. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/2021 
21 May 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 commodities 
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:  NOTICE:   Methyl Parathion; Notice of Receipt of 
Request to Voluntarily Cancel Pesticide Registrations  Language:  English  Number of 
pages:  3   
6. Description of content:  EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of requests by the registrants to 
voluntarily cancel their registrations of products containing the pesticide methyl parathion.  
The requests would delete methyl parathi on use in or on alfalfa, almonds, barley, 
canola/rapeseed, corn (field, pop, and sweet),  cotton, grass (forage), oats, onions, potatoes 
(sweet and white), rice, rye, soybeans, sunflowers, walnuts, and wheat. 
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/2021 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  This 
document has been published in the Federal Register and can be  found at:  Federal 
Register:  28 April 2010 (Volume 75, Number 81) Rules and Regulations; Pages 22402-22404 or online at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-9627.htm
   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable  
Proposed 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) :  28 May 2010 
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:   
Kelly Ballard, Pesticide Re-evaluation Divisi on (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 
DC 20460-0001;  Tel:  +(703) 305 8126;  Fax:  +(703) 305 5290;  E-mail:  ballard.kelly@epa.gov.  Please reference docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0332. 
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