G/SPS/N/USA/2662/Add.1
24 October 2014 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 23 October 2014, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the United States of America. 
 
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 Final Rule: Expansion of Areas in the Philippine s Considered Free of Mango Seed Weevil and Mango 
Pulp Weevil and Establishment of a Lower Irradiation Dose as a Treatment for Mango Pulp Weevil 
(Docket No. APHIS-2013-0057) 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the list of designated pest-free areas 
for mango seed weevil and mango pulp weevil with in the Philippines. We are also amending the 
Plant Protection and Quarantine Treatment Manual  to establish a specific approved dose of 
irradiation as an authorized treatment for mango pulp weevil. These actions are necessary because surveys have determined that additional areas with in the Philippines are free of mango seed weevil 
and mango pulp weevil. Additionally, we have determined that the mango pulp weevil can be 
neutralized with a lower dose of irradiation than the current generic dose for most plant pests of the class Insecta. 
This rule is available in English at: http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2013-
0057-0013  
Federal Register Vol. 79, No. 190, Wednesday, 10 October 2014, pages 59087-59089. 
Based on the evidence presented in the CIED, on 10 April 2014, we published in the Federal 
Register (79 FR 19838-19840, Docket No. APHIS-2013-0057) a proposal to amend the list of 
designated pest-free areas for mango seed weevil and mango pulp weevil within the Philippines. 
We also proposed to amend the box labelling restriction in § 301.56-33(d) and the additional 
declaration requirement in § 319.56-33(e) to refer to areas that are free of mango seed weevil 
and mango pulp weevil in accordance with the re gulations in § 319.56-5 rather than to specific 
areas. This allows us to update the list of pest-f ree areas through a notice published in the Federal 
Register in accordance with § 319.56-5 rather than a proposed rule. 
In addition, the proposed rule provided notice of a new pest-specific irradiation dose of 165 Gy 
that we determined is effective against mango pulp weevil in mangoes. The reasons for that 
determination were described in a treatment evaluation document (TED) we prepared in support of 
that action. Therefore, we proposed to allow the importation of mangoes from areas of the 
Philippines that are either free of mango pulp weev il or that are treated for that pest with the new 
pest-specific irradiation dose. Because the Plan t Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Treatment 
Manual also lists a pest-specific irradiation dose of 300 Gy for mango seed weevil, which was not 
previously reflected in the regulations, we also proposed to allow the importation of mangoes from areas of the Philippines that are either free of ma ngo seed weevil or that are treated for that pest 
in accordance with the authorized pest-specific irradiation dose listed in the Treatment Manual. 
Finally, we proposed to amend the regulations to  allow the use of any approved treatments for 
Bactrocera fruit flies rather than specifically with vapor heat. This allows for the treatment of mangoes from the Philippines with the new irradiation dose for mango pulp weevil or the current 
irradiation dose for mango seed weevil, both of which exceed the minimum irradiation dose 
approved for the treatment of Bactrocera fruit flies. G/SPS/N/USA/2662/Add.1 
 
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  We solicited comments on the proposed rule for 60 days ending 9 June 2014. We received eight 
comments by that date. 
This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation 
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of  previously notified draft regulation 
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation 
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force 
[ ] Other:   
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified 
measure in terms of products and/or potent ially affected Members, a new deadline for 
receipt of comments should be provided, norm ally of at least 60 calendar days. Under 
other circumstances, such as extension of or iginally announced final date for comments, 
the comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : This rule is effective October 1, 2014. 
Agency or authority designated to handle co mments: [ ] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax nu mber and e-mail address (if available) of 
other body: 
For further information contact Mr. Juan A. (Tony) Román, Senior Regulatory Policy Specialist, 
PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; Tel: +(301) 851 2242.  
Text(s) available from: [X] National Notificati on Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e-mail addre ss (if available) of other body: 
United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1014, Washington D.C. 20250; Tel: +(1 202) 
720 1301; Fax: +(1 202) 720 0433; E-mail: us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov. 
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