. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1716 
2 October 2007  
 (07-4184) 
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):  Various 
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:  N-methyl 
Carbamate Revised Cumulative Risk Assessment; Notice of Availability (available in 
English, 3 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the availabili ty of EPA's revised cumulative 
risk assessment for the N-meth yl carbamate group of pesticid es, and opens a public comment 
period on this document and other support doc uments. As required by the Food Quality 
Protection Act (FQPA), a cumula tive risk assessment, which ev aluates exposures based on a 
common mechanism of toxicity, was conducted to  evaluate the risk from food, drinking 
water, residential, and other non-occupational exposures resulti ng from registered uses of N-
methyl carbamate pesticides.  The N-methyl carbamate group includes  aldicarb, carbaryl, 
carbofuran, formetanate HCl,  methiocarb, methomyl, oxamy l, pirimicarb, propoxur, and 
thiodicarb.  
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 :   
26 September 2007 (Volume 72, Nu mber 186)Notices Page 54656-54658 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-P EST/2007/Septembe r/Day-26/p18860.htm  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A G/SPS/N/USA/1716 
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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 26 November 2007, and 
may be identified by docke t number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0935. 
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