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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1219 
30 January 2006 
 (06-0405) 
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):  Coppers are used on a variety of agricultural sites, including food (fruits, 
vegetables and nuts) and ornamental crops to  manage fungal diseases, and on aquatic sites 
as an herbicide, algaecide and molluscicide.  Th ese chemicals are also used in antimicrobial 
applications as an anti-foulant, wood preservative, and bactericide.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
U.S. trade partners.  
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  Notice.  Coppers Risk 
Assessments;  Notice of Availability and Ri sk Reduction Options (Available in English, 
3 pages).  
6. Description of content:  EPA is releasing its human hea lth and environmental fate and 
effects risk assessments and related documen ts for copper pesticides, and soliciting public 
comment including additional use information and risk management ideas or proposals. 
Copper pesticides are extensively used on a wide  range of agricultural crops, and for other 
conventional and antimicrobial uses.  Both conventional and antimicrobial uses of copper 
are addressed in the human hea lth risk assessment.  However, the ecological risk assessment 
only addresses conventional uses;  the Agency will address antimicrobial applications of 
coppers in a separate document at a later date.  
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:   G/SPS/N/USA/1219 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
25 January 2006 (Volume 71, Number 16), Pages 4133-4135. http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/January/Day-25/p915.htm , Available in 
English.  
10. Proposed date of adoption:   
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, identified by docket identification (ID) number 
EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0558, should be received on or before 27 March 2006.  WTO members 
are encouraged to send their comments to EPA as soon as possible.  
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 Re-registration Division (7508C), 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 Lashonda McLeod, United States SPS Nationa l Notification Authority, USDA Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington, DC 20250.  Tel:  202-720-5683;  Fa x:  202-690-0677;  Email:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov