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G/SPS/N/USA/2440 
8 August 2012  
 (12-4360) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the US 
Department of Agriculture 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Plants and plant products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Proposed Rule: Chrysanthemum White Rust Regulatory 
Status and Restrictions (Docket No. APHIS-2012-0001)  Language(s):  English  Number 
of pages:  2 
 http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-08-03/html/2012-19024.htm  
6. Description of content:  The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is 
soliciting public comment on whether and how we should amend our process for 
responding to domestic chrysanthemum white ru st (CWR) outbreaks and the importation of 
plant material that is a host of CWR.  Domestically, CWR host plants must be surveyed and, if found to be infected with CWR, must  undergo quarantine, destruction, treatment, or 
other sanitation measures called for in our Nati onal Management Plan.  The importation of 
CWR host plants for planting from a number of countries and localities is currently 
prohibited to prevent the introduction of CW R into the United States of America.  In 
addition, importation of cut flowers of CWR host plants from countries where CWR is known to occur is currently restricted.  We ar e re-evaluating our current regulatory strategy 
in order to improve the effectiveness and ec onomic efficiency of our programs.  After 
evaluating public comment on the issues presen ted in this document,  we will determine 
whether to propose changes to our existing regulations. 
Federal Register Volume 77, Number 150 (Friday, August 3, 2012) Pages 46339-46340 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other damage from pests.    G/SPS/N/USA/2440 
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  8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [X] Yes   [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:      
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure Not applicable  
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  We will consider all comments that we receive on or before 
2 October 2012. 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
You may submit comments by either of the following methods: Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 
http://www.regulations.gov/#!docum entDetail;D=APHIS-2012-0001-0001 . 
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your  comment to Docket No. APHIS-2012-0001, 
Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, AP HIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road 
Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. 
Supporting documents and any comments we receive on this docket may be viewed at 
http://www.regulations.gov/#! docketDetail;D=APHIS-2012-0001 . 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Lynn Evans-Goldner, National 
Program Manager, Emergency and Domestic  Programs, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road 
Unit 160, Riverdale, MD 20737; +1 (301) 851-2286. 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   United States 
SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Fore ign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), St op 1014, Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel:  +1 
(202) 720 1301;  Fax:  +1  (202) 720 0433;  E-mail:  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov