. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/USA/118 
20 May 2005 
 (05-2061) 
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) (123) 
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):   Pesticide  
(HS Chapter:  3808;  ICS:  65) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Aminopyridine, 
Ammonia, Chloropicrin, Diazinon, Dihydro- 5-heptyl-2(3H)-furanone, Dihydro-5-pentyl-
2(3H)-furanone, and Vinclozolin;  Proposed To lerance Actions  (7 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content:   This document proposes to revoke specific tolerances and 
tolerance exemptions for residues of the bird repellent 4-aminopyridine, fungicides ammonia and vinclozolin, and insecticides chlo ropicrin, diazinon, dihydro-5-heptyl-2(3H)-
furanone, and dihydro-5-pentyl-2(3H)-furanone .  EPA canceled food use registrations or 
deleted food uses from registrations following requests for voluntary cancellation or use 
deletion by the registrants, or non-payment of  registration maintenance fees.  EPA expects 
to determine whether any individuals or grou ps want to support these tolerances.  The 
regulatory actions proposed in this documen t 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 proposed 
revocation of 39 tolerances and tolerance ex emptions of which 33 would be counted as 
tolerance reassessments toward th e August 2006 review deadline. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of  human life and health 
8. Relevant documents:   : 70 Federal Register (FR) 28497 18 May 2005;  Title 40 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 180.  Will app ear in the Federal Register when adopted. G/TBT/N/USA/118 
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 9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:  18 July 2005 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:        
Full Text of this Notification is Now Available on the Internet at URLs: 
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/24 22/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/05-
9776.htm 
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/24 22/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/pdf/
05-9776.pdf