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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1423 
13 September 2006 
 (06-4381) 
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):  Bananas/plantains, cucumbers, pine apples, tobacco, turf uses, pome fruit, 
cotton, stored grain, wheat, Guar (edible) Gums.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
US trade partners.  
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  Notice.  Notice of 
Receipt of Requests for Amendments to Dele te Uses in Certain Pesticide Registrations 
(Available in English, 3 pages).  
6. Description of content:  In accordance with federal law, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt 
of request for amendments by registrants to delete uses in certain pesticide registrations. 
Federal law provides that a registrant of a p esticide product may at any time  request that 
any of its pesticide registrations be amended to  delete one or more uses.  The law further 
provides that, before acting on the request, EPA must publish a notice of receipt of any request in the Federal Register. 
Users of these products with the following active ingredients (Cyproconazole, Ethoprop, 
Thiacloprid, Phorate, Propylene Oxide, Chlor opicrin, Resmethrin,  Bioallethrin, d-trans 
Allethrin, and Esbiothrin) who desire continue d use on crops or sites being deleted, should 
contact the applicable registrant on or before 28 February 2007. 
The Agency has authorized the registrants to sell or distribute product under the previously 
approved labeling for a period of 18 months after approval of the revision, unless other 
restrictions have been imposed, as in special review actions.  
7. Objective and rationale: [ X ] food safety,  [   ] animal health,  [ X ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from 
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  8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
1 September 2006 (Volume 71, Number 170). Pages 52071-52073.   
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA- PEST/2006/September/Day-01/p7312.htm , Available in 
English.  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not specified. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  The deletions are effective 28 February 2007, unless 
the Agency receives a written withdrawal  request on or before 28 February 2007.  
12. Final date for comments:  The Agency will consider a withdrawal request postmarked no 
later than 28 February 2007.  
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:  Information Technology and R esources Management Division 
(7502P), Registration Division (7505P), Offi ce 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 Deborah Thompson, United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250.  Tel:  202-720-1301;  Fax:  202-690-0677;  Email:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov