WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/138/Add.1
10 December 2001
(01-6256)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
Addendum
The following communication, dated 6 December 2001, has been received from the
United States.
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4-Amino-6-(1,1-dimethylethyl) -3-(methylthio)- 1,2,4-triazin-5(4H)-one [Metribuzin], Dichlobenil,
Diphenylamine, Sulprofos, Pendimethalin, and Terbacil; Tolerance Actions
This Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) final rule (earlier notified as
G/SPS/N/USA/138) establishes, modifies, and revokes specific tolerances for residues of the
herbicides dichlobenil, metribuzin, pendimethalin, and terbacil; the plant growth regulator
diphenylamine, and the insecticide sulprofos.  EPA is revoking certain tolerances because EPA hascanceled the food uses associated with them. The regu latory actions proposed in this final rule 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 amended 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.  This final rule revokes 29 tolerances, but only one
tolerance reassessment (sulprofos) is counted here toward the August 2002 review deadline.  Thetolerances  associated with the other 28 revocations were reassessed and counted previously through
the Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) process.
This regulation is effective 5 March 2002.  Objections and requests for hearings must be
received by EPA on or before 4 February 2002.
The full text of the final rule, including instru ctions for submitting objections and requests for
hearings, 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
Tel:  (202) 720-2239
Fax:  (202) 690-0677
E-mail:  ofsts@fas.usda.gov
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