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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/551
12 February 2002
(02-0689)
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, whereapplicable).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Pesticides
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Methyl Parathion and Ethyl
Parathion;  Proposed Revocation of Tolerances (6 pages)
5. Description of content:  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) document proposes
to revoke certain tolerances for residues found for methyl parathion and ethyl parathion.
These actions are being taken because there are no registered uses for methyl parathion or
ethyl parathion on these commodities.  EPA expects to determine whether any individuals
or groups want to support these tolerances.  The regulatory actions proposed in thisdocument are part of the Agency's re-registration programme under the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), a nd the tolerance reassessment requirements of
the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).  By law, EPA is required to reassess
66% of the tolerances in existence on 2 August 1996 by August 2002, or about 6,400
tolerances.  These tolerances would be counted among reassessments made toward the
August 2002 review deadline of FFDCA section 408(q), as amended by the Food Quality
Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996.  These tolerances were established under section 408 of theFFDCA.  EPA is proposing to revoke these tolerances because the Agency has cancelled the
pesticide registrations under FIFRA associated with them.
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:  Codex has a number of CXLs under both
methyl parathion (Parathion Methyl) and ethy l parathion (Parathion).  Withdrawal has been
recommended on most of the Parathion Methyl CXLs.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 67 FR 5553,
6 February 2002 (Available in English)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined.G/SPS/N/USA/551
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10. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined.
11. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 8 April 2002.
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 10271400 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20250
Tel:   (202) 720-2239
Fax:  (202) 690-0677
E-mail:  ofsts@fas.usda.gov