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106550 1 (1978-07-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadyaq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DOCUMENT BEPSUME 06550 - (B19469711 Federal Efforts To Notify Foreign ,;aticns Fgarding Pesticide suspensions a,,&I Cancellations. July 11, 1978. 10 pp. Testimony before the Hcuse Committee cn Government Cperations: Commerce, Consumer and Monetary Affairs Suk¢cmmittee; ty Henry Fschweqe, Director, Community and Eccncmic Psvelopment Liv. Contact: Community and Economic Develciment Div. Orqaization Concerred: Environmental Brntecticn Agency; Department ot State. Conqressional Relevance: House Committee on Government Operations: Ccmmerce, Consumer and Mcnetary Affairs Subcommittee. Althority: Federal insecticide, Fungicide, &nd Bodenticide Act of 1947, as amended. The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rcdenticide Act o± 1947, as amended: requires the Enviicrmental Protection Acency (EPA) to notify foreign governments and aproiriate international agencies whenever a registraticn or a cancellation or suspension of the regietraticn of a pesticide becomes effective or ceases to be effective. The EPA Ezxeares the not ifications and the Departzent of State t-ansmits theL for fo-wardinq to host-country officials. Improvements are zeeded in the a enciest joint isplementation cf the notificaticn pzogram in: identifyinq regulatory actions tc he reported; improving procedures to ensure that date provided in notifications is complete, concise, and understandable; and ensuriag that respon.sible fo:eign embassies and oiiicials receive all notifications an a timely manner. Since 1972, regulatory action was tdken by EPI on 14 pesticides, but EEA required the Department to notify foreign nation:; regardIng cnly five of these. Also, foreiqn nations received very little information on the status ot pesticides for which notifications were initiatcd. EiA should: review all pesticide suspensicns and cancellations to ideatify those of national and internaticnal significance, compile information on these actions in concise putlicaticns :or distritution to appropriate nations, and develcp an appropriate system with the State Department for tiLely and efficiert dissemination of data tc tcreign cfficialE. (HIW)

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