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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1148 
1 November 2005 
 (05-5123) 
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):  Terrestrial food crops (vegetable, field, tree fruit, and nut crops) and terrestrial 
non-food sites (ornamental uses).  
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:  Oxydemeton-methyl 
Interim Re-registration Eligibility Decision and Amendment.  Available in English, 2 pgs.  
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the availability of EPA's Interim Re-
registration Eligibility Decision (IRED) for the organophosphate p esticide oxydemeton-
methyl (ODM) and the ODM IRED Amendment document.  The Agency's risk assessments 
and other related documents also are availa ble in the ODM Docket (docket number OPP-
34167), and on the ODM reregistration website located at : 
http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/op/odm.htm . ODM is a systemic, organophosphate 
insecticide/acaracide registered on terrestrial f ood crops (vegetable, field, tree fruit, and nut 
crops) and terrestrial non-food sites (ornamental uses). 
An electronic version of the public docket is  available through EPA's electronic public 
docket and comment system, EPA Dockets. You may use EPA Dockets at 
http://www.epa.gov/edocket/  to view public comments, access the index listing of the 
contents of the official public docket, and to access those documents in the public docket 
that are available electronically.  
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:  N/A G/SPS/N/USA/1148 
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9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  DOCID:fr, Federal 
Register :  26 October , 2005 (Volume 70, Number  206 )  Pages 61818-61819.  
10. Proposed date of adoption:        
11. Proposed date of entry into force:        
12. Final date for comments:  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.    
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 Re-registration Division (7508C), Office of 
Pesticide Programs (OPP), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 
NW., Washington, DC 20460. opp-docket@epa.gov Note: Identify docket name “OPP-2004-0282” in subject line of your response.  
13. Texts available from:  [    ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ms. Julie Morin, United States SPS Enquiry Point Officer, USDA Foreign Agricultural 
Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Di vision, Stop 1027, W ashington D.C. 20250. 
Tel: 202-720-4051; Fax 202-690-0677; E-mail fstsd@usda.gov