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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/595
24 May 2002
(02-2887)
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):   Organophosphate pesticides
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:   Organophosphate
Pesticides;  Reassessment of Certain Non-Contributing Tolerances (6 pages, available inEnglish).
6. Description of content:  As part of its ongoing review of existing organophosphate (OP)
tolerances under the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA), EPA has determined that 275
OP tolerances can be reassessed at this time.  These "non-contributor'' tolerances meet the
FQPA safety standard in section 408(b)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(FFDCA) and can be reassessed for the purp oses of FFDCA section 408(q).  EPA has
concluded that these tolerances make, at most, a negligible contribution to the cumulative
risk from OP pesticides.  This Notice discusses the concept and basis for this approach to
reassessing selected OP tolerances based on available information relating to the OP
cumulative risk assessment.  EPA expects that additional tolerances will be appropriate for
reassessment based on the kind of approach described in this Notice.  This Notice alsoidentifies the first non-contributor tolerances that are considered reassessed (certain
tolerances for meat commodities, animal feeds, refined sugars, and other uses), and seeks
comment on EPA's approach to the identification of other non-contributors.
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or di sease,  [   ]  protect territory from other
damage from pests
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [   ] 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 35991,
22 May 2002.  Available in English.G/SPS/N/USA/595
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10. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined
12. Final date for comments:   Comments for approaches for identifying other tolerances that
make, at most, a negligible contribution to the cumulative risk from OP pesticides must be
received on or before 21 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 theaddress 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. WilsonRoom 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:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov