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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/775
30 July 2003
(03-4040)
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 products that contain 4-chloro-alpha-(1-methylethyl)Benzeneacetic acid,
Cyano(3-henoxyphenyl)methyl ester (Fenvalerate) used in accordance with good
agricultural practices
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,
2 pages)
6. Description of content:  This notice announces receipt by the Agency of requests from
Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited and Bayer Environmental Science to cancel the
registrations of three pesticide products registered under section 3 of the FederalInsecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).  These three registrations constitute
all registrations held by Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited and Bayer Environmental
Science of products containing 4-chloro-alpha-(1-methylethyl)Benzeneacetic acid,
Cyano(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl ester (Fenvalerate). These requests are submitted pursuant
to section 6(f) of FIFRA.
Fenvalerate is a synthetic Pyrethroid insecticide, which is used to control insects and
related organisms, molluscs, fouling organisms and miscellaneous invertebrates on
agricultural, pet care, domestic home and garden (domestic), and
commercial/industrial/food and non-food/mosquito abatement (commercial) sites. On
10 April 2003, Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited and on 22 April 2003, BayerEnvironmental Science requested that EPA waive the 180-day period that typically has
been allowed before requests for voluntary cancellation are approved or denied.
These registrations are listed in sequence by registration number in Table 1 of this unit:
Table 1 – Registrations with Pending Requests for Cancellation
Registration No. Product Name Chemical Name
432-766 Technical Fenvalerate Insecticide Fenvalerate
432-767 Gold Crest Tribute Termitici Fenvalerate
de/Insecticide
10308-13 Technical Sumicidin Insecticide FenvalerateG/SPS/N/USA/775
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At the close of the comment period, EPA intends to issue an order granting these
cancellation requests, unless the Agency receives any substantive comments within the
comment period that would merit its further review of these requests, or the requests have
been withdrawn.  Users of these pesticides or anyone else desiring the retention of a
registration should send in their comments to EP A.  In addition, they may wish to contact
the applicable registrant directly.
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:fr11jy03-54,
Federal Register: 11 July 2003 (Volume 68, Number 133) Pages 41343-41345;
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/July/Day-11/p17509.htm (Available inEnglish)
10. Proposed date of adoption:  not applicable
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  not applicable
12. Final date for comments:  11 August 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-2003-0183" 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