G/TBT/N/USA/969
4 March 2015 
(15-1236)  Page: 1/2
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English
 
  NOTIFICATION 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):    
2. Agency responsible: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [980] 
Name and address (including telephon e and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above : 
Please submit comments to: 
USA WTO TBT Inquiry Point 
Email: ncsci@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other: 
Transparency  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable): Endocrine disruptor 
screening. Environmental protection (ICS: 13.020), Domestic safety (ICS: 13.120), Environmental testing (ICS: 19.040) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: Draft Test 
Guidelines; Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program Test Guidelines (Series 890); Three Tier 
2 Non-Mammalian Tests; Notice of Availability and Request for Comment (3 pages, in 
English) 
6. Description of content: EPA is announcing the availability of three draft test guidelines 
for public review and comment that are bein g added to its 890 Series, entitled "Endocrine 
Disruptor Screening Program Test Guidelines." The draft guidelines relate to the following three non- mammalian species tests identified  under Tier 2 of the Endocrine Disruptor 
Screening Program (EDSP): Japanese quail 2-generation reproduction test; Medaka 
extended 1-generation reproduction test; an d Larval amphibian growth and development 
assay. These draft test guidelines are part of a series of test guidelines established by the 
Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prev ention (OCSPP) for use in testing pesticides 
and chemical substances. The test guidelines se rve as a compendium of accepted scientific 
methodologies and protocols that are intended to provide data to inform regulatory 
decisions. The test guidelines provide guidance for conducting the test, and are also used 
by EPA, the public, and companies that submit data to EPA.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Protection of animal or plant life or health; Protection of human health or safety; 
Protection of the environment  G/TBT/N/USA/969 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• 80 Federal Register (FR) 5107, 30 January 2015 
• Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) - 
http://www.fda.gov/RegulatoryInformatio n/Legislation/FederalFoodDrugandCosme
ticActFDCAct/default.htm  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined 
Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined   
10. Final date for comments: 31 March 2015 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [  ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body: 
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR -2015-01-30/html /2015-01836.htm   
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR -2015-01-30/pd f/2015-01836.pdf