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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1377 
10 August 2006 
 (06-3858) 
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):  Any products using organophos phate pesticides in general.  
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.  
Organophosphate Cumulative Risk Assessment; Notice of Availability, (available in 
English, 2 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the availability of EPA's cumulative risk 
assessment for the organophosphate group of pesticides and opens a public comment period 
on this document and other support documents.  A cumulative risk assessment is required to 
evaluate exposures based on a common mechan ism of toxicity, was conducted to evaluate 
the risk from food, drinking water, reside ntial, and other non-occupational exposures 
resulting from registered uses of organophosph ate pesticides. The organophosphate group 
includes over 30 pesticides including acepha te, azinphos-methyl (AZM), bensulide, 
chlorethoxyfos, chlorpyrifos, chlorpyri phos-methyl, diazinon, dichlorvos (DDVP), 
dicrotophos, dimethoate, disulf oton, ethoprop, fena miphos, fenthion, fosthiazate, malathion, 
methamidophos, methidathion, methyl-par athion, mevinphos, naled, omethoate, 
oxydemeton-methyl, phorate, phosalone, phosmet, phostebupirim, pirimiphos-methyl, 
profenofos, terbufos, tetrachlorvinphos, tribuf os, and trichlorfon.  Several organophosphate 
pesticides, however, were not incorporated into the cumulative risk assessment because no 
dietary, drinking water, or residential human exposure to these pestic ides is anticipated from 
any of the currently registered uses.  
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/1377 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
2 August 2006 (Volume 71, Number 148, Page:  43740 - 43742), 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA- PEST/2006/August/Day-02/p12343.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 2 October 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 Reregistration 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