Protocol, request information and comment 
on— 
‘‘(I) any additional measures not 
outlined in the notice published pursu-
ant to clause (vii) that may exist to 
reduce the risks of adverse health ef-
fects on human health or the environ-
ment that result from its long-range 
transboundary atmospheric transport; 
‘‘(II) whether any of the addi-
tional measures or the measures out-
lined in the notice published pursuant 
to subparagraph (vii) are technically 
feasible; and 
‘‘(III) the associated costs and 
benefits of the additional measures 
and the measures outlined in the no-
tice published pursuant to subpara-
graph (vii); 
‘‘(v) request information on any cur-
rent or anticipated production or use of 
the pesticide that is the subject of the pro-
posal for which the United States may 
wish to seek an exemption or acceptable 
purpose under the POPs Convention or al-
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lowed restricted use or condition under the 
LRTAP POPs Protocol; 
‘‘(vi) request information set forth 
under subparagraph (D); 
‘‘(vii) outline a broad range of pos-
sible actions that the United States might 
take to address any risks that the pesticide 
may pose; 
‘‘(viii) specify whether there have been 
any changes to registrations of or toler-
ances for the pesticide since the date of 
publication of the notice under paragraph 
(3); and 
‘‘(ix) include a statement that any in-
formation submitted may be part of the 
record of any cancellation proceeding re-
lated to the pesticide that the Adminis-
trator may undertake under section 6. 
‘‘(D) PROVISION OF INFORMATION.—With-
in 60 days after the date of publication of the 
notice under subparagraph (B), or within a 
later date as determined by the Administrator, 
any interested person may provide to the Ad-
ministrator— 
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‘‘(i) consistent with the information 
needs described in Annex F to the POPs 
Convention, any information relevant to— 
‘‘(I) a risk management evalua-
tion carried out under paragraph 7 of 
Article 8 of the POPs Convention; or 
‘‘(II) a decision by the Con-
ference under paragraph 9 of Article 
8 of the POPs Convention; 
‘‘(ii) consistent with the information 
needs for the technical review described in 
paragraph 2 of Executive Body Decision 
1998/2, any information relevant to such 
technical review or to an Executive Body 
decision made under paragraph 3 of Arti-
cle 14 of the LRTAP POPs Protocol; 
‘‘(iii) any information relevant to an 
action under this subsection; and 
‘‘(iv) information on any article in use 
that consists of, contains, or is contami-
nated with the pesticide. 
‘‘(E) REPORT BY ADMINISTRATOR.—Based 
upon information received under this paragraph 
and any other information available to the Ad-
ministrator, the Administrator, not later than 
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240 days after the date of publication of the 
notice under subparagraph (B), after consulting 
with the Secretary of Agriculture or, for public 
health pesticides, with the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, shall issue a report for 
public comment and peer review that contains, 
at a minimum, information relating to the costs 
and benefits of the prohibitions or restrictions 
outlined in response to paragraph (4)(C)(vii) 
that could be placed on the sale, distribution, 
production, use, or disposal of the pesticide (in-
cluding the possible consequences of using alter-
native products or processes). 
‘‘(5) NOTICE AFTER RECOMMENDATION THAT 
CONFERENCE
CONSIDER
LISTING
OR
AFTER
COM-
PLETION OF A TECHNICAL REVIEW.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the POPs Review 
Committee recommends, under paragraph 9 of 
Article 8 of the POPs Convention, that the 
Conference consider making a Conference list-
ing decision with respect to the pesticide in ac-
cordance with the proposal, or after completion 
of a technical review of a proposal to list a pes-
ticide on an Annex to the LRTAP POPs Pro-
tocol, the Administrator may— 
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