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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1921/Add.1 
30 September 2010  
 (10-4971) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 24 Se ptember 2010, is being circulated at the 
request of the Delegation of the United States
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Proposed Rule;  Supplemental: Importation of Wooden Handicrafts from China (APHIS-2007-0117)  
 The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Se rvice (APHIS) of the US Department of 
Agriculture is proposing a change related to our pr oposed rule published in the Federal Register on 
9 April 2009, that would amend the regulations to  provide for the importati on of wooden handicrafts 
from China under certain conditions.  One of tho se conditions would have required that, unless the 
handicrafts are under six inches in diameter and trea ted with methyl bromide, they must be treated 
with heat treatment or heat treatment with moistu re reduction that raises the temperature at the center 
of the handicraft to at least 71.1°C and maintains th e handicraft at that center temperature for at least 
75 minutes.  Based on a recently published article , in this supplemental proposed rule we are 
proposing measures that would modify this requirement to a temperature at the ce nter of at least 60 °C 
for a duration of at least 60 minutes. 
 This notice is available in English at:  Federal Register:  23 Se ptember 2010 (Volume 75, 
Number 184) Notices Pages 57864-57866.  To view online, go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html
, select 2010 FR Vol. 75, and type "page 57864" in the 
search box (with quotation marks). 
 This action is subsequent to a notice publishe d in the Federal Register on 9 April 2009 (74 FR 
16146-16151, Docket No. APHIS-2007-0117) in which APHIS announced a proposal to authorize the 
importation of wooden handicrafts from China under cer tain conditions.  To view this notice online, 
go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html , select 2009 FR Vol. 74, and type "page 16146" in 
the search box (with quotation marks)).  We so licited comments concerning the proposed rule for 
60 days ending 8 June 2009.  We received eight comme nts by that date.  They were from the national 
plant protection organization (NPPO) of China, a Stat e department of agriculture, manufacturers of 
Chinese wooden handicrafts, a public advocacy  organization, and private citizens. 
This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[ ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation 
[X] 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/1921/Add.1 
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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) :  We will consider all comments that we receive on or before 
22 November 2010. 
Agency or authority designated to handle commen ts:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] 
National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
For additional information, you may contact: Mr. John Tyrone Jones, Trade Director (Forestry 
Products), Phytosanitary Issues Management, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 140, Riverdale, 
MD 20737-1231; +1 (301) 734-8860.  
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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