. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/2169 
1 March 2011  
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Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  US Environmental Protection Agency 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Multiple products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Notice of Intent to Suspend Certain Pesticide 
Registrations  Language(s):  English  Number of pages:  4 
6. Description of content:  This notice, pursuant to section 6 (f)(2) of the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), announces notices of intent to suspend issued by 
EPA pursuant to section 3(c)(2)(B) of FIFRA.  The Notices of Intent to Suspend were 
issued following the Agency's issuance of a Data Call-In notice (DCI), which required the 
registrants of the affected pesticide products containing a certain pesticide active ingredient 
to take appropriate steps to secure certain da ta, and following the registrant's failure to 
submit these data or to take other appropriate steps to secure the required data.  The subject 
data were determined to be required to mainta in in effect the existing registrations of the 
affected products.  Failure to comply with th e data requirements of a DCI is a basis for 
suspension of the affected registrations under section 3(c)(2)(B) of FIFRA. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[X] None G/SPS/N/USA/2169 
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  Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] Yes   [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  This 
document has been published in the Federal Regi ster and can be found at: Federal Register:  
4 February 2011 (Volume 76, Number 24) Notices; Page 6462-6465 
Or online at http://edocket.access.gpo. gov/2011/2011-2406.htm  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  7 March 2011 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  Terria Northern, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protec tion Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001;  Tel:  +(703) 30 5-7093;  E-mail:  northern.terria@epa.gov. 
Please reference docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0306 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   United States 
SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Fore ign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel:  +(1 
202) 720 1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 720 0433;  E-mail:  us.s psenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov