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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/978 
8 September 2004 
 (04-3752) 
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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Products that use the herbicide active ingredient oxadiazon such as turf and 
ornamentals 
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: Oxadiazon; 
Availability of Reregistration Eligibility Decision Document for Comment (available in English, 3 pages). 
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the availability and starts a 60-day public 
comment period on the Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) document for the herbicide active ingredient oxadiazon. Oxadiaz on is registered for pre-emergent herbicide 
treatment of turf and ornamentals.  The RED represents EPA's formal regulatory 
assessment of the human health and environmen tal data base of the subject chemical and 
presents the Agency's determination regardi ng which herbicidal uses are eligible for 
reregistration.  The oxadiazon risk mitigati on included rate reductions and packaging 
requirements.  In addition, aerial a pplications have been eliminated.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] 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:   NA 
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   DOCID:fr, Federal 
Register : 30 August 2004 (Volume 69, Number 167) pages 52889-52891; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA- PEST/2004/August/Day-30/p19711.htm  (available in 
English). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   Not available G/SPS/N/USA/978 
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 11. Proposed date of entry into force:   Not available 
12. Final date for comments:   29 October 2004 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C), Office of 
Pesticide Programs (OPP), Environmental Pr otection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 
NW., Washington, DC 20460.  opp-docket@epa.gov  Note:  Identify docket name 
"OPP-2003-0401" in subject line of your response. 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail a ddress (if available) of other body:   Ms. Julie 
Morin, United States SPS Enquiry Point O fficer, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, 
Food Safety & Technical Services Divisi on, Stop 1027, Washi ngton D.C. 20250.  
Tel:  202-720-4051;  Fax:  202-690-0677;  Email:  fstsd@usda.gov