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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/632
29 August 2002
(02-4611)
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):  Organophosphate pesticides
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Any trading partners
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Organophosphate
Pesticides;  Reassessment of Meat Commodity  Tolerances for Tetrachlorvinphos (3 pages,
available in English).
6. Description of content:  As part of its ongoing review of existing organophosphate (OP)
tolerances under the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA), EPA has determined that 11
meat commodity tolerances for tetrachlorvinphos can be reassessed at this time.  These
"non-contributor'' tolerances meet the FQPA safety standard in section 408(b)(2) of the
Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) and can be reassessed for the purposes of
FFDCA section 408 (q).  EPA has concluded that these tolerances make, at most, a
negligible contribution to the cumulative risk from OP pesticides.  This notice closely
relates to a previous Federal Register notice of 22 May 2002 (notified to the WTO as
G/SPS/N/USA/595), in which EPA announced the reassessment of non-contributing
tolerances for certain meats, animal feeds, and refined sugars.  EPA expects that additional
tolerances will be appropriate for reassessment based on the kind of approach described inthis notice.
7. 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
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [   ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available: 67 FR 52985,
14 August 2002.  Available in English.G/SPS/N/USA/632
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10. Proposed date of adoption: The reassessment of these tolerances is effective as of
23 July 2002.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  The reassessment of these tolerances is effective as of
23 July 2002.
12. Final date for comments:
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.
The full text will be sent upon request to the address in paragraph 13.
13. 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. WilsonRoom 5545 South Agriculture Building
Stop 1027
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20250
Phone (202) 720-2239
Fax (202) 690-0677
E-mail Address: fstsd@fas.usda.gov