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G/SPS/N/USA/2223/Add.1 
25 October 2011  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum 
  
The following communication, received on 14 Octo ber 2011, is being circulated at the request 
of the Delegation of the United States. 
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Notice of Decision To Authorize the Importation of Fresh Apricot, Sweet Cherry, and Plumcot Fruit 
from South Africa into the Continental United States (Docket No. APHIS-2011-0039) 
 The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Serv ice is advising the public of our decision to 
authorize the importation into the continental Unit ed States of fresh apri cot, sweet cherry, and 
plumcot fruit from South Africa.  Based on the findi ngs of a pest risk analysis, which we made 
available to the public for review and comment through a previous notice, we believe that the 
application of one or more desi gnated phytosanitary measures will be sufficient to mitigate the risks 
of introducing or disseminating plant pests or noxi ous weeds via the importation of fresh apricot, 
sweet cherry, and plumcot fruit from South Africa. We are also revising a treatment schedule in the 
Plant Protection and Quarantine Treatment Ma nual.  Effective date:  3 November 2011. 
 This notice is available in English at:  Fe deral Register: Volume 76, Number 192 (Tuesday, 
4 October 2011), Notice Pages 61340-61341.  To view online, go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html , select 2011 FR Vol. 76, and type "page 61340" in the 
search box (with quotation marks). 
 This action is subsequent to a notice publishe d in the Federal Register on 1 June 2011 (76 FR 
31577-31578, Docket No. APHIS-2011- 0039), in which we announced the availability, for review 
and comment, of a pest risk analysis evaluating the risks associated with the importation into the 
continental United States of fresh apricot, sweet ch erry, and plumcot fruit from South Africa.  We also 
provided notice that we had determined that it w as necessary to revise treatment schedule T107-e in 
the Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Treat ment Manual to include plumcots among the 
commodities to which that treatment schedule may be applied and the Mediterranean and the Bezzi 
fruit fly among the pests it is intended to eliminate.  We solicited comments on the notice for 60 days ending on 1 August 2011.  We di d not receive any comments. 
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/2223/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 commen ts:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] 
National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
For further information contact:  Ms. Dorothy C. Wayson, Senior Regulatory Coordination Specialist, 
Regulations, Permits, and Manuals , PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 141, Riverdale, MD 20737; 
+1 (301) 734-0772  
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 1014, 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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