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Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 18.12.1998

Increasing Transparency For the Tolerance Reassessment Process; Availability of Preliminary Risk Assessments for Four Organophosphates

This notice announces the availability of documents that were developed as part of the Environmental Protection Agency's process for making reregistration eligibility decisions for the organophosphate pesticides and for tolerance reassessments consistent with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA). These documents are the preliminary ecological risk assessments and related documents for ethoprop, methyl parathion, temephos, and terbufos and the preliminary human health assessment for the methyl parathion. This notice also starts a 60-day public comment period for the preliminary risk assessments. Comments are to be limited to issues directly associated with the four organophosphates that have risk assessments placed in the docket and should be limited to issues raised in those documents. By allowing access and opportunity for comment on the preliminary risk assessments, EPA is seeking to strengthen stakeholder involvement and help ensure our decisions under FQPA are transparent and based on the best available information. The tolerance reassessment process will ensure that the United States continues to have the

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