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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/776
30 July 2003
(03-4047)
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):  Any commodities that carry or use Pesticides 2,4-Dichlorprop and Mecoprop
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 Technical and Formulation Intermediate Pesticide
Registrations of 2,4-Dichlorprop and Mecoprop (Available in English, 1 page)
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
requests by Bayer Cropscience, BASF Corporat ion, and A.H. Marks and Company, Ltd., to
voluntarily cancel all technical and formulation of intermediate pesticide registrations of
2,4-DP, 2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy) Propionic Ac id, commonly known as Dichlorprop, and
MCPP, 2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy) Propio nic Acid, commonly known as Mecoprop,
including their associated salts and esters.
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: fr09jy03-88,
Federal Register: 9 July 2003 (Volume 68, Number 131) Page 40934-40935;
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/July/Day-09/p17211.htm (Available in
English)
10. Proposed date of adoption:  not applicableG/SPS/N/USA/776
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11. Proposed date of entry into force:  All three registrants have elected to waive the 180-day
comment period usually associated with a public notice of voluntary cancellation.  Unless a
request is withdrawn by the registrants by 8 August 2003, for EPA Registration Numbers:
264-706, 264-707, 264-708, 264-709, 264-710, 264-711, 264-712, 264-713, 264-714, 264-
715, 7969-116, 7969-127, 15440-12, 15440-14, 15440-16, and 15440-17, orders will be
issued cancelling these registrations.  The Agency will consider withdrawal requestspostmarked no later than 8 August 2003.
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:
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.govNote: Identify docket name "OPP-2003-0190" 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:
Ms. Roseanne Freese, US Department of Agriculture, Stop 1027, Washington, DC  20250.
Tel (202) 690-1642, Roseanne.Freese@usda.gov