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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/2000/Add.1 
22 February 2011  
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Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 18 Fe bruary 2011, is being circulated at the 
request of the Delegation of the United States
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Affirmation of Interim Rule as Final Rule:  Importa tion of Citrus Seed Imports;  Citrus Greening and 
Citrus Variegated Chlorosis (APHIS-2008-0052)  
 The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Se rvice (APHIS) of the US Department of 
Agriculture is adopting as a final rule, without chan ge, an interim rule that amended the regulations 
governing the importation of nursery stock to prohib it the importation of propagative seed of several 
Rutaceae  (citrus family) genera from certain countries where citrus greening or citrus variegated 
chlorosis (CVC) is present.  The interim rule also  required propagative seed of these genera from all 
other countries to be accompanied by a phytosanitary  certificate with an additional declaration that 
neither citrus greening nor CVC are known to occu r in the country where the seed was produced.  We 
took that action because scientific evidence indicated  that seed of certain genera of the family 
Rutaceae  may be a pathway for the introduction of tho se diseases.  The interim rule was necessary in 
order to prevent the introduction or dissemination of  citrus greening or CVC within the United States. 
 This final rule can be found at:  Federal Regi ster:  15 February 2011 (Volume 76, Number 31) 
Notices Pages 8603-8605.  To view online, go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html , select 
2011 FR Vol. 76, and search on "8 603" (with quotation marks).  
 This action is subsequent to a notice publis hed in the Federal Register on 6 April 2010 (FR 
Volume 75, Number 65, Pages 17289-17295, Docket No. APHIS-2008-0052), in which we announced an interim rule, effective 6 April 20 10, amending the regulations to prohibit the 
importation of propagative seed of several Rutaceae  (citrus family) genera from certain countries 
where HLB (citrus greening or Huanglongbing disease of Citrus) or CVC is present, and to require 
propagative seed of these genera from all other countries to be accompanied by a phytosanitary 
certificate with an additional decl aration that neither HLB nor CVC is known to occur in the country 
where the seed was produced.  (To view this notice online, go to 
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html
, select 2010 FR Vol. 75, and search on "17289" (with 
quotation marks).)  We solicited comments on the no tice for 60 days ending on 7 June 2010.  We 
received three comments by that date, from a citr us nursery, a company engaged in the commercial 
production, packing, and shipping of citrus products , and a State department of agriculture.  For the 
reasons given in the interim rule and in this final rule document, we are adopting the interim rule as a 
final rule, without change. G/SPS/N/USA/2000/Add.1 
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  This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation 
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation 
[ ] Change in period of application of measure 
[X] Other:  Adoption of the interim rule as a final rule without change (effective 
15 February 2011). 
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:  Dr. Arnold Tschanz, Senior Plant Pathologist, Plant 
Health Programs, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Un it 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231;  +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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