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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1113 
30 September 2005 
 (05-4336) 
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 using methyl bromide.  
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.   Methyl 
Bromide Risk Assessments for Fumigant P esticide; Extension of Comment Period 
(Available in English, 1 page).  
6. Description of content:  EPA issued a notice in the Federa l Register of 13 July 2005, 
concerning the availability of EPA's human hea lth and environmental fate and effects risk 
assessments and related documents for the fumi gant methyl bromide.  This document is 
extending the comment period for 30 days, from 12 September 2005 to 12 October 2005. 
 
On 13 July, EPA issued a notice announcing th e availability of EPA's human health and 
environmental fate and effects risk assessme nts and related documents for the fumigant 
methyl bromide, and opened a public co mment period on these documents.  EPA is 
developing the Re-registration Eligibility Deci sion (RED) for methyl bromide through the 
full, 6-Phase public participation process that the Agency uses to involve the public in 
developing pesticide re-regis tration and tolerance reassessment decisions.  EPA also is 
concurrently assessing the risks of five other soil fumigant pesticides to ensure that its 
assessment approaches are consistent, and to ensure that risk tradeoffs and economic 
outcomes can be adequately predicted in reach ing risk management decisions.  Through 
these programs, EPA is ensuring that all pesticid es meet current health and safety standards. 
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:  NA G/SPS/N/USA/1113 
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 9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
9 September 2005 (Volume 70, Number 174) [Page 53659], http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/ 2005/September/Day-09/p18009.htm ,  Available in 
English.  
10. Proposed date of adoption:   
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  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.  
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 12 October 2005 
identified by docket ID number OPP-2005-0123.  
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 Division (7508c), 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. Julie Morin, 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@usda.gov