. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1378 
10 August 2006 
 (06-3859) 
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):  Vegetables, predominantly green beans and cole crops; field crops, cotton, 
potatoes, and peanuts; and seeds,  seed treatments of barley, b eans, corn, cotton, oats, peas, 
peanut, rice, safflower, sorghum, soybean, sugar beet, and wheat.  
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.  
Pentachloronitrobenzene (PCNB) Reregist ration Eligibility Decision; Notice of 
Availability, (available in English, 2 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the availab ility of EPA's Reregistration 
Eligibility Decision (RED) for the pesticide PC NB, and opens a public comment period on 
this document.  PCNB is an organochlorine fungicide used to control plant diseases on 
vegetables (predominantly green beans and cole crops), field crops (cotton, potatoes, and 
peanuts), and seeds (seed treatments of barley, beans, corn, cotton, oats, peas, peanut, rice, 
safflower, sorghum, soybean, sugar beet, and wheat). 
EPA has determined that the data base to s upport reregistration is substantially complete 
and that products containing PCNB are eligible  or not eligible for reregistration depending 
on their specific uses.  Most uses of PC NB have been found to be ineligible for 
reregistration.  These uses are:  turf, residential ornamentals, cole crops (unless registered for control of club root only), green beans, cotton, potatoes, dry beans and peas, garlic, 
peanuts, tomatoes, peppers, and ornament als in commercial production (except for 
flowering bulbs).  The following uses of PCNB  are eligible for reregistration provided the 
risk mitigation measures noted in the RED ar e implemented and produc t labels are amended 
accordingly: cole crops (registered for contro l of club root only), ornamental bulbs for 
commercial production, and seed treatments of PCNB.  
7. Objective and rationale: [ X ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests   G/SPS/N/USA/1378 
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  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: 
2 August 2006 (Volume 71, Number 148, Page:  43746 - 43748), 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA- PEST/2006/August/Day-02/p12485.htm , Available in 
English.  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not specified  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  N/A - This is a notice of availability and may or may 
not result in a future regulatory action.  A notice invites the public to submit additional scientific information and comments to the Agency.    
12. Final date for comments:  Comments should be received on or before 2 October 2006.  
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:  Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508P), 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:   
Ms Deborah Thompson, United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250.  Tel:  202-720-4051;  Fax:  202-690-0677;  Email:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov