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G/SPS/N/USA/2109/Add.1 
2 August 2011  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum 
  
The following communication, received on 29 July 2011, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the United States. 
 
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Final Rule:  Importation of Shepherd's Purse with  Roots from the Republic of Korea Into the United 
States (Docket No. APHIS-2009-0086) 
 The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Serv ice is amending the regulations concerning the 
importation of fruits and vegetables to allow the im portation of fresh shepherd's purse with roots from 
the Republic of Korea into the United States under a co mbination of mitigations to reduce the risk of 
introducing plant pests.  As a condition of entry, the shepherd's purse will have to be produced in 
accordance with a systems appro ach that will include requirements for importation of commercial 
consignments, pest-free place of production, remova l of soil, and inspection for quarantine pests by 
the national plant protection organization of the Repub lic of Korea.  The shepherd's purse will also 
have to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate with an additional declaration stating that it was 
grown, packed, and inspected and found to be free of  pests in accordance with the regulations.  This 
action will allow the importation of fresh shepherd 's purse with roots from the Republic of Korea 
while continuing to protect against the introduc tion of plant pests into the United States. 
 This final rule is available in English at:  Federal Register:  26 July 2011 (Volume 76, 
Number 143) Notices Pages 44455-4 4457. To view online, go to 
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html , select 2011 FR Vol. 76, and type "page 44455" in the 
search box (with quotation marks). 
 This action is subsequent to a notice publis hed in the Federal Register on 12 October 2010, 
we published in the Federal Register (75 FR 62484-62486, Docket No. APHIS-2009-0086) a 
proposed rule 1 to amend the regulations concerni ng the importation of fruits and vegetables to allow 
the importation of fresh shepherd's purse with roots from the Republic of Korea into the United States 
under a combination of mitigations to reduce the risk of introducing plant pests.  We prepared a pest 
risk assessment (PRA), titled "Importation of Shephe rd's Purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.) 
leaves and stems with roots from Republic of Korea in to the United States, A Pathway-Initiated Risk 
Assessment" (October 2007).  The PRA evaluated the risks associated with the importation of 
shepherd's purse into the United States from the Republic of Korea.  Based on the information 
contained in the PRA, APHIS has determined that  measures beyond standard port-of-entry inspection 
are required to mitigate the risks posed by these quarantined areas.  To recommend specific measures 
to mitigate those risks, we prepared a risk ma nagement document (RMD).  We solicited comments 
concerning the PRA and RMD for 60 days ending 13 December 2010.  We received two comments 
by that date. They were from a private citizen and a State division of consumer services. Both G/SPS/N/USA/2109/Add.1 
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  comments were in general agreement with the pr oposed action; however, there were suggestions 
made regarding inspections. 
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:    
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, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax num ber and e-mail address (if available) of other 
body: 
For further information contact:  Ms. Dorothy Wayson, Regulatory Coordination Specialist, PPQ, 
APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 39, 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 14, 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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