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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/656
9 January 2003
(03-0098)
Committee on Sanitary and 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):  Products that use the pesticide Oxyfluorfen.
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any
U.S. trading partners
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Oxyfluorfen;
Availability of Re-registration Eligibility Decision Document for Comment (available inEnglish, 3 pages).
6. Description of content:  This notice announces availab ility and starts a 60-day public
comment period on the Re-registration Eligibility Decision (RED) document for the
pesticide active ingredient oxyfluorfen.  The RED represents EPA's formal regulatory
assessment of the health and environmental data base of the subject chemical and presents
the Agency's determination regarding which pesticidal uses are eligible for reregistration.
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other
damage from pests
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection 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:  DOCID:
fr30oc02-68, Federal Register:  30 October 2002 (Volume 67, Number 210)
Pages 66149-66151;
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2002/October/Day-30/p27626.htm;  Available in
English
10. Proposed date of adoption:   30 October 2002
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   n.a.G/SPS/N/USA/656
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12. Final date for comments:  30 December 2002
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ X ] National notification
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:   ¨
Public Information and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Information Resources and
Services Division (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), Environmental ProtectionAgency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.  opp-docket@epa.gov
Note:  Identify docket name "AOPP-2002-0255" in subject line of your response.
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [ X ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Mr. Bill Janis, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Stop 1027, Washington, DC 20250.
Tel (202) 720-9047, (202) 720-0677, fstsd@usda.gov