. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1164 
30 November 2005 
 (05-5678) 
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):  Apricots, carrots, celery, cucumbers, endive, fennel, florence, garlic, grapes, 
lettuce, nectarines, onions, peaches, plums, potat oes, prunes, rhubarb, sh allots, snap beans, 
sweet cherries, sweet potatoes, chrysanthemums,  geraniums, roses, gladiolus, hydrangeas 
and conifers  
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 .  Dicloran 
Risk Assessments; Notice of Availab ility (Available in English, 3 pages)  
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the availability of EPA's risk  
assessment(s), and related documents for the nitroanaline pesticide dicloran, and opens a 
public comment period on these documents. The public is encouraged to suggest risk 
management ideas or proposals to address the risks identified.  
Dicloran is a fungicide registered for use on apricots, celery, cucumbers, endive, fennel, 
florence, garlic, grapes, lettuce, nectarines,  onions, peaches, plums, potatoes, prunes, 
rhubarb, shallots, snap beans, sweet cherri es, and sweet potatoes. The chief uses are on 
celery and lettuce. Along with pre-harvest uses, dicloran may also be applied post- harvest 
to fruits, carrots and sweet potatoes. In addition,  it may be applied to ornamental plants in 
nursery settings.  These crops consist of chrysan themums, geraniums, roses, gladiolus, 
hydrangeas and conifers. There are no residential dicloran uses.  
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   
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   G/SPS/N/USA/1164 
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 9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
16 November 2005, Volume 70, Number 220, Pages 69551-69554, http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/ 2005/November/Day-16/p22615.htm  (Available in 
English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined. 
12. Final date for comments:  Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number 
OPP-2005-0265, must be received on or before 17 January 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 (7508C), 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. Lashonda McLeod, United States SPS Nationa l Notification Authority, USDA Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington 
D.C. 20250. Tel: 202-720-5683; Fax 202-690-0677; Email fstsd@usda.gov