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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1486 
19 December 2006 
 (06-6075) 
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):   All pesticide products containing the pesticide Lindane.  
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.  Lindane; 
Cancellation Order (Available in English;  3 pages). 
6. Description of content:  This notice announces EPA's issuance of final orders cancelling 
the registrations of all pestic ide products containing the pestic ide lindane.  Cancellation of 
manufacturing-use product registrations was ef fective on 4 October 2006.  Cancellation of 
end-use product registrations will be effectiv e on 1 July 2007.  Existing stocks of the 
canceled products may be legally distributed or  sold until the last date on which the product 
can be used, as specified in the cancellation orde rs, provided that use of existing stocks is 
consistent with the terms of the previously approved labeling on, or that accompanies, the 
modified product.  For manufacturing-use products, the Agency has established in the cancellation orders 1 July 2007, as the last da y on which existing stocks of these products 
can be used.  For end-use products, the Agen cy expects that existing stocks will be 
exhausted by 1 October 2009, and, as such , has established in the cancellation orders 
1 October 2009, as the last day on which exis ting stocks of these products can be used. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ X ] food safety,  [ X ] 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,  [ X ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   G/SPS/N/USA/1486 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  [Federal Register: 
13 December 2006 (Volume 71, Number 239)] [No tices] [Page 74905-74907].  Available in 
English.   http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/December/Day-13/p21101.htm 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Cancellation of manufacturing-use product 
registrations was effective on 4 October 2006, and the last date of use will be 1 July 2007.  
Cancellation of end-use product registrations w ill be effective on 1 July 2007, and the last 
date of use will be 1 October 2009.  The cancellation orders followed the 23 August 2006 
Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Requests (71 FR 49445) (FRL-8089- 1) from the lindane registrants to voluntarily cancel th eir lindane product regi strations and announcing 
the commencement of a public comment period.  
12. Final date for comments:  13 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:  Registration Division (7505P), 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:  
United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, 
International Regulations and Standards Di vision (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 
20250.  Tel:  202-720-1301;  Fax:  2 02-690-0677;  Email:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov