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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1147 
1 November 2005 
 (05-5101) 
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):  Cotton, hops, potatoes,  alfalfa seed and clover.   
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
U.S. trade partners.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Endothall Re-
registration Eligibility Decision; Notice of Availability.  Available in English, 3 pgs.       
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the availability of EPA's Re-registration 
Eligibility Decision (RED) for the pesticide e ndothall. The Agency's risk assessments and 
other related documents also are available in  the endothall Docket. Endothall is used as an 
aquatic herbicide to control submerged aqua tic vegetation and algae in lakes, ponds, and 
irrigation canals and is used as a desiccan t on cotton, hops, potatoes, and seed production 
for alfalfa and clover. Endothall is also used  as a biocide to control mollusks in cooling 
towers/systems. Endothall is applied as either a dipotassium salt or an N, N-dimethylalkylamine salt.  
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:  N/A 
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  DOCID:fr, Federal 
Register : 26 October, 2005  (Volume 70, Number 206 ) Pages 61816-61818, 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA- PEST/2005/October/Day-26/p21366.htm  
Available in English.  
10. Proposed date of adoption:        G/SPS/N/USA/1147 
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11. Proposed date of entry into force:        
12. Final date for comments:  Not Applicable.  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.    
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification 
authority, [    ] National enquiry point, or add ress, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  Special Review and Re-registration Division (7508C,) Office of 
Pesticide Programs (OPP), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 
NW., Washington, DC 20460.  
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ms. Julie Morin, United States SPS Inquiry Point Officer, USDA Foreign Agriculture 
Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Di vision, Stop 1027, W ashington D.C. 20250. 
Tel: 202-720-4051; Fax 202-720-7772; Email fstsd@usda.gov