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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1421 
13 September 2006 
 (06-4377) 
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:  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Various fruit and vegetable crops.  
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.  Carbofuran; 
Interim Re-registration Eligibility Decision;  No tice of Availability (Available in English, 
2 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the availability of EPA's Interim Re-
registration Eligibility Decision (IRED) for th e N-methyl carbamate pesticide carbofuran, 
and opens a public comment period on this docum ent.  The Agency's risk assessments and 
other related documents also are available in the carbofuran docket.  Carbofuran works as a 
cholinesterase inhibitor and is used to treat pests of food and non-food crops as either a 
flowable or granular formulation.  It is regi stered for use on a variety of fruit and vegetable 
crops, as well as ornamentals and agricultural fallow land.  
7. Objective and rationale: [ X ] food safety,  [   ] animal health,  [ X ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests   
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  Codex has established MRLs for Carbofuran in 
or on banana, potato, sugar, cane, and sunflower seed at 0.1 ppm.  
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
30 August 2006 (Volume 71, Number 168)] Pages 51610-51612. http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA- PEST/2006/August/Day-30/p14213.htm , 
Available in English.  G/SPS/N/USA/1421 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not specified. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  N/A - This is a notice of availability and may or may 
not result in a future regulatory action.  A notice invites the public to submit additional scientific information and comments to the Agency.  
12. Final date for comments:  30 October 2006  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  Registration Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001  
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifi cation authority, [   ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ms Deborah Thompson, United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250.  Tel:  202-720-1301;  Fax:  202-690-0677;  Email:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov