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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1669 
10 August 2007  
 (07-3379) 
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):  Plants and plant products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  All 
countries 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Amendments to 
Treatments for Plant Pests (ava ilable in English, 4 pages) 
6. Description of content:  The Animal and Plant Health Insp ection Service is proposing to 
amend the regulations for the treatment of plant pests by removing two treatment options that 
we now believe to be ineffective at neutralizing their target plant pests.  A review of these 
treatments found these options to be ineffec tive.  We are also proposing to remove two 
treatment schedules that are no longer authorized for use and to clarify the fruits and 
vegetables on which two methyl bromide trea tments may be used.  These changes would 
ensure that ineffective or unauthorized treatments are not used and clarify the regulations.  
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 :  
5 July 2007 (Volume 72, Number 128), Page 36629 (available in English) 
Available at Federal Register on-line via GPO Access website:  
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html  
Enter page # under "Quick Search" and link to relevant document. 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A G/SPS/N/USA/1669 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  N/A 
12. Final date for comments:  4 September 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 :  
Dr. Inder P. S. Gadh, Senior Risk Manager-T reatments, Phytosanitary  Issues Management, 
PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; +(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 Di vision (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington, D.C. 
20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720 1301;  Fax:  +(1 (202) 690 0677;  E-mail:  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov