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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1351 
4 July 2006 
 (06-3200) 
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):  Sorghum, stover, forage, and grain.  
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 p ages of the notified document:  Notice.  Propazine; 
Tolerance Reassessment Progress and Risk Mana gement Decision for Low Risk Pesticide; 
Notice of Availability (Available in English, 8 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the availability of EPA'sTolerance 
Reassessment Progress and Risk Management Decision (TRED) for the chlorinated triazine pesticide propazine, and opens a public comme nt period on this document, related risk 
assessments, and other support documents.   Th e Agency is concurrently issuing for public 
comment the Triazine Cumulative Risk Assess ment.  According to the notice published in 
the Federal Register on 22 June 2005, the tolera nces given for the propazine in or on raw 
agricultural commodity sorghum, stover, forage, and grain at 0.25 ppm.  
7. Objective and rationale: [ X ] food safety,  [ X ] 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: 
21 June 2006 (Volume 71, Number 119, Page:  35666 - 35668),  http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA -PEST/2006/June/Day-21/p9470.htm  
Available in English.  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not specified  G/SPS/N/USA/1351 
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  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:  Comments must be received on or before 21 August 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 Divisi on (7508P), 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:  202-720-4051;  Fax:  202-690-0677;  Email:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov