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G/SPS/N/USA/2368 
10 May 2012  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES  
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  US Environmental Protection Agency 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Multiple 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Metaldehyde;  Notice of Receipt of Request To 
Voluntarily Amend a Registration To Terminate Certain Uses 
Language(s):  English  Number of pages:  4 
 http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-03-23/html/2012-7078.htm   
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 amend its metaldehyde product registration to 
terminate or delete one or more uses.  The re quest would delete metaldehyde use in or on 
all but the following sites:  Artichokes, bl ueberries, caneberries (bingleberry, black 
raspberry, blackberry, boysenberry, dewberry , lowberry, marionberry, olallieberry, red 
raspberry, youngberry) and other berries (curra nt, elderberry, gooseberry, huckleberry, 
loganberry, lingonberry, juneberry, salal), citr us, lettuce, cole crops and other leafy greens 
(broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflowe r, cavalo, broccolo, collards, kale, kohlrabi, 
mizuna, mustard greens, mustard spinach, rape greens), grass grown for seed, ornamentals, prickly pear cactus, tomato, strawberry, watercr ess, and use sites with directions for use in 
state and/or Federal invasive mollusk eradication operations. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)   G/SPS/N/USA/2368 
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[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[X] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] Yes   [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:      
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  19 September 2012 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  19 September 2012 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  19 September 2012 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  19 April 2012 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  Jill Bloom, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division (7508P), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001;  Tel:  (703) 308-8019;  Fax:  (703) 308-7070;  E-mail:  bloom.jill@epa.gov 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   United States 
SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Fore ign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD) , Stop 1014, Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel: 
202-720-1301;  Fax:  202-720-0433;  E-mail:  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov