WORLD TRADE G/SPS/N/USA/891 5 April 2004 ORGANIZATION (04-1535) Committee on Sanitary and 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): Products whose registration numbers are 000769-00730, 000829-00285, 005905-00496, 005905-00502, 005905-00510, 007401-00115, 007401-00206, 007401- 00273, 035138-00079, 073049-00087, and 073049-00095

4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: Any US trade partners

5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document: Notice of Receipt of Requests for Amendments to Delete Uses in Certain Pesticide Registrations, (available in English, 4 pages).

6. Description of content: In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal , Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of request for amendments by registrants to delete uses in certain pesticide registrations. Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA provides that a registrant of a pesticide product may at any time request that any of its pesticide registrations be amended to delete one or more uses. FIFRA further provides that, before acting on the request, EPA must publish a notice of receipt of any request on the Federal Register. The deletions are effective on 3 May 2004, or 5 December 2003 for only product registrations 000769-00730, 000829-00285, 005905- 00496, 005905-00502, 005905-00510, 007401-00115, 007401-00206, 007401-00273, 035138-00079, 073049-00087, and 073049-00095, unless the Agency receives a written withdrawal request on or before applicable dates given above. Registration No. Product Name Active Ingredient Delete From Label ------

000100-00834 Barricade 65WG Prodiamine Plants grown for cut Herbicide foliage production ------000228-0006 Riverdale 5 Malathion Use in empty grain storage areas

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Registration No. Product Name Active Ingredient Delete From Label ------000228-00244 Riverdale 50% Malathion Malathion Hog and calf pens, E.C. poultry houses; horse and sheep barns; corrals; water troughs; manure piles ------000264-00324 SEVIN Brand 99% Turf/lawn broadcast Technical Carbaryl use with the liquid Insecticide formulations ------000264-00325 SEVIN Brand 97.5% Carbaryl Turf/lawn broadcast Manufacturing use with the liquid Concentrate formulations ------000264-00328 SEVIN Brand 80% Dust Carbaryl Turf/lawn broadcast Base Carbaryl Insecticide use with the liquid formulations ------000769-00730 SEVIN 5% Bait Carbaryl Alfalfa, apples, cherries, plums, apricots, citrus fruits, grapes, peaches, pears, peanuts, and tobacco ------000829-00285 SA-50 Cutworm and Carbaryl Sugar beets, collards, Cricket Bait horseradish, parsley, rutabagas, swiss chard ------001022-00562 Chap-Fume Metam-Sodium Wood chip use ------005905-00496 1.5LB Benfluralin EC Benfluralin Peanuts and tobacco ------005905-00502 Weed Rhap A4-MCPA MCPA, Diethylamine Rice salt ------005905-00510 MCPA Sodium Salt MCPA, diethylamine Rice, peas, flax salt and grain sorghum ------007401-00115 Hi-Yield 8 Lb. Malathion Peanuts, soybeans, Malathion Emulsifiable and sugar beets Concentrate ------007401-00206 Hi-Yield Low Volume Malathion Safflower, soybeans, Malathion Concentrate sugar beets, and tomatoes ------007401-00273 Hi-Yield Grain Storage Malathion Stored peanuts, Spray peanuts going into storage, peanut G/SPS/N/USA/891 Page 3

storage facilities, stored grain, grain, storage facilities, and transportation equipment for grain sorghum, rice, field and garden seeds ------019713-00089 Drexel Carbaryl 2L Carbaryl Poultry uses ------035138-00079 Aero Flying Insect Piperonyl butoxide; Livestock uses Spray Concentrate ------045385-00009 Insect Spray Piperonyl butoxide Food handling establishments ------073049-00087 SBP-1382 Bioallethrin ; Food handling Insecticide Bioallethrin establishments and Concentrate formulations for treating stored grain ------073049-00095 SBP-1382/Bioallethrin Resmethrin; Food handling Insecticide Bioallethrin establishments Concentrate 10-6.25% 7. Objective and rationale: [ X ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other damage from pests

8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: [ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), [ ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] None If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate reference and briefly identify deviations: n.a.

9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: DOCID:fr05no03-67, Federal Register: 5 November 2003 (Volume 68, Number 214) pages 62583-62586; http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/November/Day-05/p27678.htm; available in English

10. Proposed date of adoption: 3 May 2004 or 5 December 2003 for certain product registrations.

11. Proposed date of entry into force: 3 May 2004 or 5 December 2003 for certain product registrations. G/SPS/N/USA/891 Page 4

12. Final date for comments: Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [ X ] National notification authority, [ ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: Public Information and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Information Resources and Services Division (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. [email protected] Note: Identify docket name "OPP-2003-" in subject line of your response.

13. Texts available from: [ ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: Ms. Julie Morin, United States SPS Enquiry Point Officer, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, Food Safety and Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington, DC 20250. Tel: (202) 720-4051, Fax: (202) 720-7772, E-mail: [email protected]