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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/241
20 March 2000
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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:  Pesticide Tolerance Reassessment
and Reregistration; Proposed Public Participation Process; Request For Comments.
(6 pages)
5. Description of content:  This notice announces EPA's proposal for a public participation
process for pesticide tolerance reassessment and reregistration. This proposal is in response
to a joint initiative between EPA and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to increasetransparency and stakeholder involvement in the development of pesticide risk assessments
and risk management documents and decisions.  EPA and USDA have been actively
employing a pilot public participation process for tolerance reassessment and reregistration
of organophosphate pesticides for over 1 year  (since August 1998), which was developed in
consultation with the Tolerance Reassessment Advisory Committee (TRAC).  Consi-
deration must now be given as to whether this public participation process or some
modification of it should be adopted as the final process, and whether it should be used fortolerance reassessment and reregistration of all pesticides.
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 [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 65 FR 14200,
15 March 2000 (Available in English)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined.G/SPS/N/USA/241
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11. Final date for comments:  14 April 2000.
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 requestto 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 1027
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.Washington, D.C. 20250
Phone (202) 720-2239
Fax (202) 690-0677
E-mail Address: ofsts@fas.usda.gov