no reasonable expectations of finite residues in or on meat, milk,
poultry, or eggs for the aforementioned pesticide active ingredients and that these
tolerances are no longer needed.  Also, this document proposes to modify specificfenarimol tolerances.  The regulatory actions proposed in this document contribute toward
the Agency's 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 2006 to reassess the tolerances in existence on
2 August 1996.  Because all the tolerances were previously reassessed, no reassessmentsare counted here toward the August 2006 review deadline.
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other
damage from pests
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [ X ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:   not applicableG/SPS/N/USA/771
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9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  DOCID:fr16jy03-39,
Federal Register: 16 July 2003 (Volume 68, Number 136) Pages 41989-41996;
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/July/Day-16/p17730.htm (Available inEnglish)
10. Proposed date of adoption:  not applicable
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  not applicable
12. Final date for comments:  15 September 2003
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ X ] National notification
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
Public Information and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Information Resources and
Services Division (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. opp-docket@epa.gov
Note: Identify docket name "OPP-2003-0092" in subject line of your response.
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [ X ] National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Ms. Roseanne Freese, US Department of Agriculture, Stop 1027, Washington, DC  20250.
Tel (202) 690-1642, Roseanne.Freese@usda.gov