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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/823
13 October 2003
(03-5397)
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 use Creosote and Acid Copper Chromate Wood Preservative
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 Cancel Certain Creosote and Acid Copper Chromate Wood Preservative
Products, and/or to Terminate Certain Uses of Other Creosote Products (available in
English, 3 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
requests by registrants of pesticide products containing either creosote or acid copper
chromate (ACC) to voluntarily cancel certain pesticide registrations and/or to amend toterminate certain uses of affected products.  Specifically, the five registrants who are
members of the Creosote Council III have requested to cancel the registrations for their
creosote non-pressure treatment end-use products and/or to amend to terminate all non-
pressure treatment uses of other creosote products.  These registrants are requesting that
these voluntary product cancellations and/or use terminations become effective31 December 2004.  Osmose, Inc., the sole registrant of ACC, is also requesting to
immediately cancel the registration for its product with no provision for existing stocks.
Neither the registrants of the affected creosote products nor that of the affected ACC
product have requested any existing stocks provision.  All registrants waived the 180-day
comment period.
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 applicableG/SPS/N/USA/823
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9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  DOCID:fr29se03-65,
Federal Register:  29 September 2003 (Volume 68, Number 188) Pages 55952-55954;
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/September/Day-29/p24560.htm ; available in
English
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not applicable
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  29 October 2003
12. Final date for comments:  29 October 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-2003-0324" 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, United States SPS Enquiry Point Officer, USDA Foreign
Agricultural Service, Food Safety and Technical Services Division, Stop 1027,
Washington, DC  20250.  Tel: (202) 690-1642, Fax: (202) 720-7772,
Email: fstsd@fas.usda.gov