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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/579
24 April 2002
(02-2357)
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:  Pesticide
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Acephate, Amitraz, Carbaryl,
Chlorpyrifos, Cryolite, et al.;  Proposed  Revocation of Tolerances  (7 pages)
5. Description of content:   This Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) document proposes
to revoke certain tolerances for residues of the pesticides acephate, amitraz, carbaryl,
chlorpyrifos, cryolite, disulfoton, ethalfluralin, ethion, ethoprop, fenthion, fluvalinate,
methamidophos, metribuzin, oxamyl, phorate, phosalone, phosmet, pirimiphos-methyl,profenofos, propiconazole, tetrachlorvinphos, thiram, and tribufos because these specific
tolerances are either no longer needed or are associated with food uses that are no longer
current or registered in the United States.  The regulatory actions proposed in this document
are part of the Agency's reregistration program under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and the tolerance reassessment requirements of the Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) section 408(q), as amended by the Food Quality
Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996.  By law, EPA is  required by August 2002 to reassess 66 per
cent of the tolerances in existence on 2 August 1996, or about 6,400 tolerances.  The
regulatory actions in this document pertain to the proposed revocation of 153 tolerances.
Because seven tolerances were previously reassessed, 146 tolerances would be counted as
reassessed.  Also, EPA is announcing that six goat and sheep tolerances at 0 ppm for
amitraz are considered to be reassessed.  Therefore, a total of 152 tolerance reassessmentswould be counted among tolerance/exemption reassessments made toward the August 2002
review deadline.
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:  Many of the pesticides in this revocation action
are listed in the Codex.  A comparative was not available for specific commodityMRLs/CXLs.G/SPS/N/USA/579
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8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  67 FR 18150
15 April 2001 (Available in English)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined.
11. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 14 June 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 1027
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.Washington, D.C. 20250
Tel:   (202) 720-2239
Fax:  (202) 690-0677
E-mail:  ofsts@fas.usda.gov