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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/612
9 July 2002
(02-3821)
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 - Linuron
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 Linuron (3 pages plus TRED document -
English).
6. Description of content:   This Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) notice announces
the availability of the tolerance reassessment decision document for linuron.  The linuron
overview and decision document have been developed as part of the public participation
process that EPA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are now using for
involving the public in the reassessment of pe sticide tolerances as a result of the Food
Quality Protection Act (FQPA), and in the reregistration of individual pesticides 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 43116,
26 June 2002.  Available in English.
10. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determinedG/SPS/N/USA/612
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12. Final date for comments:   Comments must be received by EPA on or before 26 July 2002.
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 is in the body of the full text -
which will be sent, along with the TRED  document, 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
Phone (202) 720-2239
Fax (202) 690-0677
E-mail Address:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov