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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1525 
19 April 2007 
 (07-1627) 
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  
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:  FINAL RULE.  
Potential Effects of Atrazine on Amphibian Gonadal Development (available in English, 
4 pages) 
6. Description of content:  In October 2007, EPA will make a presentation to the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) 
concerning EPA's evaluation of the scientific r esearch investigating whether exposure to the 
herbicide atrazine potentially affects amphi bian gonadal development.  The scientific 
research will include studies that were conducted by Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. in 2005 
and 2006 as well as published open literature studies.  The notice identifies the open 
literature studies that EPA has reviewed and re quests public comment to ensure that the list 
of publications is complete.  The studies that have been reviewed focus on testing atrazine alone and only on atrazine's potential eff ects on amphibian gonadal development. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ X ] food safety,  [ X ] animal health,  [ X ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ X ] 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: 
4 April 2007 (Volume 72, Number  64) Notices Page 16357-16359; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2007/April/Day-04/p6253.htm. G/SPS/N/USA/1525 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This is a notice of availability which may or may not 
result in further regulatory action. 
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 4 May 2007, and may 
be identified by docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0204. 
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:  United 
States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, International Regulations and Standards Di vision (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 
20250. Tel:  202-720-1301; Fax:  202- 690-0677; E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov