. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1202 
10 January 2006 
 (06-0094) 
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):   Fruit and nut crops, vegetable crops, fi eld and forage crops, grapes, field crop 
seeds, and others; ornamental plants in  nurseries and greenhouses; and sod farms  
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.  Maneb 
Reregistration Eligibility Decision (Available in English, 2 pages)  
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the availab ility of EPA's Reregistration 
Eligibility Decision (RED) for the pesticide ma neb.  The Agency's risk assessments and 
other related documents also are available in the maneb Docket. Maneb is registered for use 
on a wide variety of food/feed crops, includi ng fruit and nut crops, vegetable crops, field 
and forage crops, grapes, field crop seeds, and others; ornamental plants in nurseries and 
greenhouses; and sod farms. Maneb is a member of the ethylene bisdithiocarbamate (EBDC) group of fungicides, which also incl udes the related active ingredients mancozeb 
and metiram.  Maneb and the two other fungicides share the common metabolite/degradate 
ethylene thiourea (ETU), which has been consid ered in the maneb RED.  EPA has reviewed 
maneb through the public participation process th at the Agency uses to involve the public in 
developing pesticide reregistration and tolerance reassessment decisions.  As a part of this 
process, the Agency announced the availability of the EBDCs preliminary risk assessments 
and supporting documents for a 90-day comme nt period and requested risk reduction 
options under docket ID number OPP-2004-0078.  
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   G/SPS/N/USA/1202 
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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: 
28 December 2005 (Volume 70, Number 248) Pages 76829-76830, 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/December/Day-28/p24468.htm  (Available in 
English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  TBA 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  TBA 
12. Final date for comments:  Members are encouraged to submit their comments to the 
Agency by 28 March 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:  Special Review and Reregistration, 7508C,  Office of Pesticide 
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency , 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 
D.C. 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; E-mail:  fstsd@usda.gov