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G/SPS/N/USA/2249 
29 July 2011  
 (11-3906) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES 
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):  Taxa of plants for planting whose impo rtation is under consideration for the 
category Not Authorized Pending Risk Analysis  as specified in Federal Register Notice 
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:  Plants for Planting Whose Importation is Not Authorized 
Pending Pest Risk Analysis; Notice of Availab ility of Data Sheets for Taxa of Plants for 
Planting that Are Quarantine Pests or Host s of Quarantine Pests (Docket No. APHIS-2011-
0072)    Language(s):  English  Number of pages:  2 
 http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-07-26/html/2011-18845.htm  
6. Description of content:  In a final rule published in the Federal Register on 27 May 2011 
(Docket No. APHIS-2006-0011) (notified to the WTO as G/SPS/N/USA/1941/Add.1), and effective on 27 June 2011, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)  
established under its Regulations a new category of plants for planting whose importation is 
not authorized pending pest risk analysis (NAPPRA) in order to prevent the introduction of 
quarantine pests into the United States.  The fi nal rule established two lists of taxa whose 
importation is NAPPRA:  A list of taxa of plan ts for planting that are quarantine pests, and 
a list of taxa of plants for planting that are hosts  of quarantine pests.  For taxa of plants for 
planting that have been determined to be quara ntine pests, the list will include the names of 
the taxa.  For taxa of plants for planting that are hosts of quarantine pests, the list will 
include the names of the taxa, the foreign places from which the taxa's importation is not authorized, and the quarantine pests of concern.  The final rule did not add any taxa to the 
NAPPRA lists at the time it was published. 
In accordance with the process for adding ta xa to the NAPPRA lists as listed in our 
Regulations, APHIS is advising the public via this Notice that we have determined that 
41 taxa of plants for planting are quarantine p ests and 107 taxa of plants for planting are 
hosts of 13 quarantine pests and therefore should be added to our lists of taxa of plants for 
planting whose importation is not authorized pendi ng pest risk analysis.  This notice also 
makes available data sheets that we have prepared detailing the scientific evidence we G/SPS/N/USA/2249 
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  evaluated in making the determination that the taxa are quarantine pests or hosts of 
quarantine pests.  We are making these data sheets available to the public for review and 
comment at:  http://www.regulations.gov/#! docketDetail;D=APHIS-2011-0072  . 
For taxa of plants for planting that are hosts of quarantine pests, the data sheets specify the 
countries from which these taxa's importation wo uld not be authorized pending pest risk 
analysis.  In most cases, the importation of the taxa would not be authorized from any 
country. For further details, please refer to the Federal Register Notice. 
After reviewing any comments we receive, we will announce our decision regarding the 
addition of the taxa described in the data sh eets to the NAPPRA lists in a subsequent notice 
published in the Federal Register.  If APHIS determines that the taxa are quarantine pests or hosts of quarantine pests remains unchanged fo llowing our consideration of the comments, 
then we will add the taxa described in the data sheets to the appropriate NAPPRA list and 
these taxa will be prohibited 15 days after publication of the final notice. 
Federal Register:  26 July 2011 (Volume 76, Issue 143), Notice Pages 44572-44573.  
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)    
[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) :  After reviewing any comments we recei ve during the 60-day comment period 
following publication of this notice of the Plants  for Planting lists of Plant Taxa, we will 
announce our decision regarding the addition of th e taxa described in the data sheets to the 
NAPPRA lists in a subsequent notice published in  the Federal Register and the taxa listed 
will be prohibited 15 days after publication of the final notice. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  26 September 2011.  G/SPS/N/USA/2249 
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  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/  and search on the docket 
number (APHIS-2011-0072) to submit or view  comments and to view supporting and 
related materials available electronically. 
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:  Please send two copies of your comment to Docket No. 
APHIS-2011-0072, Regulatory Analysis and Deve lopment, PPD, APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 
4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238.  Please state that your comment refers to Docket No. APHIS-2011-0072. 
For further information contact:  Dr. Arnold Tschanz, Senior Plant Pathologist/Senior Risk 
Manager, Plants for Planting Policy, RPM, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, 
Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; +1 (301) 734-0627. 
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), Stop 1014, Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720 1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 720 0433;  E-mail:  us.s psenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov