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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/487
15 August 2001
(01-4015)
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 – DPA
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:  Thiophanate-methyl;  Availability
of Risk Assessments (3 pages plus related documents)
5. Description of content:  This notice announces the availability of risk assessments that
were developed as part of EPA's process for making pesticide Reregistration EligibilityDecisions (REDs) and tolerance reassessments consistent with the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA).
These risk assessments are the human health and ecological risk assessments and related
documents for Thiophanate-methyl.  This notice also starts a 60-day public comment period
for the risk assessments.  By allowing access and opportunity for comment on the riskassessments, EPA is seeking to strengthen stakeholder involvement and help ensure
decisions made under FQPA are transparent and based on the best available information.
The tolerance reassessment process will ensure that the United States continues to have the
safest and most abundant food supply.
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 some MRLs for Thiophanate-
methyl.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  66 FR  41587,
8 August 200  (available in English)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determinedG/SPS/N/USA/487
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11. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 9 October 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:  Environmental Protection Agency
Detailed instruction on where and how to send comments are in the body of the full
text – which will be sent upon request to the address in paragraph 12.  The related
documents are also available.
12. Texts available from: [     ] National notification authority, [     ] 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 DC 20250
Tel:  (202) 720-2239
Fax:  (202) 690-0677
E-mail address:  ofsts@fas.usda.gov