. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1494 
22 January 2007 
 (07-0306) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd 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 containing paradichlorobenzene.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
US trade partners. 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Notice.  
Paradichlorobenzene;  Receipt of Request to  Voluntarily Cancel Pesticide Registration 
(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 ame nded, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of 
a request by the registrant to voluntarily can cel their registration and the use of products 
containing the pesticide paradichlorobenzene.  The request would terminate all uses of 
Fertilome Tree Borer Crystals.  The request would not terminate the last 
paradichlorobenzene product re gistered for use in the US. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ X ] food safety,  [   ] animal health,  [ X ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ X ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests   
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  [Federal Register: 
27 December 2006 (Volume 71, Number 248)] [Notices] [Page 77748-77750] 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/December/Day-27/p22057.htm 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A. G/SPS/N/USA/1494 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This is a notice of availability which may or may not 
result in further regulatory action.  
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 26 January 2007. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  Registration Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001  
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifi cation authority, [   ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, 
International Regulations and Standards Di vision (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 
20250.  Tel:  202-720-1301;  Fax:  2 02-690-0677;  Email:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov