. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1899 
13 January 2009  
 (09-0100) 
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 (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):  Rodenticide products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ X ] All trading partners, or [   ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Rodenticides; Notice of Receipt of Request to 
Voluntarily Cancel 22 Rodenticide Registrations  Language:  English  Number of 
pages:  4   
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 
requests by the registrants to voluntarily cancel the registrations of 22 rodenticide products containing the active ingredients bromadiolone , bromethalin, cholecalciferol, difenacoum, 
diphacinone (and its sodium salt), warfarin (a nd its sodium salt), and zinc phosphide.  The 
request would terminate the 22 rodenticide products  listed in Table 1.  EPA intends to grant 
these requests with an effective date of 4 June 2011 at the close of the comment period for this announcement unless the Agency receives substantive comments within the comment 
period that would merit its further review of the request or unless a registrant withdraws its 
request within this period.  If EPA grants the cancellation requests as anticipated, any sale 
or distribution of products listed in this no tice after 4 June 2011 will be permitted only if 
such sale or distribution, is consistent with  the terms as described in the final order. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests.    G/SPS/N/USA/1899 
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  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 N°)     
[ X ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [   ] Yes   [ X ] 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:  Federal 
Register:  24 December 2008 (Volume 73,  Number 248); Notices Page 79104-79107.  
Please refer to docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0955.  Available online at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2008/December/Day-24/p30495.htm
   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  4 June 2011 
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
[   ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  22 June 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National Notification 
Authority, [   ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
Registration Division, (7505P), Office of P esticide Programs, Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001 
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 Foreign 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