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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/2035/Add.1 
28 September 2010  
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Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 22 Se ptember 2010, is being circulated at the 
request of the Delegation of the United States
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Notice of Decision to Issue Permits for the Importation of Sweet Limes From Mexico Into the 
Continental United States (APHIS-2010-0058)  
 The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Se rvice (APHIS) of the US Department of 
Agriculture is advising the public of the Agency 's decision to begin issuing permits for the 
importation into the continental United States of swee t limes from Mexico.  Based on the findings of a 
pest risk analysis, which we made available to th e public for review and comment through a previous 
notice, we believe that the application of one or more designated phytosanitary measures will be 
sufficient to mitigate the risks of introducing or disseminating plant pests or noxious weeds via the 
importation of sweet limes from Mexico. 
 This notice is available in English at:  Federal Register:  17 Se ptember 2010 (Volume 75, 
Number 180) Notices Pages 56981.  To view online, go to 
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html , select 2010 FR Vol. 75, and type "page 56981" in the 
search box (with quotation marks). 
 This action is subsequent to a notice publis hed in the Federal Register on 10 June 2010 
(75 FR 32900-32901, Docket No. APHIS-2010-0058), in which we announced the availability, for 
review and comment, of a pest risk analysis eval uating the risks associated with the importation into 
the continental United States of sweet limes from Mexico.  (To view this notice online, go to 
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html , select 2010 FR Vol. 75, and type "page 32900" in the 
search box (with quotation marks)).  We solicite d comments on the notice for 60 days ending on 
9 August 2010.  We received one comment by that  date, from a State agricultural agency.  The 
commenter concurred with the findings of our pest risk analysis. 
This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation 
[ ] 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/2035/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) :  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ ] National Notification Authority, 
[X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other 
body: 
For additional information, you may contact:  Mr. David Lamb, Import Specialist, Regulatory 
Coordination and Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 Ri ver Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737;  
+(1 301) 734 0627.  
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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