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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1263 
4 April 2006 
 (06-1567) 
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):  Sanitizers.  Fruit and vegetable washes.  
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. 
Trichloromelamine, Sulfonated Oleic Acid-S odium Salt, and Triethylene Glycol; Re-
registration Eligibility Decision for Low Risk P esticides; Notice of Availability (Available 
in English, 2 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the availability of EPA's Re-registration 
Eligibility Decisions (RED) for the pesticides trichloromelamine, sulfonated oleic acid-sodium salt and triethylene glycol, and open s a public comment period on these documents, 
related risk assessments, and other support documents. 
 Trichloromelamine is a sanitizer and disinfectant with direct and indirect food uses, as well as non-food uses.  It is used on hard surfaces and as a fruit and vegetable wash.  End-use 
products are formulated as a soluble concen trate (in powder form).  Trichloromelamine 
currently has a tolerance exemption as an anti microbial pesticide when, ready for use, the 
end-use concentration does not exceed 200 pa rts per million when applied to food 
processing equipment and utensils.  It is also an active ingredient; sulfonated oleic acid-sodium salt is used as a bactericide and saniti zer for non-porous dairy, beverage, brewery 
and food processing equipment.  
Sulfonated oleic acid-sodium salt is formulated as a liquid concentrate.  The RED reassesses 
the exemption from the requirement for a tolera nce for sulfonated oleic acid-sodium salt.  
Triethylene glycol is used as a bacteriost at (against odor-causing bacteria) for air 
sanitization and deodorization. In combination w ith other active ingredients, it is used as a 
fungicide, virucide and miticide for disinfec tion of hard, non-porous surfaces and as an 
insecticide (against lice) by direct application to  caged birds and to the cage.  For these uses, 
triethylene glycol is formulated primarily as a pressurized liquid.  This document also 
addresses the exposures from the use of this pes ticide as an inert ingredient.  As an inert 
ingredient, triethylene glycol facilitates deliver y of formulated pesticide chemical products 
that are used as herbicides, fungicides, insec ticides, growth regulators and attractants on a 
wide variety of agricultural commodities.  G/SPS/N/USA/1263 
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  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: 
22 March 2006 (Volume 71, Number 55, Pages: 14517 - 14519), http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/March/Day-22/p2710.htm  
Available in English.  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  - 
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 22 May 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 (7510C), 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 Julie Morin, 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;  E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov