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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1435 
2 October 2006 
 (06-4692) 
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):   Food contact sanitizers and seed treatments.  
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.  2-
(Thiocyanomethylthio) benzothiazole; Alkylbenzene Sulfonates; Orthophenylphenol; Chlorine Dioxide and Sodium Chlorite Re-re gistration Eligibility Decisions; Notice of 
Availability (Available in English, 3 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the availab ility of EPA's Reregistration 
Eligibility Decisions (REDs) for the pesticides 2-(Thiocyanomethylthio) benzothiazole 
(TCMTB); Alkylbenzene Sulfonates (ABS); Orthophenylphenol (OPP); Chlorine Dioxide 
and Sodium Chlorite and ope ns a public comment period on these documents.  The 
Agency's risk assessments and other related documents also are available in the TCMTB; ABS; OPP; Chlorine Dioxide and Sodium Chlor ite Dockets. TCMTB is used in industrial 
premises and residential and public acces s areas as a materials preservative; a wood 
preservative for antisapstain control, and a microbiocide/microbiostat and 
bacteriocide/bacteriostat in industrial processe s and water systems.  In an agricultural 
setting, TCMTB is used as a fungicide app lied as a seed treatment.  The alkylbenzene 
sulfonates are used as food-contact sanitizers in food processing plants and eating establishments; and as disinfectants and sanitizers for agricultural, commercial, institutional, 
industrial, and public access use sites.  OPP is  used in applications to hard surfaces, 
agricultural premises and equipment, air deodorization, commercial and institutional 
premises, medical premises, residential and public access premises, and materials preservatives and as a fungicide on citrus and pear s.  Chlorine dioxide and sodium chlorite 
are used to control bacteria, fungi, and algal slimes; applied as a mate rials preservative and 
as a disinfectant in commercial, residential and agricultural settings.  
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   G/SPS/N/USA/1435 
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  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: 
22 September 2006 (Volume 71, Number 184).  Pages 55466-55468. 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA- PEST/2006/September/Day-22/p7959.htm  
Available in English. 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not specified.  
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 must be received on or before 21 November 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:  Antimicrobials Division (7510P), 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:  Doreen 
Chen-Moulec , United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250.  Tel:  202-690-0607;  Fax:  202-690-0677;  Email:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov