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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/2072 
25 August 2010  
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Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Environmental Protection Agency 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Multiple products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Establishment of a New System of Records for Personal 
Information Collected by the Environmental Pr otection Agency When Certifying Pesticide 
Applicators  Language:  English  Number of pages:  3   
6. Description of content:  The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Field & External Affairs Division, is giving notice that it proposes to 
create a new system of records pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974 
(5 U.S.C. 552a).  This system of records c ontains personal information collected when EPA 
certifies persons to apply restricted use pesticides (RUPs). 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[X] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] Yes   [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    G/SPS/N/USA/2072 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  This notice 
can be found on the Federal Register on 13 August 2010 (Volume 75, Number 156) 
[Pages 49489-49491] or online at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/ 2010/2010-20081.htm
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10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  13 August 2010 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  13 August 2010 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :    
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  22 September 2010 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Jenna Carter, Office of Pesticide Programs, Field & External Affairs Division, US 
Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 7506P, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460.  Tel:  +(703) 308 8370. 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, 
International Regulations and Standards Di vision (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 
20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720 1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 720 0433;  E-mail:  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov