. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/985/Add.1 
30 September 2005 
 
 (05-4340) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum
 
 
 
 The following communication, dated 28 September 2005, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the United States . 
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Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA); Amendment to Terminate a Use  
  This notice announces EPA's cancellation order granting amendments to terminate uses, 
voluntarily requested by the registrant(s) and accepted by the Agency, of products containing the pesticide Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA).  This cancellation order follows a 8 September 2004 
Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Requests ( 69 FR 54278) from the CCA registrants to voluntarily 
amend their affected product registrations to termin ate the use "members out of water and not subject 
to salt water [or brackish water] splash, and not in soil use'', as currently stated under American Wood 
Preservers' Association (AWPA) Standard C18 (W ood for Marine Construction).  The registrants 
requested that these use terminations become eff ective 31 December 2004.  For further information, 
please refer to the CCA guidance document at  
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/factshee ts/chemicals/cca_awpa_june.pdf .  
  EPA hereby issues in this notice a cancellation order granting the requested amendments to terminate the uses. Any distribution, sale, or u se of the CCA products subject to this cancellation 
order is permitted only in accordance with the terms of this cancellation order, including any existing 
stocks provisions. 
 
 Effective 31 December 2004, this product may only be used for preservative treatment of the following categories of forest products and in accord ance with the respective cited standard (noted 
parenthetically) of the 2001 edition of the American Wood-Preservers' Association (AWPA) Standards:  Lumber and Timber for Salt Water U se (also includes brackish water) Only (C2), Piles 
(C3), Poles (C4), Plywood(C9), Wood for Highw ay Construction (C14), Round, Half Round and 
Quarter Round Fence Posts (C16), Poles, Piles and Posts Used as Structural Members on Farms, and Plywood Used on Farms (C16), Wood for Marine Construction for Salt Wa ter Use (also includes 
brackish water) (immersion and/or subject to saltwater (or brackish water) splash ["subject to saltwater (or brackish water) splash'' means any me mber of a marine structure which is positioned 
above mean high tide, but is subject to frequent wetting from wave action], [Pilings (sheet, round and 
square), Timbers, and Plywood; Walers, Framing, Stri ngers and Cross Bracing (2" x 8" and/or 3" x 6" 
and larger nominal dimensions and treated to a minimum of 0.60 pcf) (C18), Lumber and Plywood for 
Permanent Wood Foundations (C22), Round Poles a nd Posts Used in Building Construction(C23), 
Sawn Timber Used To Support Residential and Commercial Structures(C24), Sawn Crossarms (C25), 
Structural Glued Laminated Members and Laminati ons Before Gluing (C28), Structural Composite 
Lumber (C33), and Shakes and Shingles (C34); and in accordance with the r espective cited standard 
(noted parenthetically) of the 2002 edition of the American Wood-Preservers' Association Standards: G/SPS/N/USA/985/Add.1 
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Lumber, Timbers and Plywood for Cooling Towers (C 30).  Forest products treated with this product 
may only be sold or distributed for uses within  the AWPA Commodity Standards under which the 
treatment occurred, except where otherwise provided above.   Ms. Julie Morin, United States SPS Enquiry  Point Officer, 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@usda.gov  
 
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