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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1497 
26 January 2007 
 (07-0377) 
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):   Products containing brodifacoum , bromadiolone, difethialone, 
chlorophacinone, diphacinone, warfarin, zinc phosphide, bromethalin, and cholecalciferol.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
US trade partners. 
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  Notice.   Rodenticides; 
Proposed Risk Mitigation Decision (Available in English;  2 pages). 
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the availability of EPA's proposed risk 
mitigation decision for nine rodenticides, th e economic impact assessment for the proposed 
risk mitigation decision, the revised compar ative ecological risk assessment, updated human 
health and ecological incident reports, and other related documents , and opens a 60-day 
public comment period on the proposed risk mitigation decision.  The nine rodenticides 
covered by this risk mitigation decision ar e brodifacoum, bromadiolone, difethialone, 
chlorophacinone, diphacinone, warfarin, zinc phosphide, bromethalin, and cholecalciferol. 
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: 
17 January 2007 (Volume 72, Number 10)] [Notices] [Page 1992-1993] http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2007/January/Day-17/p351.htm 
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 G/SPS/N/USA/1497 
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  result in further regulatory action.  
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 19 March 2007. 
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:  2 02-690-0677;  Email:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov