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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/620
23 July 2002
(02-4082)
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):   Pesticides
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:   Any
trading partners
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Notice of Receipt of
Requests for Amendments to Delete Uses in Certain Pesticide Registrations  (3 pages;available in English)
6. Description of content:   In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of
request for amendments by registrants to delete uses in certain pesticide registrations
(mostly lindane).  Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA provides that a registrant of a pesticide productmay at any time request that any of its pesticide registrations be amended to delete one or
more uses.  FIFRA further provides that, before acting on the request, EPA must publish a
notice of receipt of any request on the Federal Register.
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[   ] 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:   67 FR 46976,
17 July 2002 (Available in English)
10. Proposed date of adoption:   The deletions are effective on 13 January 2003, unless
indicated otherwise in the full text.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   The deletions are effective on 13 January 2003, unless
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12. Final date for comments:   The Agency will consider withdrawal requests postmarked on
or before 13 January 2003.
Users of these products who desire continued use on crops or sites being deleted should
contact the applicable registrant on or before, unless indicated otherwise, 13 January 2003.
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments: [   ] National notification
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:   Environmental Protection Agency
The full text will be sent upon request to the address in paragraph 13.
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
United States SPS Enquiry Point/Notification Authority
USDA/FAS/FSTSD
Attn:  Carolyn F. Wilson
Room 5545 South Agriculture Building
Stop 10271400 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20250
Tel:  (202) 720-2239
Fax:  (202) 690-0677
E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov