. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1193 
10 January 2006 
 (06-0081) 
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):  Asparagus, barley, corn (field and p op), grasses, oats, proso millet, rye, 
sorghum, soybeans, sugarcane, wheat, golf courses, and residential lawns  
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.  Dicamba 
Risk Assessments; Notice of Availab ility (Available in English, 4 pages)  
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the availability of EPA's risk assessments 
and related documents for the pesticide dica mba, and opens a public comment period on 
these documents. Members are encouraged to s uggest risk management ideas or proposals 
to address the risks identified. EPA is deve loping a Reregistration Eligibility Decision 
(RED) for dicamba through a modified, 4-Phase public participation process that the 
Agency uses to involve the public in devel oping pesticide reregistration and tolerance 
reassessment decisions.  
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 December 2005 (Volume 70, Number 248), Pages 76820-76823, http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/December/Day-28/p24409.htm  (Available in 
English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  TBA G/SPS/N/USA/1193 
Page 2  
 
 11. Proposed date of entry into force:  TBA 
12. Final date for comments:  Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number 
EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0479, must be receive d on or before 27 February 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, 7508C,  Office of Pesticide 
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency , 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 
D.C. 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. Lashonda McLeod, United States SPS Nati onal Notification Authority, USDA Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250. Tel:  202-720-5683; Fax:  202-690-0677; E-mail:  fstsd@usda.gov