. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/2085 
27 September 2010  
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Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  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 products 
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:  Resmethrin; Notice of Receipt of Requests To 
Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations   Language:  English  Number of 
pages:  11   
6. Description of content:  EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of requests by the registrants to 
voluntarily cancel all remaining registrations  of products containing the pesticide 
resmethrin.  The requests would terminate all re smethrin products registered for use in the 
United States. 
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)   
[ ] 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:    G/SPS/N/USA/2085 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  This notice 
can be found on the federal register on 25 August 2010 (Volume 75, Number 164)[Page 
52330-52340] or online at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-21143.htm
    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  25 August 2010 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  25 August 2010 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :    
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  22 February 2011 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  Bonnie Adler, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division (7508P), Office 
of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Prot ection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; Tel:  (703) 308-85 23;  Fax:  (703) 308-7070;  E-mail:  
adler.bonnie@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 1027, Washington D.C. 20250;  
Tel:  +(1 202) 720 1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 720 0433;  E-mail:  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov