. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1705 
3 September 2007  
 (07-3687) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  UNITED STATES
  
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 numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Lemons  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  
Argentina 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Availability of a Draft 
Pest Risk Assessment for Lemons from Argentina (available in English, 2 pages) 
6. Description of content:  The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the 
public that a draft pest risk assessment has been prepared by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service relative to our consideration of a request to allow the importation into the 
continental United States of fresh lemons from Ar gentina. We are making this draft pest risk 
assessment available to the pub lic for review and comment.  
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    
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:    
9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   F e d e r a l  R e g i s t e r :  
13 August 2007 (Volume 72, Number 155) , Page 45216 (available in English) 
Available at Federal Register on-line via GPO Access website: 
http://www.gpoaccess. gov/fr/retrieve.html   , select "2007 Federal Register, volume 72" 
Enter page # 45216 and "submit" to  link to relevant document. 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  N/A G/SPS/N/USA/1705 
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  12. Final date for comments:  12 October 2007 
Comments in general will be accepted at anyt ime after publication of the notice of filing; 
however, if a final rule is promulgated, it will address only those comments that were 
received prior to publication of the final rule. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body: 
For further information contact
:  
Mr. Juan Roman, Import Specialist, PPQ, APHI S, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 
20737-1237; +(1 301) 734-8758 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notificati on authority, [   ] Na tional enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
United States SPS National Notification Aut hority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, 
International Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 
20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720-1301;  Fa x:  +(1 202) 690-0677;  E-mail:  
us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov