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G/SPS/N/USA/1941/Add.1 
8 June 2011  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum 
  
The following communication, received on 6 June 2011, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the United States. 
 
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Final Rule:  Importation of Plants for Planting;  Establishing a Category of Plants for Planting not 
Authorized for Importation Pending Pest Risk Analysis (Docket No. APHIS-2006-0011) 
 The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Se rvice (APHIS) of the US Department of 
Agriculture is amending the regulations to estab lish a new category of regulated articles in the 
regulations governing the importation of nursery st ock, also known as plants for planting.  This 
category will list taxa of plants for planting who se importation is not authorized pending pest risk 
analysis.  If scientific evidence indicates that a taxon  of plants for planting is a quarantine pest or a 
host of a quarantine pest, we will publish a notice th at will announce our determination that the taxon 
is a quarantine pest or a host of a quarantine pest, cite the scientific evidence we considered in making 
this determination, and give the public an opportu nity to comment on our determination.  If we 
receive no comments that change our determination,  the taxon will subsequently  be added to the new 
category.  We will allow any person to petition for a pest risk analysis to be conducted to consider 
whether to remove a taxon that has been added to th e new category.  After the pest risk analysis is 
completed, we will remove the taxon from the cate gory and allow its importa tion subject to general 
requirements, allow its importation subject to specific restrictions, or prohibit its importation.  We will 
consider applications for permits to import small quantities of germplasm from taxa whose 
importation is not authorized pending pest risk an alysis, for experimental or scientific purposes under 
controlled conditions.  This new category will allow us to take prompt action on evidence that the 
importation of a taxon of plants for planting poses a risk while continuing to allow for public 
participation in the process.  This fina l rule will be effec tive on 27 June 2011. 
 This final rule is available in English at: Federal Register:  27 May 2011 (Volume 76, 
Number 103) Notices Page 31172.  To view online, go to 
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html , select 2011 FR Vol. 76, and type "31172" in the search 
box (with quotation marks). 
 This action is subsequent to a proposed rule  published in the Federal Register on 23 July 2009 
(2009 FR Volume 74, Number 140, Pages 36403-36414, Docket No. APHIS-2006-0011), in which 
APHIS announced a proposal to amend the nursery stock regulations.  (To view this notice online, go 
to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html , select 2009 FR Vol. 74, and type "36403" in the 
search box (with quotation marks)).  
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   We solicited comments concerning our proposal for 90 days ending 21 October 2009.  We 
received 256 comments by that date.  They were fro m producers, researchers, importers, conservation 
societies, environmental advocacy groups, represen tatives of State and foreign governments, other 
Federal agencies, and the general public. 
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:  Dr. Arnold Tschanz, Senior Plant Pathologist, Plants for Planting 
Policy, Risk Management and Plants for Planting Policy, RPM, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236;  +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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