. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1321 
19 May 2006 
 (06-2448) 
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):  Citrus, cotton, dry beans, peanuts, p ecans, potatoes, sorghum, soybeans, sugar 
beets, sugarcane, sweet potatoes, and seed alfalf a.  In addition, aldicarb may be applied to 
field grown ornamentals and tobacco, and on coffee grown in Puerto Rico.   
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.   Aldicarb 
Risk Assessment;  Notice of  Availability and Risk Reduction (Available in English, 
2 pages).  
6. Description of content:  EPA is announcing the release for public comment of the human 
health risk assessment and related documents fo r aldicarb, a carbamate pesticide.  Public 
comment is requested on risk management ideas or proposals.  
Aldicarb is registered for use as a systemic insecticide, acaricide and nematicide on 
agricultural crops.  It is formulated and marketed solely as a granular pesticide.  
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:   
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
17 May 2006 (Volume 71, Number 95, Pages:  28693 - 28695),  http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/May/Day-17/p7496.htm  (Available in 
English).  
10. Proposed date of adoption:   G/SPS/N/USA/1321 
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  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 17 July 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, Acting 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;  E-mail 
fstsd@fas.usda.gov