G/SPS/N/USA/2272/Add.1
17 September 2014 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 15 Septem ber 2014, is being circulated at the request 
of the Delegation of the United States of America. 
 
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 Determinations: Pest-Free Areas in Australia (Docket No. APHIS-2011-0088) 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is advising the public that we are 
recognizing the Australian States of New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South 
Australia, Tasmania, and Victoria as free of Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly) and the State of Western Australia as free of Queensland fruit fly. Based on our evaluation of the survey protocols 
and other information provided by Australia's national plant protection organization, which we 
made available to the public for review and comment through a previous notice, the Administrator has determined that these areas meet the criteria in our regulations for recognition as pest-free 
areas for either Medfly or Queensland fruit fly. 
This notice is available in English at: http://www.regulations.gov/ #!documentDetail;D=APHIS-
2011-0088-0004  
Federal Register Vol. 79, No. 168, Friday 29 August 2014 pages 51526-51527. 
In accordance with our process, we published a notice in the Federal Register on 
14 September 2011 (76 FR 56730-56731, Docket No. APHIS-2011-0088), in which we announced the availability, for review and comment, of a commodity import evaluation document (CIED) that 
evaluates the information presented by Australia in  support of its request to recognize new areas 
of that country as being free of Ceratitis capitata, the Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly), and to recognize other areas of the country as being free  of Bactrocera tryoni, the Queensland fruit fly. 
Specifically, the Government of Australia asked that we recognize the States of New South Wales, 
Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, and Victoria as free of Medfly and the State of Western Australia as free of Queensland fruit fly. We solicited comments on the notice for 60 days ending on 14 November 2011. We received one comment 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 29 August 2014. G/SPS/N/USA/2272/Add.1 
 
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  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. George Apgar Balady, Senior Regulatory Policy Specialist, 
Regulatory Coordination and Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, 
MD 20737-1236; Tel: +(301) 851 2240  
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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