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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1258 
29 March 2006 
 (06-1437) 
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):  Potable water.  
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 to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations:  Technical 
Correction (Available in English, 2 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This notice corrects information th at was published in the Federal 
Register on 22 February 2006.  The notice of receipt of request to voluntarily cancel certain pesticide registrations announced that 90 pestic ide registrations would be canceled after 
180 days unless a request was withdrawn.  These 90 registrations were listed in Table 1. 
This notice corrects information in the notice about two of the registrations.  These 
registrations are:  EPA Registration Numb er 66222-81 (Pendimethalin Technical) and EPA 
Registration Number 66222-82 (Repose).  The registrant waived the 180 day comment period for these two registrations.  This waiv er was not noted in the 22 February 2006 
Notice.  
Unless a request is withdrawn by the registra nt by 24 March 2006, orders will be issued 
cancelling both of these registrations.  Users of these pesticides or anyone else desiring the retention of a registration should contact the applicable registrant directly prior to 
24 March 2006.  
7. Objective and rationale: [ X ] food safety,  [   ] 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/1258 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
17 March 2006 (Volume 71, Number 52), Pages 13840-13841 http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/March/Day-17/p2633.htm  
Available in English.  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not specified 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  N/A – this is a notice of availability and may or may 
not result in a future regulatory action.  A notice invites the public to submit additional scientific information and comments to the Agency.  
12. Final date for comments:  Members are encouraged to submit their comments by 
17 April 2006 if possible.  
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 
(7502C), 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:   
Ms Julie Morin, United States SPS National Notification Authority, 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@fas.usda.gov