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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1149 
11 November 2005 
 (05-5293) 
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):  MCPB is a selective phenoxy herbicide which is produced as a sodium salt 
and an acid to be used post-emergence as a broadcast foliar applica tion to control broad-
leaved annual and perennial weeds in peas.  
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.   MCPB Risk 
Assessment, Notice of Availability (Available in English, 3 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the availability of EPA's risk assessments 
and related documents for the phenoxy herb icide, MCPB (4-(2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxy) 
butyric acid), and opens a public comment period on these documents. The public is 
encouraged to suggest ideas or proposals to a ddress the risks identified.  EPA is developing 
a Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) for MCPB through a modified, 4-Phase public 
participation process that the Agency uses to involve the public in developing pesticide 
reregistration and tolerance reassessment decisions.  
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: 
2 November 2005 (Volume 70, Number 211, Pages: 66384-66387), http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/Novemb er/Day-02/p21758.htm.  Available in 
English.  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined.  G/SPS/N/USA/1149 
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 11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined.  
12. Final date for comments:  Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number 
OPP-2005-0263, must be received on or before 3 January 2006. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification 
authority, [   ] 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; E-mail fstsd@usda.gov