‘‘(i) the POPs Review Committee or 
Conference decides— 
‘‘(I) under paragraph 4(a) of Ar-
ticle 8 of the POPs Convention, that 
a proposal for listing a pesticide in 
Annex A, B, or C to the POPs Con-
vention fulfills the screening criteria 
specified in Annex D to the POPs 
Convention; or 
‘‘(II) under paragraph 5 of Arti-
cle 8 of the POPs Convention, that 
such a proposal shall proceed; or 
‘‘(ii) a party to the LRTAP POPs 
Protocol submits to the Executive Body a 
risk profile in support of a proposal to list 
a pesticide in Annex I, II, or III to the 
LRTAP POPs Protocol. 
‘‘(B) NOTICE.—After the date of the POPs 
Review Committee or Conference decision on a 
proposal or the submission of a risk profile in 
support of a proposal under the LRTAP POPs 
Protocol described in clauses (i) or (ii) of sub-
paragraph (A), respectively, the Administrator 
may— 
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‘‘(i) publish in the Federal Register a 
notice of the proposal; and 
‘‘(ii) provide opportunity for comment 
on the proposal. 
‘‘(C) REQUIRED ELEMENTS OF NOTICE.— 
A notice under subparagraph (B) shall— 
‘‘(i) identify the pesticide that is the 
subject of the proposal; 
‘‘(ii) include a summary of the process 
under the POPs Convention or the 
LRTAP POPs Protocol for the submission 
of a proposal and listing of a pesticide that 
is the subject of a proposal (including cri-
teria applied in that process); 
‘‘(iii) include a summary of the POPs 
Review Committee or Conference decision 
and the basis for the decision or a sum-
mary of the risk profile that a party to the 
LRTAP POPs Protocol submitted to the 
Executive Body; 
‘‘(iv) request information relevant to 
and comment on— 
‘‘(I) in the case of a pesticide 
proposed for listing in an Annex to 
the POPs Convention, the information 
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requirements and screening criteria 
elements covered under Annex D to 
the POPs Convention; or 
‘‘(II) in the case of a pesticide 
proposed for listing in an Annex to 
the LRTAP POPs Protocol, the infor-
mation referenced in paragraph 6(a) 
of Article 14 of the LRTAP POPs 
Protocol; 
‘‘(v) request information set forth in 
subparagraph (D); 
‘‘(vi) include any other information 
that the Administrator considers to be rel-
evant to the proposal; 
‘‘(vii) request information and com-
ment on information relevant to the risk 
profile of the POPs Review Committee cov-
ered under Annex E to the POPs Conven-
tion and on information relevant to any 
technical review conducted under para-
graph 2 of Executive Body Decision 1998/ 
2; and 
‘‘(viii) include a statement that any 
information submitted may be part of the 
record of any cancellation proceeding re-
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lated to the pesticide that the Adminis-
trator may undertake under section 6. 
‘‘(D) PROVISION OF INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(i) PROVISION
OF
INFORMATION 
UNDER
POPS
CONVENTION.—Within 60 
days after the date of publication of the 
notice under subparagraph (B) regarding a 
proposal to list a pesticide on an Annex to 
the POPs Convention, or within a later 
date as determined by the Administrator, 
any interested person may provide to the 
Administrator information or comment 
on— 
‘‘(I) the annual quantity of the 
pesticide manufactured and the loca-
tions of the manufacture; 
‘‘(II) the uses of the pesticide; 
‘‘(III) the approximate annual 
quantity of the pesticide that is re-
leased into the environment; and 
‘‘(IV) other information or moni-
toring data relating to the pesticide 
that is consistent with the information 
specified in paragraph 1 of Annex D, 
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and subsections (b) through (e) of 
Annex E, to the POPs Convention. 
‘‘(ii) PROVISION
OF
INFORMATION 
UNDER
LRTAP
POPS
PROTOCOL.—Within 
60 days after the date of publication of the 
notice under subparagraph (B) regarding a 
proposal to list a pesticide on an Annex of 
the LRTAP POPs Protocol, or within a 
later date as determined by the Adminis-
trator, any interested person may provide 
to the Administrator information on— 
‘‘(I) the potential for long-range 
transboundary atmospheric transport 
of the pesticide; 
‘‘(II) the toxicity of the pesticide; 
‘‘(III) the persistence of the pes-
ticide, including biotic degradation 
process and rates of degradation prod-
ucts; 
‘‘(IV) the bioaccumulation of the 
pesticide, including bioavailability; 
‘‘(V) the annual quantity of the 
pesticide manufactured and the loca-
tions of the manufacture; 
‘‘(VI) the uses of the pesticide; 
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