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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1944/Add.2 
11 March 2010  
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Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 3 March 2010, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the United States
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Notice of Determination of Pest-Free Areas in the Republic of South Africa (APHIS-2009-0037)
 
 The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Se rvice (APHIS) of the US Department of 
Agriculture is advising the public that we are rec ognizing 16 additional magisterial districts in three 
provinces in the Republic of South Africa as pest-free areas for citrus black spot.  Based on our site 
visit to the area and our review of the documen tation submitted by South Africa's national plant 
protection organization, which we made available to the public for review and comment through a 
previous notice, the Administrato r has determined that those dist ricts meet the criteria in our 
regulations for recognition as pest-free areas for c itrus black spot.  This notice is effective 
9 February 2010. 
 This notice is available in English at:  Fe deral Register:  9 February 2010 (Volume 75, 
Number 26) Notices Pages 6347-6348.  To view online, go to 
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html , select 2010 FR Vol. 75, and type "page 6347" in the 
search box (with quotation marks). 
 This action is subsequent to a notice publis hed in the Federal Register on 27 July 2009 
(2009 FR Volume 74, Number 142, Pages 36999-37000, Docket No. APHIS–2009–0037), in which 
APHIS issued a notice announcing the availability, for review and comment, of a commodity import 
evaluation document titled "Recognition of Additional Magisterial District s as Citrus Black Spot Pest-
Free Areas for the Republic of South Africa". (To view this notice online, go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html
, select 2009 FR Vol. 74, and type "36999" in the search 
box (with quotation marks)).  We initially solicited comments on the notice for 60 days ending on 25 September 2009.  However, we extended the comment period to 13 October 2009, to give 
interested persons additional time to prepare and submit comments.  We received 12 comments by 
that date.  Commenters included members of Congress, a diplomatic official, fumigators, importers, distributors, packers, growers, and a citrus marketing association. 
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 G/SPS/N/USA/1944/Add.2 
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  [ ] 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 commen ts:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] 
National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
For further information contact:  Mr. Phillip B. Grove, Regulatory Coordination Specialist, 
Regulatory Coordination and Compliance, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 156, Riverdale, MD 20737;  
+(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 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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