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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1863/Add.1 
24 December 2008  
 (08-6317) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 22 December 2008, 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 Importa tion of Fresh White Asparagus from Senegal into 
the Continental United States (APHIS-2008-0084)  
 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Se rvice (APHIS) of the US Department of 
Agriculture is announcing our decision to begin issuing permits for the importation into the 
continental United States of fresh white aspar agus from Senegal subject to the following 
phytosanitary measures:  
• Each shipment of white asparagus must be  accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate 
bearing the following additional declaration:  "The white asparagus in this consignment 
has been inspected and found free of Cochliobolus pallescens
 (Curvulaia pallescens )."  
The phytosanitary certificate with the additi onal declaration must be issued by the 
national plant protection or ganization of Senegal. 
 
• Each shipment is subject to inspecti on upon arrival in the United States.   
 
• The white asparagus must be a commercial consignment as defined in 7 CFR 319.56-2. 
  These conditions will be listed in the Fruits  and Vegetables Import Requirements database 
(available at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/favir
).  In addition to those speci fic measures, the fresh white 
asparagus will be subject to the general requirement s listed in § 319.56-3 that are applicable to the 
importation of all fruits and vegetables. 
  This notice is available in English at:  Fe deral Register:  19 December 2008 (Volume 73, 
Number 245) Notice Page 77594. To view online, go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html
, 
select 2008 FR Vol. 73, and type "77594" in search box (with quotation marks). 
 
 This action is subsequent to a notice publis hed in the Federal Register on 18 August 2008 (73 
FR 48189–48190, Docket No. APHIS–2008–0084), in  which we announced the availability, for 
review and comment, of a pest risk analysis that  evaluates the risks associated with the importation 
into the continental United States of fresh white as paragus from Senegal.  (To view this notice online, 
go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html , select 2008 FR Vol. 73, and type "48189" in 
searchbox (with quotation marks)).  We solicited comments on the notice for 60 days ending on 
17 October 2008.  We received one comment by that  date, from a State department of agriculture.  G/SPS/N/USA/1863/Add.1 
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  The commenter agreed that the m itigation measures described in the pest risk analysis would be 
adequate.  
This addendum concerns a: 
  [   ] Modification of final date for comments 
 [ X ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation 
  Effective date 19 December 2008  [   ] Modification of content and/or sc ope of previously notified draft regulation 
 [   ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation 
 [   ] Change in proposed date of adoptio n, publication or date of entry into force 
 [   ] Other:    
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, [ X ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax num ber and E-mail address (if available) of other 
body
: 
 
For additional information, you may contact:  Dr . Shirley Wager Pagé, Branch Chief, Commodity 
Import Analysis and Operations Staff, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-
1231; +1 (301) 734-8758   
Text 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, 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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