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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1976/Add.1 
9 June 2010  
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Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 4 June 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 Fresh Male Summer Squash Flowers From 
Israel into the Continental United States (APHIS-2010-0003)  
 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 fresh male summer squash flowers from Israel.  
Based on the findings of a pest risk analysis, whic h we made available to the public for review and 
comment through a previous notice, we believe th at the application of one or more designated 
phytosanitary measures will be suffi cient to mitigate the risks of introducing or disseminating plant 
pests or noxious weeds via the importation of fr esh male summer squash flowers from Israel. 
 This notice is available in English at:  Fe deral Register:  25 May 2010 (Volume 75, Number 
100) Notices Pages 29309-29310.  To view online, go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html , 
select 2010 FR Vol. 75, and type "page 29309"  in the search box (with quotation marks). 
 This action is subsequent to a notice publishe d in the Federal Register on 9 February 2010 
(75 FR 6346, Docket No. APHIS–2010–0003), in whic h 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 male summer squ ash flowers from Israel.  (To view this notice 
online, go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html , select 2010 FR Vol. 75, and type 
"page 6346" in the search box (with quotation ma rks)).  We solicited comments on the notice for 
60 days ending on 12 April 2010.  We received one comment during that time.  The commenter wrote in support of allowing the importation of fresh ma le summer squash flowers from Israel into the 
continental United States. 
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/1976/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:  Ms Donna L. West, Senior Import Specialist, 
Regulatory Coordination and Compliance, PPQ, APHI S, 4700 River 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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