. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1512 
5 April 2007 
 (07-1415) 
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):   Peppers and cherries  
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.  Dimethoate; 
Modification and Closure of Re-registration E ligibility Decision; Notice of Availability 
(available in English, 3 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This notice announces EPA's intention to modify certain risk 
mitigation measures that were imposed as a r esult of the 2006 Re-registration Eligibility 
Decision (RED) for the pesticide dimethoate , and opens a public comment period on these 
changes.  The commenters have requested that  the Agency make certain modifications in 
the dimethoate RED label requirements in cluding:  specifying a maximum seasonal 
application rate, rather than a maximum numb er of applications per season; and increased 
seasonal rates for peppers and cherries. 
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:   
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
28 February 2007 (Volume 72, Nu mber 39) Notices Page 8986-8988; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA- PEST/2007/February/Day-28/p3320.htm 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A G/SPS/N/USA/1512 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This is a notice of availability which may or may not 
result in further action. 
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 30 March 2007, 
identified by docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0084. 
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