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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1828/Add.1 
18 June 2008  
 (08-2881) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum
 
 
 
The following communication, received on 12 June 2008, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the United States . 
 
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 Availability of a Risk Analysis Evaluating the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Status of Surrey County, 
England (APHIS–2007–0124)  
 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the US Department of 
Agriculture is advising the public that a risk analys is has been prepared by the Agency concerning the 
foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) status of Surrey County, England, and the related disease risks associated with importing ruminants and swine and the fresh meat and other animal products of 
ruminants and swine from Surrey County, England.   This evaluation will be used as a basis for 
determining whether to relieve certain restrictions on the importation of those articles into the United 
States from Surrey County, England.  We are making th is evaluation available to the public for review 
and comment.   In an interim rule effective and published in  the Federal Register on 30 January 2008 (73 FR 
5424–5426, Docket No. 2007–0124), we amended the regulations in 9 CFR 94.1 to remove Surrey 
County, England, from the list of regions that are considered free of rinderpest and FMD.  We also 
amended the regulations in § 94.11 to remove Su rrey County, England, from the list of regions 
considered free of rinderpest and FMD but from wh ich the importation of meat and other animal 
products of ruminants and swine into the United Stat es is subject to additional restrictions.  That 
action was necessary because, by 30 September 2007, a total of eight outbreaks of FMD in Surrey County, England, had been reported to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).  (This 
interim rule can be viewed online; go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html
, select 2008 FR 
Vol. 73, and type 5424 in search box.    In this notice, we are announcing the ava ilability for review and comment of a document 
titled "APHIS Risk Analysis on Importation of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) Virus from Surrey 
County, England, in the United Kingdom".  This ev aluation examines the events that occurred during 
and after the outbreaks and assesses the risk associated with the resumption of importation of ruminants and swine and the fresh meat and othe r animal products of ruminants and swine from 
Surrey County, England.  This risk analysis will serve as a basis for our determination whether to 
continue to prohibit the importation of ruminants and swine and the fresh meat and other animal 
products of ruminants and swine from Surrey County, England.  We are making the risk analysis 
available for public comment for 60 days. 
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   We will consider all comments that we receive  on or before 22 July  2008.  You may submit 
comments by either of the following methods:   • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to  http://www.regulations.gov/fdm spublic/component/main?main=D ocketDetail&d=APHIS-2007-0124
 
to submit or view comments and to view supportin g and related materials available electronically. 
  • Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Please se nd two copies of your comment to Docket No. 
APHIS–2007–0124, Regulatory Analysis and Deve lopment, PPD, APHIS, Station 3A–03.8, 4700 
River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.  Pleas e state that your comme nt refers to Docket 
No. APHIS–2007–0124. 
  You may also contact Dr. Chip Wells, Senior  Staff Veterinarian, Regionalization Evaluation 
Services Import Staff, National Center for Impor t and Export, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 38, 
Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; tel. +1 301 734–4356. 
 
 This notice was published in the Federal Register: 23 May 2008 (Volume 73, Number 101) Proposed Rules Pages 30002-30003 (available in  English).  To view online, go to 
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html
, select 2008 FR Vol. 73, and type in 30002. 
  United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, 
International Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1027, 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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