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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1977/Add.2 
14 April 2011  
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Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 8 April 2 011, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the United States
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Notice of Decision to Issue Permits for the Impor tation of Fresh Figs from Chile into the United 
States (APHIS-2009-0097)  
 The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Se rvice (APHIS) of the US Department of 
Agriculture is advising the public of the Agency 's decision to begin issuing permits for the 
importation into the continental United States of fres h figs from Chile.  Based on the findings of pest 
risk analyses, which we made available to the p ublic for review and comment through a previous 
notice, we believe that the application of one or more designated phytosanitary measures will be 
sufficient to mitigate the risks of introducing or disseminating plant pests or noxious weeds via the 
importation of fresh figs from Chile. 
 This notice is available in English at:  Fede ral Register:  4 April 2011 (Volume 76, Number 
64) Notices Pages 18511-18512.  To view online, go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html , 
select 2011 FR Vol. 76, and type "page 18511"  in the search box (with quotation marks). 
 This action is subsequent to a notice publishe d in the Federal Register on 9 February 2010 (75 
FR 6344-6345, Docket No. APHIS-2009-0097), in wh ich we announced the availability, for review 
and comment, of two pest risk analyses that evaluate  the risks associated with the importation into the 
continental United States of fresh figs, pomegranates,  and baby kiwi fruit from Chile.  (To view this 
notice online, go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html , select 2010 FR Vol. 75, and type 
"page 6344" in the search box (with quotation marks )).  We solicited comments on the notice for 60 
days ending on 12 April 2010.  We received 25 comme nts by that date, from port terminal operators, 
growers' associations, trade associations, a fumigation service, a State agriculture department, a foreign Government agency, a fore ign trade association,  and several produce importers, exporters, and 
wholesalers. 
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:    G/SPS/N/USA/1977/Add.2 
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  Comment period:  (If the addendum extends the scope of th e 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 announced final date for comments, th e 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 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ ] National Notification Authority, 
[  ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
For additional information, you may contact:  Ms. Claudia Ferguson, Regulatory Policy Specialist, 
Regulatory Coordination and Compliance, PPQ, APHI S, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 
20737-1231;  +1 (301) 734-0754  
Text available from:  [X] National Notification Au thority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, 
fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
United States SPS National Notification Authority, US DA Foreign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 10 27, 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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