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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1441 
12 October 2006 
 (06-4918) 
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):   All products using plant incorporated protectants (PIPs).   
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.  Pesticides; 
Draft Guidance for Pesticide Registrants on  Small-Scale Field Testing and Low-level 
Intermittent Presence in Food of Plant-Incor porated Protectants (PIPs) (Available in 
English, 2 pages).  
6. Description of content:  The Agency is announcing the availability of and seeking public 
comment on a draft Pesticide Registration Notice (PRN) entitled "Guidance on Small-Scale 
Field Testing and Low-level Intermittent Presence in Food of Plant-Incorporated Protectants 
(PIPs).''  PRNs are issued by the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) to inform pesticide 
registrants and other interested persons about important policies, procedures, and 
registration related decisions, and serve to provi de guidance to pesticide registrants and OPP 
personnel.  This particular draft PRN provi des guidance to the registrant concerning 
clarification on the process by which EPA reviews and ensures the safety of low-level 
intermittently-present residues of plant-incorporated protectants (PIPs) in food or feed, and 
the conditions under which a tolerance or exem ption from the requirement of a tolerance 
would be required for field tests for biotechnology-derived food and feed crop plants containing plant-incorporated protectants.  
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/1441 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
29 September 2006 (Volume 71, Number 189)] Pages 57509-57510. http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/ 2006/September/Day-29/p16072.htm  
Available in English. 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not specified.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  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 28 November 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:  Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), Office 
of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Prot ection 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:  Doreen 
Chen-Moulec , United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington 
D.C. 20250.  Tel:  202-690-0607;  Fax:  202-690-0677;  Email:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov