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G/SPS/N/USA/2185/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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Notice of Decision to Authorize the Importation of Fresh Persimmon from the Republic of South 
Africa (Docket No. APHIS-2011-0018) 
 The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Serv ice is advising the public of our decision to 
authorize the importation into the continental United States of fresh persimmon fruit from the 
Republic of South Africa.  Based on the findings 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 designated phytosanitary measures will be su fficient to mitigate the risks of introducing or 
disseminating plant pests or noxious weeds via th e importation of fresh persimmon fruit from South 
Africa. This measure is effective 27 July 2011. 
 This notice is available in English at:  Fede ral Register:  27 July 2011 (Volume 76, Number 
144) Notices Pages 44889-44890.  To view online, go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html , 
select 2011 FR Vol. 76, and type "page 44889"  in the search box (with quotation marks). 
 This action is subsequent to a notice pub lished in the Federal Register on 21 March 2011 
(76 FR 15280, Docket No. APHIS-2011-0018), in wh ich we announced the availability, for review 
and comment, of a PRA that evaluates the risks ass ociated with the importation into the continental 
United States of fresh persimmon fruit (Diospyros ka ki) from the Republic of South Africa.  (To view 
this notice online, go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html , select 2011 FR Vol. 76, and type 
"page 15280" in the search box (with quotation ma rks)). We solicited comments on the notice for 
60 days ending on 20 May 2011.  We received one co mment by that date, from a State agriculture 
agency. 
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/2185/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, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax num ber and e-mail address (if available) of other 
body: 
For further information contact:  Mr. Phillip B. Grove, Regulatory Coordinator, Regulatory 
Coordination and Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 Ri ver Road Unit 156, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; 
+1 (301) 734-6280  
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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