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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1552 
21 May 2007  
 (07-2057 ) 
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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable): Various 
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.   Notice of 
Receipt of Requests for Amendments to Delete  Uses in Certain Pesticide Registrations 
(available in English, 3 pages) 
6. Description of content:  In accordance with federal law, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of 
request for amendments by registrants to dele te uses in certain pesticide registrations. 
Relevant Agency rulemaking pro cedure provides that a registra nt of a pesticide product may 
at any time request that any of its pesticide re gistrations be amended to  delete one or more 
uses.  Federal law further provides that, befo re acting on the request, EPA must publish a 
notice of receipt of any request in the Federal Re gister.  Affected active ingredients are to be 
deleted from product use labels as follows:  
Methomyl - Strawberries  
Propoxur - Crack and crevice use  Sodium chlorate - Right-of-ways  Chlorpyrifos - All fire ant uses  Pyrethrins - Food use  
Resmethrin - Food use  
Pesticide product names, manuf acturer, and EPA registration number may be found in the 
full text of the Federal Register entry below.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [ X ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests 
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), [ 
] International Plant Protec tion Convention, [ X ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   G/SPS/N/USA/1552 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: Federal Register: 
25 April 2007 (Volume 72, Number 79) Notices Page 20541-20543; http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA -PEST/2007/April/Day-25/p7769.htm 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   The deletions are effective by 22 October 2007 or 
25 May 2007 for registrations for which the re gistrant requested a waiver of the 180-day 
comment period.  The Agency will consider wit hdrawal requests postmarked no later than 
22 October 2007 or 25 May 2007, whichever is a pplicable.  Comments must be received on 
or before 22 October 2007 or 25 May 2007, for those registrations where the 180-day 
comment period has been waived .  Users of these products wh o desire continued use on 
crops or sites being deleted should contact the applicable  registrant on or before 
22 October 2007 or 25 May 2007 for registrations fo r which the registrant requested a waiver 
of the 180-day comment period. 
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 22 October 2007 or 
25 May 2007, for those registrations where th e 180-day comment period has been waived, 
and may be identified by doc ket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0244. 
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, (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Penn sylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority, [ ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail a ddress (if available) of other body:   United States 
SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Fore ign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Divisi on (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel:  +(1 
202) 720-1301);  Fax:  +(1 202) 690-067 7;  E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov