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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1944 
31 July 2009 
 (09-3724) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES  
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the US 
Department of Agriculture 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Plants 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[   ] All trading partners, or 
[ X ] Specific regions or countries:  South Africa  
5. Title of the notified document:  Notice:  Determination of Pest-Free Areas in the 
Republic of South Africa; Request fo r Comments (Docket No. APHIS-2009-0037) 
Language:  English  Number of pages:  2 
6. Description of content:  The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the 
public that we have received a request from the Government of the Republic of 
South Africa to recognize 16 additional magisterial districts in 3 provinces as pest-free areas for citrus black spot.  After reviewi ng the documentation submitted in support of this 
request, the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has 
determined that these areas meet the criteria  in our regulations for recognition as pest-free 
areas.  We are making that determination, as well as an evaluation document we have prepared in connection with this acti on, available for review and comment. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection, [  
 ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)    
[   ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)     G/SPS/N/USA/1944 
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   [ X ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)   ISPM 4 
Requirements for the Establishment of Pest Free Areas.  The document prepared in connection with this action is based on the provisions of  ISPM-4 without 
significant deviation.  
[   ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ X ] Yes   [   ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal 
Register:  27 July 2009 (Volume 74, Number  142), Notices Pages 36999-37000.  Available 
online in English at:  http://edocket.access.gpo. gov/2009/E9-17794.htm  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
[   ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  25 September 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National Notification 
Authority, [   ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
You may submit comments by either of the following methods: 
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:  Go to http://www.regulations.gov/  and search on the 
docket number (APHIS–2009-0037) to submit  or view comments and to view 
supporting and related materials available electronically. 
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:  Please send two copies of your comment to 
Docket No. APHIS–2009–0037, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.  Please state that your comment refers to Docket No. APHIS–2009–0037. 
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 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National Notification Authority, [   ] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
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