. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1161 
17 November 2005 
 (05-5406) 
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):  Spot-on treatments for cats and kittens.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
U.S. trade partners.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Notice.  Phenothrin; 
Amendment to Terminate Use (Available in English, 2 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This notice announces EPA's or der for the amendment to 
terminate use, voluntarily requested by the registrant and accepted by the Agency, of a 
product containing the pesticide phenothrin.  Th is order follows a 20 July 2005 (corrected 
3 August 2005) Federal Register Notice of Re ceipt of a Request from the registrant to 
voluntarily amend to terminate certain uses of their product Hartz Ref 119.  The use of this 
product as a spot-on treatment for cats and kittens will be terminated. 
In the 20 July 2005 Notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing the 
amendment to terminate use no earlier than 31 October 2005.  EPA further indicated that 
the request for termination of use was irre vocable.  The Agency did not receive any 
comments on the Notice.  Accordingly, EPA here by issues in this Notice an order granting 
the requested amendment to terminate use.  Any distribution, sale, or use of the product 
Hartz Ref 119 is permitted only in accordance with  the terms of this order, including any 
existing stocks provisions.  The order to terminate use is effective 9 November 2005.  
7. Objective and rationale: [   ] food safety,  [ X ] animal health,  [   ] 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/1161 
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 9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
9 November 2005 (Volume 70, Number 216, Pages: 68036-68037), http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/ 2005/November/Day-09/p22256.htm ¸ Available in 
English. 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  9 November 2005  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  9 November 2005  
12. Final date for comments:  EPA has not set a final date for comments.  Comments should 
be addressed to the Agency under docke t identification (ID) number OPP-2005-0173.  
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, (7505C)   , 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. Lashonda McLeod, United States SPS Nati onal Notification Authority, USDA Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington 
D.C. 20250.  Tel:  202-720-5683;  Fax:  202-690-0677;  Email:  fstsd@usda.gov