. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1166 
30 November 2005 
 (05-5679) 
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):  Beehives/honey, carrots and brassica/ cole crops, ornamentals, building 
surfaces and ant mounds  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
US trade partners  
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  NOTICE .  Tau-
fluvalinate; Reregistration Eligibility Decision for Low Risk Pesticide (Available in English, 3 pages)  
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the availab ility of EPA's Reregistration 
Eligibility Decision (RED) for the pesticide ta u-fluvalinate, and opens a public comment 
period on this document, related risk assessme nts, and other support documents.  EPA has 
reviewed the low risk pesticide tau-fluvalinat e through a modified, streamlined version of 
the public participation process that the Agency  uses to involve the public in developing 
pesticide reregistration and tolerance reass essment decisions.  Through these programs, 
EPA is ensuring that all pesticides meet current  health and safety standards.  Tau-fluvalinate 
is a broad-spectrum insecticide/miticide in the py rethroid class of pesticides. It is registered 
for a single food use (beehives/honey) and sev eral non-food uses, including ornamentals 
(outdoor and container-grown, greenhouse, inte rior plantscapes, dip for cuttings), building 
surfaces/perimeters, and ant mounds.  There are also Special Local Need registrations in 
California for certain crops (carrots and brassica/cole crops) 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,  [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   G/SPS/N/USA/1166 
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 9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
16 November 2005, Volume 70, Number 220,  Pages 69555-69557, http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/ 2005/November/Day-16/p22616.htm  (Available in 
English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined. 
12. Final date for comments:  Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number 
OPP-2005-0230, must be received on or before 16 December 2005.  
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 Reregistration 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 Nationa l 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