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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1362 
9 August 2006 
 (06-3831) 
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 and non-food handling commercial and agricultural structures and 
outdoor premises, housing for ve terinary and farm animals, and direct application to 
veterinary and non-food animals.  
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:  Notice.   N-Octyl 
Bicycloheptene Dicarboximide (MGK-264) Reregistration Eligibility Decision; Notice of Availability (available in English, 2 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the availab ility of EPA's Reregistration 
Eligibility Decision (RED) for the pesticide N-Octyl bicycloheptene dicarboximide (MGK-
264), and opens a public comment period on this document. 
Synergists are chemicals which, while lacking pesticidal properties of their own, enhance 
the pesticidal properties of other active ingredients including pyrethrins and pyrethroids. Commercial uses of MGK-264 include application to non-food plants, applications in food 
and non-food handling commercial and agricu ltural structures and outdoor premises, 
housing for veterinary and farm animals, and di rect application to veterinary and non-food 
animals.  
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:   G/SPS/N/USA/1362 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
26 July 2006 (Volume 71, Number 143, Page:  42381 - 42383),  http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/July/Day-26/p11715.htm  
Available in English.  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not specified  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  N/A - 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 24 October 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 Reregistration Division (7508P)  , 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 Deborah Thompson, United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington 
D.C. 20250.  Tel:  202-720-4051;  Fax:  202-690-0677;  Email:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov