. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1650 
19 July 2007  
 (07-3072) 
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):  Tobacco, pear, apple 
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:  Aliphatic Alcohols 
Reregistration Eligibility Decision; Notice of Av ailability (available in English, 2 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the availabi lity of EPA's Reregistration 
Eligibility Decision (RED ) for the pesticide aliphatic alc ohols, and opens a public comment 
period on this document. The Agency's risk as sessments and other rela ted documents also are 
available in the alipha tic alcohols Docket. The aliphatic al cohols subject to this RED include 
1-hexanol, 1-octanol, 1-decanol and 1-dodecanol, and are used as a growth regulator for 
tobacco sucker control, and as a Lepidopteran pheromone in apple and pear orchards. EPA has reviewed aliphatic alcohols through a modifi ed, 1-phase, low risk process with a public 
comment period following the publication of the RED. Through this process, EPA is 
ensuring that all pesticides meet cu rrent health and safety standards.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [ X ] 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: 
11 July 2007 (Volume 72, Number 132) Notices Page 37770-37771; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA -PEST/2007/July/Day-11/p13332.htm 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   N/A G/SPS/N/USA/1650 
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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 10 September 2007, 
and may be identified by doc ket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0134. 
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 Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Penn sylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority, [  ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail a ddress (if available) of other body:   United States 
SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Fore ign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Divisi on (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel:  +(1 
202) 720-1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 690-0677;  E- mail:  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov