. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1169 
6 December 2005 
 (05-5799) 
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):  Annual and perennial grass weeds in br oadleaf crops, soybeans, sunflowers, 
alfalfa, dry peas/beans, sugar beets, peanuts, and corn,  ornamentals and flowering plants, lawns, recreational areas, right-of-ways, and public and commercial bu ildings and structures
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.  Sethoxydim 
Reregistration Eligibility Decision; Notice of Availability (Available in English, 3 pages)  
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the availab ility of EPA's Reregistration 
Eligibility Decision (RED) for the pesticide sethoxydim, and opens a public comment 
period on this document.  The Agency's risk  assessments and other related documents are 
also available in the Sethoxydim Docket.  Set hoxydim is a member of the cyclohexanedione 
or cyclohexenone class of herbicides, and f unctions by inhibiting fat biosynthesis.   
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: 
25 November 2005 (Volume 70, Number 226) , Pages 71139-71142, 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/ 2005/November/Day-25/p22994.htm  (Available in 
English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  TBA 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  TBA G/SPS/N/USA/1169 
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 12. Final date for comments:  Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number 
OPP-2005-0323, must be received on or before 24 January 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 (7508C),  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. 
Lashonda McLeod, United States SPS Nationa l Notification Authority, USDA Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250. Tel:  202-720-5683;  Fax:  202-690-0677;  E-mail:  fstsd@usda.gov