[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 9, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 45597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-12979]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5487]


Certification Related to Aerial Eradication in Colombia Under the 
Andean Counterdrug Initiative Section of the Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, Division D, 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2006, (Pub. L. 109-102)

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me as Secretary of State, 
including under the Andean Counterdrug Initiative section of the 
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, Division D, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2006, 
(Pub. L. 109-102) (the ``FOAA''), I hereby determine and certify that: 
(1) The herbicide mixture used for fumigation of illicit crops in 
Colombia is being used in accordance with EPA label requirements for 
comparable use in the United States and in accordance with Colombian 
laws; and (2) the herbicide mixture, in the manner it is being used, 
does not pose unreasonable risks or adverse effects to humans or the 
environment, including endemic species; (3) that complaints of harm to 
health or licit crops caused by such fumigation are evaluated and fair 
compensation is being paid for meritorious claims; and (4) that 
programs are being implemented by the United States Agency for 
International Development, the Government of Colombia, or other 
organizations, in consultation with local communities, to provide 
alternative sources of income in areas where security permits for 
small-acreage growers whose illicit crops are targeted for fumigation.
    This Certification shall be published in the Federal Register and 
copies shall be transmitted to the appropriate committees of Congress.

    Dated: July 20, 2006.
Condoleezza Rice,
Secretary of State, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E6-12979 Filed 8-8-06; 8:45 am]
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