. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/902 
6 April 2004 
 (04-1549) 
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):  Pesticide products containing Tributyl tin Methacrylate and Bis(tributyltin) 
Oxide. 
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:   Notice of Receipt of 
Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations for Products Containing Tributyltin Methacrylate, and to Amend Ce rtain Pesticide Registrations Containing 
Bis(tributyltin) Oxide to Terminate a Use, (available in English, 3 pages). 
6. Description of content:  EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of requests by registrants to 
voluntarily cancel certain pesticide regist rations and to amend certain pesticide 
registrations to terminate a use.  Atofina Ch emicals, Inc. and Crompton Corporation have 
requested that the registrations for all their tributyltin products registered for use in 
formulating antifouling paints or which are them selves antifouling paints be canceled, or if 
the products are registered for use in formul ating other pesticides in addition to antifouling 
paints, that those registrations be am ended to terminate the antifoulant use. 
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. 
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  DOCID:fr05de03-60, 
Federal Register :  5 December 2003 (Volume 68, Number 234) pages 68039-68042; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/December/Day-05/p30165.htm ;  available in 
English 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   n.a. G/SPS/N/USA/902 
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 11. Proposed date of entry into force:   n.a. 
12. Final date for comments:   
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] 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-2003-0291" in 
subject line of your response. 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number an d 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, Email:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov