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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1422 
13 September 2006 
 (06-4387) 
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):  Pineapple, barley, corn, cotton, oats, rye, sorghum, wheat, golf course and sod 
farm turf, pine seedlings, Christmas trees, and ornamentals.  
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.  Triadimefon 
and Triadimenol;  Re-registration Eligibility Decision (RED) for Triadimefon and Tolerance Reassessment and Risk Management Decision (TRED) for Triadimenol; Notice of Availability (Available in English, 2 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the availability of EPA's Re-registration 
Eligibility Decision (RED) for triadimef on and Tolerance Reas sessment and Risk 
Management Decision (TRED) for triadimenol, and opens a public comment period on this (RED/TRED) document.  The Agency's risk assessments and other related documents for 
triadimefon and triadimenol are also ava ilable in the docket under docket number EPA-HQ-
OPP-2005-0258 (Triadimefon) and EPA-HQ-OPP- 2006-0038 (Triadimenol), respectively. 
Triadimefon is a broad spectrum, systemic f ungicide used to control rust and mildew on 
pineapple.  In addition, it is used to control various fungal diseases on non-food use sites 
such as golf course and sod farm turf, pine seedlings, Christmas trees, and ornamentals. Use on residential turf will be voluntarily cance lled.  The primary metabolite of triadimefon 
is triadimenol, which is also registered separ ately as a systemic fungicide for seed treatment 
of barley, corn, cotton, oats, rye, sorghum, and wheat.  
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:   G/SPS/N/USA/1422 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
30 August 2006 (Volume 71, Number 168), Pages 51612-51614], http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA- PEST/2006/August/Day-30/p14318.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 30 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:  Registration Division (7505P), 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:  202-720-1301;  Fax:  202-690-0677;  Email:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov