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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1338 
20 June 2006 
 (06-2997) 
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):  Young cucurbit plants: cucumbers, cantaloupes, watermelons, muskmelons, 
winter and summer squash, pumpkins, zucchini and other cucurbits; citrus and sugarcane . 
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.  Pesticide 
Product;  Registration Applications (Available in English, 3 pages).  
6. Description of content:  EPA received two petitions to regi ster products containing active 
ingredients not included in any previously regi stered products pursuant to the provision of 
federal law.  Notice of receipt of these appli cations does not imply a decision by the Agency 
on the applications. 
 1. Product Name:  Solvinix  
  Type of product: microbial pesticide (herbicide) Active ingredient: Tobacco 
Mild Green Mosaic Tobamovirus at 20%.Proposed classification/Use:  For postemergence application to kill trop ical soda apple in rangelands, grass 
pastures, sod-production fields, Conser vation Reserve Program areas, other 
natural areas (wildlife management areas, greenways and trail lands, 
campgrounds and trails, and woodlands ), around cattle feedlots, pens, and 
stockyards, rights-of-way, roadsides, ditch-banks, and citr us and sugarcane 
in Florida and other southeastern states.  
 2. Product Name:  AgroGuard Z   
  Type of product: microbial pestic ide (viruscide) Active ingredient: 
Avirulent Strain of Zucchini Yellow Mosaic Virus.  Proposed 
classification/Use:  For protection of young cucurbit plants:  cucumbers, cantaloupes, watermelons, muskmelons, winter and summer squash, pumpkins, zucchini and other cucurbits  against virulent Zucchini Yellow 
Mosaic Virus infection.   G/SPS/N/USA/1338 
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  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 June 2006 (Volume 71) (Available in English). 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA -PEST/2006/June/Day-09/p5265.htm   
10. Proposed date of adoption:   
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  N/A – this is a notice of availability and may or may 
not result in a future regulatory action.  A notice invites the public to submit additional scientific information and comments to the Agency. 
12. Final date for comments :  Members are encouraged to submit their comments by 
7 August 2006 if possible. 
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:   
Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7511P) 
Office of Pesticide Programs Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 
N.W., Washington, DC 20460-0001  
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority, [   ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Ms Deborah Thompson 
United States SPS National Notification Authority USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division Stop 1027 Washington D.C. 20250 
Tel:  202-720-4051 
Fax: 202-690-0677 Email: fstsd@fas.usda.gov