G/SPS/N/USA/2912  
 
22 November 2016  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: UNITED STATES OF AME RICA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible: US Environmental Protection Agency  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as spe cified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): All products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document: Chlorpyrifos; Tolerance Revocations; Notice of Data 
Availability and Request for Comment, Proposed Rule . Language(s): English . Number 
of pages: 4 
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR -2016-11-17/html/2016 -27552.htm  
6. Description of content: EPA is announcing and inviting comment on additional 
information obtained and developed by EPA in conjunction with the proposed toler ance 
revocation for chlorpyrifos. This information includes the revised human health risk 
assessment and the drinking water assessment. It also includes EPA's issue paper and 
supporting analyses presented to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodentici de Act 
(FIFRA) Scientific Advisory Panel's (SAP) meeting in April 2016 that addressed 
chlorpyrifos biomonitoring data and adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes, public 
comments received during the meeting, the FIFRA SAP's meeting minutes and the FIFRA 
SAP re port. 
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [ ]  animal health, [ ]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ]  protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, i dentify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :   
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :   
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[ ] Yes   [ ] No  
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/USA/2912  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ]  Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [ ]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 17 January 2017  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [ ]  National Notification 
Authority, [ ]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
For further information contact: Dana Friedman, Pesticide Re -Evaluation Division 
(7508P), Office of Pesticide P rograms, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460 -0001; Tel: +(703) 347 8827; E -mail: 
friedman.dana@epa.gov  
13. Text(s)  available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [ ]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, 
International Regulations and Standards Division (IR SD), Stop 1014, Washington 
D.C. 20250; Tel: +(1 202) 720 1301 ; Fax: +(1 202) 720 0433; E -mail: 
us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov