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G/SPS/N/USA/2378 
8 June 2012  
 (12-3044) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Cotton seed 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Notice of Availability of a Treatment Evaluation 
Document; Methyl Bromide Fumigation of  Cottonseed (Docket No. APHIS-2012-0040) 
Language(s):  English  Number of pages:  3 
 http://www.regulations.gov/#!docum entDetail;D=APHIS-2012-0040-0001  
6. Description of content:  The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is 
advising the public that we have determined th at it is necessary to immediately add to the 
Plant Protection and Quarantine Treatment Manual a treatment schedule for Methyl bromide fumigation of cottonseed for the fungal plant pathogen Fusarium oxysporum  f. sp. 
vasinfectum  (FOV).  We have prepared a treatment evaluation document that describes the 
new treatment schedule and explains why we have determined that it is effective at 
neutralizing FOV, certain strains of which are quarantine pests.  We are making the 
treatment evaluation document available to the public for review and comment. 
Federal Register:  Volume 77, Number 103 (Tuesday, 29 May 2012), Pages 31564-31566 
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. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    G/SPS/N/USA/2378 
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  [X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [X] Yes   [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:      
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  We will consider all comments that we receive on or before 
30 July 2012. 
Agency or authority designated to handl e 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/#!docum entDetail;D=APHIS-2012-0040-0001  
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your  comment to Docket No. APHIS-2012-0040, 
Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, AP HIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road 
Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. 
Supporting documents and any comments we receive on this docket may be viewed at 
http://www.regulations.gov/#!doc ketDetail;D=APHIS-2012-004020  
For further information contact:  Mr. Ma rc Phillips, Import Specialist, Regulatory 
Coordination and Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 156, Riverdale, MD 
20737; +1 (301) 851-2114 
13. Texts 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, USDA Fore ign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), St op 1014, Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel:  +1 
(202) 720 1301;  Fax:  +1 (202) 720 0433;  E-mail:  us.s psenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov