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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/816
7 October 2003
(03-5295)
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):   Pesticide products that contain dinocap as their active ingredient
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:   Dinocap; Availability of
Reregistration Eligibility Decision Document for Comment, (available in English, 3 pages).
6. Description of content:  This notice announces availability and starts a 30-day public
comment period on the Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) document for the
pesticide active ingredient dinocap, which consists of a voluntary cancellation of all
United States (U.S.) product registrations.  The registrant for dinocap, Dow AgroSciences,
LLC, has indicated their intention to retain the existing tolerances for apples and grapes for
import purposes.  EPA finds that there is a reasonable certainty that no harm will resultfrom dinocap use on apples and grapes imported into the U.S.
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, 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:   not applicable
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  DOCID:fr03se17-64,
Federal Register:  17 September 2003 (Volume 68, Number 180) Pages 54449-54451;
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/September/Day-17/p23276.htm;  available
in English
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not applicable
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  17 September 2003G/SPS/N/USA/816
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12. Final date for comments:  17 October 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.govNote:  Identify docket name "OPP-2003-0268" 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. Roseanne Freese, United States SPS Enquiry Point Officer, USDA Foreign
Agricultural Service, Food Safety and Technical Services Division, Stop 1027,
Washington, DC  20250.  Tel:  (202) 690-1642, Fax:  (202) 720 7772,E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov