G/SPS/N/USA/2838/Add.1  
 
15 August 2016  
(16-4388) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 15 August 2016, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of  the United States of America . 
 
_______________  
 
 
Notice: Import Authorizations: Fresh Pomegranates from Peru into the Con tinental United States 
(Docket # APHIS -2016-0012) 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public of our decision to authorize 
the importation of fresh pomegranates from Peru into the continental United States. Based on the 
findings of a pest risk analysis, which we made available for the public to review and comment 
through a previous notice, we have concluded that the application of designated phytosanitary 
measures will be sufficient to mitigate the risks of introducing or dissemin ating plant pests via the 
importation of fresh pomegranates from Peru.  
The notice is available in English at: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=APHIS -2016-
0012-0012. 
Federal Register/Vol. 81, No. 154/Wednesday, 10 August 2016/pgs. 52810 - 52811  
In accordance with that process, we published a notice in the Federal Register on 14 March 2016 
(81 FR 13310, Docket No. APHIS -2016-0012), in which we announced the availability, for rev iew 
and comment, of a pest risk assessment (PRA) that identifies pests of quarantine significance that 
could follow the pathway of importation of pomegranates from Peru into the continental United 
States. We solicited comments on the PRA and risk managemen t document (RMD) for 60 days, 
ending on 13 May 2016. 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  
[ ] Modifica tion 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 potentially affected Members, a new deadline for 
receipt of comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under 
other circumstances, such as extension of originally announ ced 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) : Not applicable. Effective 10 August 2016.  G/SPS/N/USA/2838/Add.1  
 
- 2 - 
 
  Agency or authority designate d to handle comments: [ ]  National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of 
other body:  
Mr David B. Lamb, Senior Regulatory Policy Specialist, PPQ, APHIS, USDA, 4700 River Road Unit 
133, Riverdale, MD 20737 -1236; +(301) 851 2103; E -mail: David.B.Lamb@aphis.usda.gov  
Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
United States SP S 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  
_____ _____