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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/501
19 September 2001
(01-4446)
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 – EPA
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where
applicable).   Pesticides  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent
relevant or practicable:           
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Butylate; Notice of Pesticide
Report on FQPA Tolerance Reassessment Progress and Interim Risk Management Decision
(4 pages plus documents).
5. Description of content:  (EPA) report on the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)
tolerance reassessment progress and interim risk management decision for butylate,
announces the Agency's decision, and releases the human health risk assessment and related
documents supporting this decision to the public.  The Agency's reassessment of dietaryrisk, including public exposure through food and drinking water as required by the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) as ame nded by FQPA, indicates that butylate, by
itself, poses no risk concerns within the limits of the existing tolerances; therefore, no risk
mitigation is needed, and no further actions are warranted at this time.  The existing butylate
tolerances remain in effect, until such time as a determination of whether a full reassessment
of the cumulative risk from thiocarbamate pestic ides, including butylate, may be needed and
is considered.
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 [     ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  There are no Maximum Residue Limits
(MRLs) for butylate established by Codex.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  66 FR 47219,
11 September 2001 (available in English)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Remain in effect
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  Remain in effectG/SPS/N/USA/501
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11. Final date for comments:  11 October 2001
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:  Environmental Protection Agency
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: [     ] National notification authority, [     ] 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 Address:  ofsts@fas.usda.gov