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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1480 
13 December 2006 
 (06-5967) 
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):   Various commodities.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable:  
US trading partners 
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  NOTICE:   Malathion 
Re-registration Eligibility Decision; Notice of Av ailability (Available in English;  2 pages). 
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the availability of EPA's Re-registration 
Eligibility Decision (RED) for the pesticide malathion and opens a public comment period 
on this document.  Malathion is a broad-sp ectrum pesticide used on numerous commercial 
agricultural crops.  Malathion is registered for wide-area treatments such as Boll Weevil 
Eradication, public health uses, and fruit fl y abatement treatments. Malathion is also 
registered for outdoor residential uses on ornamental plants, vegetable gardens, fruiting trees, and for outdoor structural perimeter treatments.  
Malathion is also formulated into a pharmac eutical product (Ovide[reg] Lotion) which is 
approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the control of head lice and their ova. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ X ] food safety,  [ X ] 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: 
29 November 2006 (Volume 71, Number 229)] [Notices] [Page 69114-69116].  Available in English.  http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr /EPA-PEST/2006/November/Day-29/p20150.htm 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not available at this time. G/SPS/N/USA/1480 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  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:  Comments  should be received on or before 29 January 2007. 
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 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:   
United States SPS National Notification Author ity, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, 
International Regulations and Standards Di vision (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 
20250.  Tel:  202-720-1301;  Fax:  2 02-690-0677;  Email:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov