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18March 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-0954)
Committee onSanitary andPhytosanitary Measures
NOTIFICATION
1. Member toAgreement notifying: UNITED STATES
Ifapplicable, name oflocal government involved:
2. Agency responsible: Environmental Protection Agency (23)
3. Products covered (tariff item number(s) asspecified innational schedules deposited with
theWTO. ICSnumbers may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): Raw
agricultural commodities
4. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Pesticide Tolerances; Proposed
Revocations (10pages)
5. Description ofcontent: Thisdocument announces theEPAdecision onwhether to
propose revocation of41Section 408tolerances for22pesticides. Under EPA'spolicy
concerning thecoordination ofitsauthorities under Sections 408and409oftheFederal
Food, Drug andCosmetic Act(FFDCA), EPAproposes torevoke thefollowing nine
Section 408tolerances: Dicofol onapples, grapes andplums; Mancozeb onoatsand
wheat; Propargite onapples andfigs; Simazine onsugarcane; andTriadimefon on
wheat. These proposed revocations areoneofaseries ofactions being taken in
response toadecision oftheNinth Circuit Court ofAppeals regarding theDelaney
Clause inSection 409oftheFederal Food, Drug andCosmetic Act. EPAproposes to
leave theremaining tolerances inplace.
6. Objective andrationale: Inorder tobring EPA'spolicy intoconformity withacourt
ordered legalinterpretation oftheDelaney Clause.
7. Aninternational standard, guideline orrecommendation does notexist [].
Ifaninternational standard, guideline orrecommendation exists, whenever possible,
identify deviations: There aresome codex MRLs inexistence forsome ofthese
pesticides andcommodity combinations. Some havecompleted thestepprocess and
areCXLs. Others arestillinthestepprocess. Theonlyoneofthese 5pesticides not
listed atallinCodex isSimazine.
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8. Relevant documents: 61FR8174, 1March 1996; 40CFR PART 180.
9. Proposed date ofadoption andentry intoforce: Theeffective datewillbegiven upon
publication ofthefinalruleintheFederal Register.
10. Final date forcomments: 30May1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point []oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body:
United States SPSEnquiry Point
USDA/FAS/OPSTS
Attn: Carolyn F.Wilson
Room 5545 South Agriculture Building
14thandIndependence
Washington, D.C. 20250
Phone: (202) 720-2239
Fax: (202) 690-0677