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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1877/Add.3 
17 April 2009  
 (09-1841) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 15 April 2009, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the United States
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Proposed rule:  Importation, Interstate Movement , and Release into the Environment of Certain 
Genetically Engineered Organisms (Docket No. APHIS-2008-0023) - Notice of public meeting and 
extension of public comment period  
  The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Se rvice (APHIS) of the US Department of 
Agriculture is advising the public that it is holding an issue-focused public meeting on 29 and 
30 April 2009, on the above-mentioned proposed rule .  The April 2009 issue meeting will provide an 
opportunity for interested persons to discuss in a collaborative forum the key concerns that were 
raised during the comment period on the proposed rule  with US Department of Agriculture officials 
and with one another.  The comment period of  the proposed rule, published on 9 October 2008, 
reopened and extended at 16 January 2009, is reopened and extended until 29 June 2009. 
  This action is subsequent to a notice publis hed in the Federal Regi ster on 11 March 2009 (FR 
Volume 74, Number 46, Pages 10517-10518, Docket No. APHIS–2008–0023), in which APHIS announced that it was holding a public scoping session for issue-focused public meeting(s) to be held 
in April 2009 on the above-mentioned APHIS proposed  rule.  We also announced that the comment 
period for the proposed rule would be extended for 60 days following the April meeting, and that the 
new date for the close of the comment period w ould be provided in the notice announcing the date 
and other details for the April 2009 meeting.  (To view this notice online, go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html
, select 2009 FR Vol. 74, and type "10517" in search box 
(with quotation marks).) 
 
 This notice is available in English at:  Fe deral Register:  13 April 2009 (Volume 74, Number 
69) Notices Pages 16797-16798.  To view online, go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html , 
select 2009 FR Vol. 74, and type "16797" in search box (with quotation marks). 
 This addendum concerns a: 
 
 [ X ] Modification of final date for comments 
 [   ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  [   ] 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:    G/SPS/N/USA/1877/Add.3 
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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) :  29 June 2009 
 
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
: 
 
You may submit comments by either of the following methods:  
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:  Go to http://www.regulations.gov/
 and search on the docket 
number (APHIS–2008-0023) to submit or view co mments and to view supporting and related 
materials available electronically. 
 
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:  Please send tw o copies of your comment to Docket No. 
APHIS–2008–0023, Regulatory Analysis and Deve lopment, PPD, APHI S, Station 3A–03.8, 
4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.  Please state that your comment refers 
to Docket No. APHIS–2008–0023. 
 
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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