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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/857/Rev.1 
20 July 2004 
 (04-3121) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Revision
 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   UNITED STATES  
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:   Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Products that use the pesticide Thiram 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
US trade partners  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Notice:  Thiram; 
Availability of Revised Risk Assessments  (available in English, 3 pages). 
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the availa bility of documents that were 
developed as part of EPA's process for making pesticide reregistration eligibility decisions 
and tolerance reassessments.  These documents are the human health and environmental 
risk assessments and related documents for Thir am.  This action is in response to a joint 
initiative between EPA and the US Departme nt of Agriculture (USDA) to increase 
transparency in the tolerance reassessment pr ocess for all pesticides.  Comments are to be 
limited to issues directly associated with Th iram and its benefits raised by the risk 
assessments, potential risk options, or other documents placed in the docket. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests 
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  NA 
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  DOCID:fr, Federal 
Register : 2 July 2004 (Volume 69, Number 127) Pages 40476-40479;  
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2004/July/Day-02/p15179.htm  (available in 
English). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   Not available G/SPS/N/USA/857/Rev.1 
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 11. Proposed date of entry into force:   Not available 
12. Final date for comments:  31 August 2004 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Public Information and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Information Resources and 
Services Division (7502C), Office of Pestic ide Programs (OPP), Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.  opp-docket@epa.gov 
Note:  Identify docket name "OPP-2004-0183"  in subject line of your response. 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Ms. Julie Morin, United States SPS Inquiry Point Officer, USDA Foreign Agriculture 
Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250. Tel:  202-720-4051;  Fax:  202-720- 7772;  Email:  fstsd@usda.gov