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G/SPS/N/USA/2365 
10 May 2012  
 (12-2379) 
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):  Potato, apple, peach, and pear  
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:  Dicloran and Formetanate; Proposed Tolerance Actions 
Language(s):  English  Number of pages:  5 
 http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-03-28/html/2012-7445.htm   
6. Description of content:  EPA is proposing to revoke the potato tolerance for the fungicide 
dicloran and the apple, peach, and pear tolerances for the insecticide formetanate 
hydrochloride. 
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 
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:    G/SPS/N/USA/2365 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  in the Federal 
Register of 1 December 2010 (75 FR 74714)  (FRL-8854-3), EPA published a notice of 
receipt of requests to voluntarily amend certain dicloran (DCNA) registrations to delete the use for potato, and therefore terminate the last registrations for use of dicloran in or on potato.  In the Federal Register of 16 November 2011 (76 FR 71022) (FRL-8883-8), EPA 
approved the cancellation order for amendmen ts to terminate product uses and allowed 
registrants to sell and distribute existi ng stocks of the affected products until 
16 November 2012.   
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) :  Not applicable 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  29 May 2012 
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:  Joseph Nevola, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division (7508P), 
Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmenta l Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 
NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001;  Tel:  (703) 308-8037;  E-mail:  nevola.joseph@epa.gov 
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: 
202-720-1301;  Fax:  202-720-0433;  E-mail:  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov