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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/544
21 January 2002
(02-0290)
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
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, whereapplicable).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Pesticides
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Nicotine;  Proposed Revocation of
Tolerances (5 pages)
5.Description of content:  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to revoke
specific tolerances for residues of nicotine-containing compounds used as insecticides and
for the insecticide nicotine because nicotine is no longer registered for those uses 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 am ended 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 66 nicotine tolerances which would
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 [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  Codex has no residue tolerance levels for
nicotine.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 67 FR 2175,
16 January 2002 (Available in English)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined.G/SPS/N/USA/544
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11. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 18 March 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