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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/631
14 August 2002
(02-4449)
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):  Pesticide - Trichlorfon
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 : Availability of the
Tolerance Reassessment Decision (TRED) fo r Trichlorfon (4 pages plus the TRED –
available in English).
6. Description of content:  This EPA notice announces the availability of the tolerance
reassessment decision document for trichlorfon. The trichlorfon document, referred to as a
TRED, is the Agency's Report of the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) Tolerance
Reassessment Progress and Interim Risk Management Decision for Trichlorfon. Thedocuments have been developed using a public participation process designed by EPA and
the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to involve the public in the reassessment of
pesticide tolerances under the FQPA and the reregistration of individual organophosphates
(OPs) under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
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:
[  ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [ X ] 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 51278,
7 August 2002 (Available in English)
10. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined.G/SPS/N/USA/631
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12. Final date for comments:  EPA is maintaining an open docket for trichloron. The Agency
will place any new comments there for future consideration.
Agency or authority designated to handl e 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 is in the body of the full text -
which 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. Wilson
Room 5545 South Agriculture Building
Stop 10271400 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20250
Tel:  (202) 720-2239
Fax:  (202) 690-0677
E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov