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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/294
27 June 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 Reregistration Performance
Measures and Goals (9 pages)
5. Description of content:  We are notifying this document because we believe it may be of
interest to trading partners desiring specific pr oducts/chemicals to be reviewed or approved for
future export to the United States.
This notice announces EPA's progress in meeting its performance measures and goals for
pesticide reregistration during 1999.  The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act(FIFRA) requires EPA to publish this information annually.  The notice discusses the
integration of tolerance reassessment with the reregistration process, and describes the status
of various regulatory activities associated with reregistration and tolerance reassessment.  The
notice gives total numbers of chemicals and products reregistered, tolerances reassessed, Data
Call-Ins issued, and products registered under the "fast-track'" provisions of FIFRA.  Finally,
this notice contains the schedule for completion of activities for specific chemicals during the
next two fiscal years.
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:  Making this document available is meant to
increase transparency and public involvement in this process.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 65 FR 37375,
14 June 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/294
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11. Final date for comments:  This notice is not subject to a formal comment period.
Nevertheless, EPA welcomes input from stakeholders and the general public. All comments
must be received by 14 August 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 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 BuildingStop 1027
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20250
Phone (202) 720-2239
Fax (202) 690-0677E-mail Address: ofsts@fas.usda.gov