. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/USA/72 
11 August 2004 
 (04-3388) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  
   
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   UNITED STATES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Environmental Protection Agency  (EPA) (76) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:         
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:         
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):    
Pesticides (HS  Chapter 3808) (ICS 65.100 ). 
5. Title, number of pages and langu age(s) of the notified document:   Bromoxynil, 
Diclofop-methyl, Dicofol, Diquat, Etridiazole , et al.; Proposed Tolerance Actions  
(17 pages , in English) 
6. Description of content:   EPA is proposing to revoke certai n tolerances for the herbicides 
bromoxynil, diclofop-methyl, and paraquat; the fungicides etridiazole (terrazole) and 
iprodione; the miticides dicofol and propargite ; and the plant growth regulator and herbicide 
diquat. Also, EPA is proposing to remove  duplicate tolerances for the herbicides 
bromoxynil and picloram; the fumigant phosphine ; the fungicide iprodione; the miticides 
dicofol and propargite; and the insecticides fenbutatin-oxide and hydramethylnon. In 
addition, EPA is proposing to modify certain tolerances for the insecticide hydramethylnon; 
the herbicides bromoxynil, paraquat, and tric lopyr; the fungicides etridiazole, folpet, 
iprodione, and triphenyltin hydroxide (TPTH);  the miticides dicofol and propargite; and the 
plant growth regulator and herbicide diquat.  Moreover, EPA is proposing to establish new 
tolerances for the herbicides bromoxynil, paraqua t, and picloram; the fungicides etridiazole, 
folpet, and TPTH; the miticides dicofol and propa rgite; the insecticide fenbutatin-oxide; and 
the plant growth regulator and herbicide diqua t. The regulatory actions proposed in this 
document are part of the Agency's reregist ration program under the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and the tolerance reassessment requirements of 
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) section 408(q), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996. By law, EPA is required by August 2006 to 
reassess the tolerances in exis tence on August 2, 1996. No to lerance reassessments will be 
counted at the time of a final rule because tolerances in existence at FQPA that are 
associated with actions proposed herein were previously counted as reassessed at the time of 
the completed Registration Eligibility Decision (RED), Report on FQPA Tolerance Reassessment Progress and Interim Risk Management Decision (TRED), or Federal Register action. G/TBT/N/USA/72 
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7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of Environment. 
8. Relevant documents:   69 Federal Register (FR) 47051 4 August 2004; Title 40 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 180.  Will app ear in the Federal Register when adopted. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:   4 October 2004 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:        
Internet URLs: 
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