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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/737
13 June 2003
(03-3100)
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 the pesticide Diazinon.
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
Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations (available inEnglish, 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 receipt of
requests by Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. to voluntarily cancel the registrations for all of
their products containing Diazinon, O,O-Diet hyl O-(2-isopropyl-6-methyl-4-pyrimidinyl)
phosphorothioate.  EPA intends to grant these requests by issuing a cancellation order atthe 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 the effective date of the cancellation order, as
requested by Syngenta, will be 30 June 2003.  Syngenta's 8 April 2003 cancellation request
is contingent upon EPA's granting of certain ex isting stocks provisions, which are set forth
in this Notice.
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:   NA
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  DOCID:
fr30my03-68, Federal Register:  30 May 2003 (Volume 68, Number 104)
Pages 32501-32503;http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/May/Day-30/p13436.htm; Available inEnglishG/SPS/N/USA/737
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10. Proposed date of adoption: :  not applicable
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  not applicable
12. Final date for comments:  30 June 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-2003-0170" 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:
Mr. Bill Janis, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Stop 1027, Washington, DC  20250.  Tel
(202) 720-9047, (202) 720-0677, fstsd@usda.gov