[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 192 (Thursday, October 3, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 62090]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25169]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4141]


Determination on Report on Colombian Aerial Spray Program

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Pursuant to the Kenneth M. Ludden Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2002 (Public Law 
107-115), and after consultation with the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of the Department of 
Agriculture, I hereby determine that:
    (1) Aerial coca fumigation is being carried out in Colombia in 
accordance with regulatory controls required by the Environmental 
Protection Agency as labeled for use in the United States; and in 
accordance with Colombian laws as confirmed by the Colombian 
Government;
    (2) The chemicals used in the aerial spraying of coca, in the 
manner in which they are being applied, do not pose unreasonable risks 
or adverse effects to humans or the environment; and
    (3) Procedures are available to evaluate claims of local citizens 
that their health was harmed or their licit agricultural crops were 
damaged by such aerial coca fumigation and to provide fair compensation 
for meritorious claims; and that alternative development programs have 
been developed (in consultation with communities and local authorities 
in the departments in which such aerial coca fumigation is planned, and 
in the departments in which such aerial coca fumigation has been 
conducted) and such programs are being implemented.
    You are hereby authorized and directed to report this determination 
to the Congress and to arrange for its publication in the Federal 
Register.

    Dated: September 4, 2002.
Richard L. Armitage,
Deputy Secretary of State, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 02-25169 Filed 10-2-02; 8:45 am]
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