. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/867 
24 February 2004 
 (04-0764) 
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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Products that use the pesticide Dimethoate 
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:   Dimethoate;  Use 
Cancellation Order;  Notice of Availability , Available in English, 2 pages 
6. Description of content:  This notice announces EPA's cancellation order, as requested the 
registrants, for certain uses associated with the manufacturing-use registrations for products 
containing dimethoate (O,O -Dimethy S-((methylcarbamoyl)methyl phosphodithioate), 
pursuant to section 6(f) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).  This order follows up a 10 September 2003 Notice of receipt of requests from the registrants for cancellation of use on gr apes, apples, head lettuce, spinach, chard, 
broccoli raab, fennel, tomatillo, lespedeza and trefoil on all technical registrations.  The 
cancellations are effective as of the date of this  notice.  The registrants are permitted to sell 
or distribute existing stocks for 1-year after th e effective date of this cancellation order.  
Other persons are permitted to use existing st ocks only to produce products that are not 
labeled for the above uses. 
 EPA is not at this time proposing to rev oke existing tolerances issued pursuant to 
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act fo r residues of dimethoate in or on apples, 
grapes, spinach, head lettuce, ch ard, broccoli raab, fennel, tomatillo, lespedeza, and trefoil. 
This is because registrations authorizing such  uses are still in effect for certain end use 
products containing dimethoate. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from anima l/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:   n.a. G/SPS/N/USA/867 
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9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which thes e are available: 
 DOCID: fr28ja04-51, 
Federal Register : 28 January 2004 (Volume 69, Number 18), pages 4135-4136; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA- PEST/2004/January/Day-28/p1824.htm ; Available in 
English 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   28 January 2004 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   n.a. 
12. Final date for comments:  n.a. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   Public Information and Reco rds Integrity Branch (PIRIB), 
Information Resources and Services Division (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. opp-docket@epa.gov Note: Identify docket name "OPP-2003-
0015" in subject line of your response. 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ms. Julie Morin, United States SPS Enquiry Point Officer, USDA Foreign Agricultural 
Service, Food Safety and Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington, DC  20250.  
Tel:  (202) 720-4051, Fax:   (202) 720-7772, E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov