. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1159 
17 November 2005 
 (05-5404) 
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):  Sugar beets, turf for sod and golf courses, and grass for seed, spinach and 
Swiss chard crops which are grown for seed.  
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 p ages of the notified document:  Notice.  Ethofumesate 
Re-registration Eligibility Decision; Notice of Availability (Available in English, 3 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the availability of EPA's Re-registration 
Eligibility Decision (RED) for the pesticide ethofumesate, and opens a public comment 
period on this document.  The Agency's risk assessments and other related documents also 
are available in the ethofumesate docket. Ethof umesate is a selective herbicide used during 
preplant, preemergence and postemergence for control of broadleaf and grass weeds. 
Primary uses are for sugar beets, turf for sod and golf courses, and grass for seed.  Special local need uses include uses on spinach and Swiss chard crops which are grown for seed.  
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: 68034-68036), http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/ 2005/November/Day-09/p22107.htm , Available in 
English. 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  G/SPS/N/USA/1159 
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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-2004-0348, 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