. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1157 
17 November 2005 
 (05-5402) 
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):  Processed spices, cocoa (beans and powder), and in-shell and processed 
nutmeats (except peanuts); bird seeds, cosmetic  articles, gums, ores, packaging, pigments, 
pharmaceutical materials, and discarded nut shells prior to disposal.  
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 pages of the notified document:  Notice.   Propylene 
Oxide Risk Assessment, Notice of Availability, and Risk Re duction Options (Available in 
English, 3 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the availability  of EPA's human health risk 
assessment and related documents for the insec ticidal fumigant pesticide propylene oxide 
(PPO), and opens a public comment period on  these documents.  The public is encouraged 
to suggest risk management ideas or proposal s to address the risks identified.  EPA is 
developing a Re-registration Eligibility Decision (RED) that the Agency uses to involve the 
public in developing pesticide re-registrati on 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: 
9 November 2005 (Volume 70, Number 216, Pages: 68031-68034), http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/ 2005/November/Day-09/p22381.htm , Available in 
English. 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  G/SPS/N/USA/1157 
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 11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
12. Final date for comments:  Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number 
OPP-2005-0253 must be received on or before 9 January 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 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 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;  Email:  fstsd@usda.gov