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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/849 
29 January 2004 
 (04-0342) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   UNITED STATES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:   Environment 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 Oryzalin 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
trading partners 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Oryzalin;  availability of 
Risk Assessment (available in English, 2 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the availab ility of documents that were 
developed as part of EPA's process for making pesticide reregistration eligibility decisions 
and tolerance reassessments consistent with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
(FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality  Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA).  These 
documents are the human health risk assessment and related documents for oryzalin.  This 
notice also starts a 60-day public comment period for the risk assessment.  Comments are 
to be limited to issues directly associated with oryzalin and raised by the risk assessment or 
other documents placed in the docket.  By allowing access and opportunity for comment on the risk assessment, EPA is seeking to strengt hen stakeholder involvement and help ensure 
that our decisions under FQPA are transparent and based on the best available information.  
The tolerance reassessment process will ensure th at the United States continues to have the 
safest and most abundant food supply.  The Ag ency cautions that th e risk assessment for 
oryzalin is preliminary and that further refine ments may be appropriate.  Risk assessments 
reflect only the work and analysis conducted as of the time they were produced and it is 
appropriate that, as new information becomes available and/or additional analyses are 
performed, the conclusions they contain may change.  
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, 
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  N/A G/SPS/N/USA/849 
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 9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  DOCID:fr23ja04-46, 
Federal Register
:  23 January 2004 (Volume 69, Number 15) Pages 3342-3344;  
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA- PEST/2004/January/Day-23/p1450.htm ;  available in 
English 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   Not applicable 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   Not applicable 
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 23 March 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 Reco rds Integrity Branch (PIRIB), 
Information Resources and Servi ces Division (7502C), Office of  Pesticide Programs (OPP), 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Penns ylvania Avenue., NW., Washington DC 
20460. opp-docket@epa.gov. 
Note:  Identify docket name "OPP-2003-0369"  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 add ress (if available) of other body:  Ms. Julie 
Morin, US SPS Enquiry Point Officer, USDA Foreign Agriculture Services, Food Safety 
and Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington, DC  20250.  Tel:  (202) 720-4051, Fax:  (202) 690-7772, E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov