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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1357 
27 July 2006 
 (06-3604) 
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):  Dichlorvos (DDVP) use raw and processed agricultural commodities, 
domestic pets.  
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:  Notice.   Dichlorvos 
Interim Re-registration Eligibility Decision; No tice of Availability (Available in English, 
2 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the availability of EPA's Interim Re-
registration Eligibility Decision (IRED) for the organophosphate (OP) pesticide dichlorvos 
(DDVP), and opens a public comment period on this document.  DDVP is an 
organophosphate insecticide and fumigant re gistered for use in controlling flies, 
mosquitoes, gnats, cockroaches, fleas, and other insect pests. 
DDVP is applied with aerosols and fogging e quipment, with ground spray equipment, and 
through slow release from impregnated material s, such as resin strips and pet collars. 
DDVP is registered to control insect pests on agricultural sites; commercial, institutional 
and industrial sites; and for dom estic use in and around homes (i.e ., resin strips) and on pets. 
DDVP is used preplant in mushroom houses, and post harvest in storage areas for bulk, 
packaged and bagged raw and pro cessed agricultural commodities, food 
manufacturing/processing plants, animal prem ises, and non-food areas of food-handling 
establishments.  
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:   G/SPS/N/USA/1357 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
30 June 2006 (Volume 71, Number 126, Page:  37568 - 37570),  http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA -PEST/2006/June/Day-30/p5892.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 29 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-registrati on Division (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