. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/USA/169 
6 January 2006 
 (06-0035) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   UNITED STATES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Environmental Protection Agency  (EPA) (173)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:         
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:         
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):    
Pesticides (HS Chapter:  3808;  ICS:  13) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Benzaldehyde, 
Captafol, Hexaconazole, Paraformaldehyde , Sodium dimethyldithiocarbamate, and 
Tetradifon; Proposed Tolerance Actions (5 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content:   EPA is proposing to revoke sp ecific tolerances and tolerance 
exemptions for residues of the insecticides pa raformaldehyde and tetradifon; fungicides 
captafol, hexaconazole, and sodium dime thyldithiocarbamate; and bee repellant 
benzaldehyde.  EPA canceled food use registrati ons or deleted food uses from registrations 
following requests for voluntary cancellation or use deletion by the registrants, or non-payment of registration maintenance fees.  Also , stakeholders have withdrawn their support 
for import tolerances for captaf ol and hexaconazole.  EPA exp ects to determine whether any 
individuals or groups want to support these tole rances.  The regulatory actions proposed in 
this document contribute toward the Agency's  tolerance reassessment requirements under 
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) section 408(q), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996.  By law, EPA is required by August 2006 to 
reassess the tolerances that were  in existence on 2 August  1996.  The regulatory actions 
proposed in this document pertain to the propo sed revocation of 39 tolerances and tolerance 
exemptions of which 38 would be counted as tolerance reassessments  toward the August 
2006 review deadline.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health 
8. Relevant documents:   70 Federal Register (FR) 76224 23 December 2005; Title 40 Code 
of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 180.  Will a ppear in the Federal Register when adopted. G/TBT/N/USA/169 
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 9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:   21 February 2006 
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