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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/729
13 June 2003
(03-3083)
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):  Response to Requests to Cancel Cert ain Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA)
Wood Preservative Products and Amendments to Terminate Certain Uses of other CCA
Products
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any
US trading partners
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Chromated Copper
Arsenate Federal Register:  9 April 2003,Volume 68, Number 68, Pages 17366-17372
6. Description of content:   This notice announces the signing of a cancellation order on
17 March 2003, responding to voluntary termination and cancellation requests by the
registrants of wood preservative pesticide products containing Chromated Copper Arsenate
(CCA) pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the Fede ral Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA), as amended.  This cancellation order affects virtually all-residential uses of
CCA-treated wood.  After 31 December 2003, CCA cannot be used to treat wood intended
for use in most residential settings.
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] 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:   NA
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register:
9 April 2003, Volume 68, Number 68, Pages 17366-17372http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fedreg/a030409c.html
10. Proposed date of adoption: not applicable
11. Proposed date of entry into force: 16 May 2003G/SPS/N/USA/729
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12. Final date for comments:  not applicable
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:
By mail:  Bonaventure Akinlosotu, Office of Pesticide Programs (7510C), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave nue, N.W., Washington, DC 20460.  Office
location for commercial courier delivery, telephone number and e-mail address: Rm. 308,
Crystal Mall 2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202, (703) 605-0653;
e-mail:
akinlosotu.bonaventure@epa.gov .
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