. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1237 
24 February 2006 
 (06-0809) 
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):  Apples, pears, crops treated include celery, philodendron, tomato, peppers, 
dieffenbachia cuttings, chrysanthemums, roses, pyracantha, potatoes, and tobacco.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
U.S. trade partners.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Notice.  Streptmocycin 
Risk Assessments; Notice of  Availability and Risk Reduction Options (Available in 
English, 2 pages).  
6. Description of content:  EPA is releasing for public comment its human health risk 
assessment and related documents for strept omycin, and soliciting public comment on risk 
management ideas or proposals.  Streptomycin is an antibiotic pesticide used primarily to 
control fire blight in apples and pears.  The majority of streptomycin is used on apples and 
pears.  Other crops treated include celery, philodendron, tomato, peppers, dieffenbachia 
cuttings, chrysanthemums, roses, py racantha, potatoes, and tobacco.  
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: 
[   ] 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:   
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
15 February 2006 (Volume 71, Number 31, Pages: 7940 - 7942), 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/February/Day-15/p1351.htm
Available in English.  
10. Proposed date of adoption:   G/SPS/N/USA/1237 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  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:  Comments must be received on or before 17 April 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:  Special Review and Re registration Division (7508C), 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 Julie Morin, United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250.  Tel:  202-720-4051;  Fax:  202-690-0677;  Email:  
fstsd@usda.gov