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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/779
30 July 2003
(03-4048)
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):  Products that carry or use the pesticide Diazinon in certain pesticide
registrations.
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:   Diazinon; Notice of
Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Products (Available in English, 2 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 requests
by Drexel Chemical Company and Makhteshim Chemical Works, Ltd. to voluntarily
cancel the registrations for all of their outdoor non-agricultural manufacturing-use products
containing Diazinon and a request by Walla Walla Environmental, Inc. to cancel one of itsoutdoor non-agricultural end-use products containing Diazinon [O,O-Diethyl O-(2-
isopropyl-6-methyl-4-pyrimidinyl) phosphorothioate]. The EPA intends to grant these
requests by issuing a cancellation order at the close of the comment period for this
announcement, unless the Agency receives substantive comments within the comment
period that would merit its further review of these requests.  It is EPA's intent that thecancellation of the outdoor non-agricultural manufacturing-use products will be effective
upon issuance of the cancellation order, after the comment period, and that the cancellation
of the outdoor non-agricultural end-use product will be effective 31 August 2003.  The
Agency requests public comment on these voluntary cancellation requests, and is providing
a 30-day comment period.
Table 1 – Registrations with Pending Requests for Cancellation
Registration No. Product Name Chemical Name
11678-62 Diazol Diazinon Technical Diazinon
Stabilized HG
11678-64 Diazol Diazinon Stabilized Oil Diazinon
Concentrate HG
19713-524 Drexel Diazinon Technical HG Diazinon
47332-4 CFP-2D Insecticide Diazinon
Unless the Agency determines that there are substantive comments that warrant further
review of these requests, an order will be issued cancelling all of these registrations.G/SPS/N/USA/779
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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: fr11jy03-53,
Federal Register: 11 July 2003 (Volume 68, Number 133) Page 41341-41343;
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/July/Day-11/p17512.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.govNote: Identify docket name "OPP-2003-0189" 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