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13 June 2003
(03-3103)
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 that use the pesticide Fenthion in or on Baytex Liquid Concentrate
Insecticide and Baytex Technical Insecticide.
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any
US trading partners
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Fenthion;  Notice of
Receipt of Request to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations (available in
English, 2 pages).
6. Description of content:  In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of
request by Bayer Environmental Science to voluntarily cancel the registrations for all of
their products containing O,O-dimethyl O-(4-methylthio)-m-tolyl)phosphorothioate(Fenthion).  EPA intends to grant this request by issuing a cancellation order at the close of
the comment period for this announcement unless the Agency receives substantive
comments within the comment period that would me rit its further review of this request.  It
is EPA's intent that the effective date of the cancellation order, as requested by Bayer, will
be 30 June 2004.  Upon the effective date of the cancellation order, any distribution or saleof products listed in this notice will be prohibited as of 30 June 2004, except for return of
unused portions to Bayer or for proper disposal.  EPA expects use of products listed in this
notice will be permitted until 30 November 2004.  Any such use must be in accordance
with the label.  Bayer has submitted, and EPA intends to approve, label amendments
intended to further mitigate the risks of Fenthion.  Because Bayer has requestedcancellation of the registrations of all of its Fenthion products, Bayer is not required to
satisfy the data requirements in any of the Agency's Data Call-Ins, including the
Developmental Neurotoxicity Data Call-In.
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other
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8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [ X ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:   NA
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  DOCID:
fr30my03-66, Federal Register:  30 May 2003 (Volume 68, Number 104)
Pages 32495-32497;http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/May/Day-30/p13561.htm; Available inEnglish
10. Proposed date of adoption: :  30 June 2003
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  not applicable
12. Final date for comments:  29 July 2003
Agency or authority designated to handl e 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.  opp-docket@epa.gov
Note:  Identify docket name "OPP-2003-0122" 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:
Mr. Bill Janis, U.S. Department of Agri culture, Stop 1027, Washington, DC  20250.  Tel
(202) 720-9047, (202) 720-0677, fstsd@usda.gov