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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/762
9 July 2003
(03-3719)
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): Pesticide Registrations: 000499-00413, 008660-00031, 008660-00045,
008660-49, 008660-00055, 008660-00057, and 071085-00022.
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:  Notice of Receipt of
Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations, available in English,
4 pages.
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 by registrants to voluntarily cancel certain pesticide registrations.
Unless a request is withdrawn by 16 December 2003 or 21 July 2003 for EPA Registration
number(s):  000499-00413, 008660-00031, 008660-00045, 008660-49, 008660-00055,
008660-00057, and 071085-00022, orders will be issued canceling these registrations.  The
Agency will consider withdrawal requests postmarked no later than 16 December 2003 or
21 July 2003 for EPA Registration numbers indicated above.
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:   not applicable
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: :  DOCID: fr19jn03-
46, Federal Register:  19 June 2003 (Volume 68, Number 118) Page 36786-36790;
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/June/Day-19/p15517.htm;  available in
English.
10. Proposed date of adoption:  not applicableG/SPS/N/USA/762
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11. Proposed date of entry into force:  not applicable
12. Final date for comments:  16 December 2003 or 31 July 2003
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 Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. opp-docket@epa.gov
Note:  Identify docket name "OPP-2003-0193" 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