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G/SPS/N/USA/2331 
27 January 2012  
 (12-0561) 
Committee on Sanitary and 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:  Dicofol;  Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide 
Registrations    Language(s):  English  Number of pages:  2 
 http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-12-14/html/2011-31987.htm  
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the Environmental Protection Agency's 
(EPA) order for the cancellations, voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted by 
the Agency, of products containing dicofol.  This cancellation order follows a 22 June 2011 
Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Request s from the registrants listed in Table 3 of 
Unit II to voluntarily cancel these product registrations.  These are the last products containing this pesticide registered for use in th e United States.  In the 22 June 2011 notice, 
EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing the cancellations, unless the Agency received substantive comments within th e 30-day comment period that would merit 
its further review of these requests, or unless th e registrants withdrew their requests.  The 
Agency did not receive any comments on the notice.  Further, the registrants did not withdraw their requests.  Accordingly, EPA he reby issues in this notice a cancellation order 
granting the requested cancellations.  Products s ubject to this cancellation order include the 
following: Mitigan (Dicofol) Technical, M ANA Dicofol 4E, Dicofol 4E, and Dicofol 
50WSB. Any distribution, sale, or use of these products is permitted only in accordance 
with the terms of this order. 
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.    G/SPS/N/USA/2331 
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  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 
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:      
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) :  The cancellation order for Mitigan (Dicofol) Technical is effective 
14 December 2011.  The cancellation order for MANA Dicofol 4E, Dicofol 4E, and 
Dicofol 50WSB is effective 31 October 2013. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure Not applicable  
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:  Susan M. Bartow, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division (7508P), 
Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmenta l Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 
NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001;  Tel:  (703) 603-0065;  Email:  
bartow.susan@epa.gov.  Please refere nce docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0220. 
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 1014, Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720 1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 720 0433;  E-mail:  us.s psenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov