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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1352 
4 July 2006 
 (06-3199) 
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.  
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 and 
Salts Re-registration Eligibility Decision; No tice of Availability (Available in English, 
1 page).  
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the availability of EPA's Re-registration 
Eligibility Decision (RED) for the pesticide MC PB (4-(2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxy) butyric 
acid.  MCPB is a phenoxy herbicide used for post-emergence weed control to protect pea 
crops from a variety of weeds including canad ian thistle, common lambsquarters, pigweed, 
smartweed, sowthistle, and morning glory.  The MCPB RED addresses the tolerance 
reassessment for all currently registered uses of MCPB.  EPA has reviewed MCPB through 
the public participation process that the Agency  uses to involve the public in developing 
pesticide reregistration and tolerance reass essment decisions.  Through these programs, 
EPA is ensuring that all pesticides meet current health and safety standards.  
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:   G/SPS/N/USA/1352 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
21 June 2006 (Volume 71, Number 119, Page:  35668 - 35669),  http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA -PEST/2006/June/Day-21/p9657.htm  
Available in English.  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not specified  
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 should be received on or before 21 July 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