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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1118 
30 September 2005 
 (05-4362) 
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):  Products using the pesticide Carbofuran such as alfalfa, artichoke, banana, 
barley, coffee, corn (field, pop, and sweet), cotton seed, cucurbits (cucumber, melons, and 
squash), grapes, oats, pepper, plantain, pot ato, sorghum, soybean, spinach, sugar beet, 
sugarcane, sunflower, and wheat.  Also, agricu ltural fallow land, cotton, ornamental and/or 
shade trees, ornamental herbaceous plants, ornamental non-flowering plants, ornamental 
woody shrubs and vines, pine, and tobacco. Ca rbofuran is applied by aircraft or ground 
equipment by methods that include broadcast , banded, in furrow, and drip irrigation.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
US trade partners  
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  NOTICE, Carbofuran; 
Risk Assessment Notice of Availab ility (Available in English, 3 pages)  
6. Description of content:   This notice announces the availab ility of EPA's human health risk 
assessment and related documents for the car bamate pesticide carbofuran, and opens a 
public comment period on these documents. EPA is  developing an Interim Reregistration 
Eligibility Decision (IRED) for carbofuran th rough the full 6-Phase public participation 
process that the Agency uses to involve the pub lic in developing pesticide reregistration and 
tolerance reassessment decisions.  Through these programs, EPA is ensuring that all 
pesticides meet current health and safety st andards. This notice opens phase 3 of the 6-
Phase process. 
The environmental fate and effects risk asse ssment was previously made available for 
public comment as announced in a June 24, 2005 Federal Register document. Carbofuran is 
an N-methyl carbamate insecticide and nematic ide used to control foliar and soil pests on 
food and non-food crops. The Agency developed this human health risk assessment as part 
of its public process for making pesticid e reregistration eligibility and tolerance 
reassessment decisions. 
EPA is providing an opportunity, through this notice, for interested parties to provide 
comments and input on the Agency's risk ass essment for carbofuran . Such comments and 
input could address, for example, the availability of additional data to further refine the risk 
assessments, such as data pertaining to dietary, drinking water or worker exposure, or could address the Agency's risk assessment methodologies and assumptions as applied to this specific pesticide. G/SPS/N/USA/1118 
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 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: 
[ 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 tolerances are as follows:  banana, 
0.1 ppm;  potato, 0.1 ppm;  sugar, beet, tops, 0.2 ppm;  sugar, cane, 0.1 ppm;  sunflower. seed, 0.1 ppm  
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
14 September 2005 (Volume 70, Number 177)][Pages: 54377-54379], http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/ 2005/September/Day-14/p18242.htm   (Available 
in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption:   
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Not Applicable– 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 14 November 2005 
identified by docket ID number OPP-200 5-0162  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [    ] National notification 
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or add ress, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508c), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001  
13. Texts available from:  [  X ] National notification 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