. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1463 
9 November 2006 
 (06-5383) 
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):   Grasses, vines, underbrush, annual/perennial plants, including moss, sapling, 
and tree suckers.  
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.  Pesticide 
Product Registration Approval; Request for Co mments (Available in English, 2 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This notice announces requests co mments on an application to 
register the pesticide product Racer(\TM\) Concentrate containing the active ingredient ammonium nonanoate not included in any previ ously registered product pursuant to federal 
law.  This product is used in nurseries, gr eenhouses, landscapes, and interior scapes for the 
suppression and control of weeds including:  Gr asses, vines, underbrush, annual/perennial 
plants, including moss, sapling, and tree suckers.  
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,  [ 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: 
1 November 2006 (Volume 71, Number 211).  Pages 64264-64265. http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/ 2006/November/Day-01/p18429.htm  
Available in English. 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not specified.  G/SPS/N/USA/1463 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Not specified.  
12. Final date for comments:  Comments should be received on or before 1 December 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:  Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), Office 
of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Prot ection 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 Nati onal Notification Authority, USDA Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250.  Tel:  202-720-1301;  Fax:  202-690-0677;  Email:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov