WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/501/Add.1
7 August 2002
(02-4339)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
Addendum
The following communication, dated 31 July 2002, has been received from the United States.
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Butylate Tolerances are Considered to be Reassessed by EPA
This Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) notice announces that EPA is considering as
reassessed all tolerances for residues of the herbicide butylate.  The Agency has determined that no
common mechanism exists among butylate and the thiocarbamates.  Therefore, the Agency is not
amending its previous notice (notified as G/SPS /N/USA/501) which constituted EPA's report on the
Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996 tolerance reassessment progress and interim risk
management decision for butylate.  By itself, butylate poses no risk concerns within the limits of the
existing tolerances, which will remain in effect at 0.1 part per million (ppm) for all registered
commodities; however, the Agency intends to revise the commodity definitions in accordance with
current Agency administrative practice.  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 reassessment of seven tolerances which are counted amongtolerance/exemption reassessments made toward the August 2002 review deadline.
The full text of this addendum is available from the address below.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
Phone (202) 720-2239
Fax (202) 690-0677
E-mail Address: fstsd@fas.usda.gov
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