. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1150 
11 November 2005 
 (05-5296) 
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 number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Athletic fields and pachysandra; appl es, grapes, kadota figs, and sweet corn; 
and maneb seed treatment use for peanuts and rice and sod farm turf.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
U.S. trade partners.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Notice.  
Ethylenebisdithiocarbamate (EBDC) Fungici des Mancozeb, Maneb, and Metiram;  Notice 
of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel, Amend, or Terminate Uses of Certain Pesticide Registrations (Availa ble in English, 4 pages).  
6. Description of content:  EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of requests by the registrants to 
voluntarily cancel and/or amend their registra tions to terminate uses of certain products 
containing the pesticides mancozeb, maneb, and metiram.  The requests would terminate 
mancozeb use on athletic fields and pachysandr a;  maneb use on apples, grapes, kadota figs, 
and sweet corn;  and maneb seed treatment use for peanuts and rice.  EPA has also received a request to terminate the use of the fungici de product, Maneb 80 WP Fungicide (EPA Reg. 
No. 4581-255), on sod farm turf.  In addition, EPA has received a request for voluntary 
cancellation of the metiram product registration for Potato Seed Treater Fungicide (EPA 
Reg. No. 2935-540). These requests would not terminate the last mancozeb, maneb, and 
metiram products registered for use in the Un ited States. EPA intends to grant these requests 
at the close of the comment period for th is announcement unless the Agency receives 
substantive comments within the comment period that would merit its further review of the 
requests, or unless the registrants withdraw their requests within this period. Upon 
acceptance of these requests, any sale, distribution, or use of products listed in this notice 
will be permitted only if such sale, distribution,  or use is consistent with the terms as 
described in the final order.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  X ] food safety,  [    ] animal health,  [  X ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [    ] protect territory from 
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 8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[ X] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [  ] None 
CODEX has established a Maneb MRL  for sweet corn of 0.1 ppm.  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
2 November 2005 (Volume 70, Number 211), Pages: 66388-66392, http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/ 2005/November/Day-02/p21626.htm .  Available in 
English.  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined.  
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 2 December 2005 
identified by docket identification (ID) number 2005-0256. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or add ress, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  Special Review and Registration  Division (7508c), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001  
13. Texts available from:  [  X ] National notification authority, [    ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ms. Julie Morin, United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250. Tel: 202-720-4051; Fax 202-690-0677; E-mail fstsd@usda.gov