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           UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                 WASHINGTON, D. C. 20548

                                   FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                   EXPECTED AT 4 P.M., EST
 112250                            THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1980

                      STATEMENT OF
          HUGH J. WESSINGER, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
                      SENIOR LEVEL
       COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION

                       BEFORE THE
         SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATIONS,
                 OVERSIGHT AN'D RESEARCH  <-    /
                         OF THE
              HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
                           ON

           THEENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'S
           PROCDURES FOR SUSPENDING A PESTICIDE7

MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE:

     WE WELCOME YOUR INVITATION TO DISCUSS THE PRELIMINARY

RESULTS OF OUR REVIEW OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'S.,

(EPA'S) PROCEDURES FOR SUSPENDING A PESTICIDE'S USE. WE BEGAN

THIS REVIEW IN RESPONSE TO A MARCH 11, 1980, REQUEST FROM

CONGRESSMAN WILLIAM C. WAMPLER, THE COMMITTEE'S RANKING

MINORITY MEMBER, WHO WAS CONCERNED THAT EPA'S EMERGENCY

SUSPENSION OF MAJOR USES OF THE PESTICIDES 2,4,5-T AND

SILVEX MAY NOT HAVE BEEN BASED ON SCIENTIFICALLY VALIDATED

STUDIES.

     WE WERE ALSO REQUESTED TO EXPLORE WHETHER THERE IS A

NEED TO AMEND THE PROVISIONS OF THE FEDERAL INSECTICIDE,

FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFBEA) CONCERNING EPA'S


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