G/SPS/N/USA/2243/Add.2  
 
28 July 2015  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 24 July 2015, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the United States of America. 
 
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 Final Rule: New Regulated Countries and Regulated Articles: Khapra Beetle (Docket 
No. APHIS-2013-0079) 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is adopting as a final rule, with changes, an interim rule that amended the khapra beetle re gulations by adding additional regulated articles 
and regulated countries, updating the regulations to reflect changes in industry practices and 
country names that have changed since the regulations were originally published, and removing 
the list of countries where khapra beetle is known to occur from the regulations and moving it to the Plant Protection and Quarantine Web site. These actions were necessary to prevent the 
introduction of khapra beetle from infested countries on commodities that have been determined 
to be hosts for the pest, reflect current industry practices, and make it easier to make timely changes to the list of regulated countries. 
This notice is available in English at: http://www.regulations.gov/ #!documentDetail;D=APHIS-
2015-0007-0005 . 
Federal Register Vol. 80, No. 139, Tuesday, 21 July 2015, pages 43009-43011 
In an interim rule effective and published in the Federal Register on 29 December 2014 
(79 FR 77839-77841, Docket No. APHIS-2013-0079), we amended the khapra beetle regulations 
in 7 CFR part 319 by adding rice ( Oryza sativa ), chick peas ( Cicer spp.), safflower seeds 
(Carthamus tinctorius ), and soybeans ( Glycine max ) to the list of regulated articles in §319.75-2 
and prohibiting their entry into the United States unless accompanied by a phytosanitary 
certificate with an additional declaration stating that the articles in the consignment were inspected and found free of khapra beetle in accordance with §319.75-9. We also added bulk, 
unpackaged seeds to the list of regulated articles due to their potential for infestation by khapra 
beetle. In addition, we updated the list of regulated countries in §319.75-2(b) and moved that list 
to the Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Website at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plants/ manuals/ports/downloads/kb.pdf. Countries will 
be added to the list of regulated areas when we rece ive official notification from the country that it 
is infested or when we intercept the pest in a commercial shipment from that country. Any future additions to the list of regulated areas will be conveyed through publication of a notice in the 
Federal Register. Finally, we updated the regulations for certain commodities due to changes in 
industry practices that have affected the risk of khapra beetle being introduced into the United States. These actions were necessary to prevent the introduction of khapra beetle from infested countries on commodities that have been determined to be hosts for the pest, reflect 
current industry practices, and make it easier to make timely changes to the list of regulated 
countries. We solicited comments concerning the interim rule for 60 days ending 27 February 2015. We received one comment by that date. 
To view the interim rule and the comments we received, go to 
http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0079 . G/SPS/N/USA/2243/Add.2 
 
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  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 final rule is effective 21 July 2015. 
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; +(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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