. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1732 
12 November 2007  
 (07-4913) 
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 numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Prometon is a non selective "bare-ground" herbicide used to manage annual and 
perennial grasses and broadleaf weeds. 
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 :  Prometon 
Risk Assessments; Notice of Availability, and Risk Reduction Options (available in English, 2 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the availabil ity of EPA's risk assessments and 
related documents for the pesticide prometon,  and opens a public comment period on these 
documents.  The public is encouraged to sugg est risk management ideas or proposals to 
address the risks identified.  EPA is devel oping a Reregistration Elig ibility Decision (RED) 
for prometon through a modified, 4-Phase public part icipation process that the Agency uses to 
involve the public in developing pesticide reregistratio n decisions.  This is Phase 3 of the 4-
Phase Process.  Through this program, EPA is ensu ring that all pesticides  meet current health 
and safety standards.  
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:   F e d e r a l  R e g i s t e r :   
7 November 2007 (Volume 72, Number 215) Notices Page 62845-62846; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-P EST/2007/November/Day-07/p21854.htm  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A G/SPS/N/USA/1732 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This is a notice of availability which may or may not 
result in further regulatory action. 
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 7 January 2008, and 
may be identified by docke t number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-1078. 
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: 
Registration Division, (7505P), Office of Pe sticide Programs, Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notificati on authority, [   ] Na tional enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
United States SPS National Notification Aut hority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, 
International Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 
20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720-1301;  Fa x:  +(1 202) 690-0677;  E-mail:  
us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov