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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/397/Rev.1
14 May 2002
(02-2675)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
Revision
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 should be provided in addition, where
applicable):   Pesticides
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:   Any
trading partner
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Atrazine;  Availability of
Revised Risk Assessments (2 pages plus revised risk assessment).
6. Description of content:   This Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) notice announces
the availability of the revised risk assessments and related documents for the triazine
pesticide, atrazine.  In addition, this notice starts a 60-day public participation period
during which the public is encouraged to submit comments on risk management ideas or
proposals for atrazine.  This action is in response to a joint initiative between EPA and theU.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to increase transparency in the tolerance
reassessment process for all pesticides.
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 30379,
6 May 2002 and 66 FR 10287, 14 February 2001 (notified as G/SPS/N/USA/397).
Available in English.
10. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determinedG/SPS/N/USA/397/Rev.1
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12. Final date for comments:   Comments must be received by EPA on or before 5 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:   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 1027
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20250
Tel:   (202) 720-2239Fax:  (202) 690-0677
E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov