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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1872/Add.1 
5 January 2009  
 (09-0005) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 19 December 2008, is being circulated at the 
request of the Delegation of United States
. 
 
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Affirmation of interim rule as final rule : Importation of Ash Plants (APHIS–2007–0111)
 
 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Se rvice (APHIS) of the US Department of 
Agriculture is adopting as a final rule, without chan ge, an interim rule that amended the regulations 
governing the importation of nursery stock to pr ohibit or restrict the importation of ash 
(Fraxinus  spp.) plants for planting, except seed, from a ll foreign countries except for certain areas in 
Canada that are not regulated areas for emerald ash  borer.  The interim rule was necessary to prevent 
further introductions of emerald ash borer into the United States and to prevent the artificial spread of 
this destructive plant pest.  
This final rule can be found at:  Federal Re gister:  18 December 2008 (Volume 73, Number 
244) Notices Page 76863.  To view online, go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html
, select 
2008 FR Vol. 73, and type "76863" in search box (with quotation marks). 
 
This action is subsequent to a notice publishe d in the Federal Register on 23 September 2008 
(FR Volume 73, Number 185, Pages 54665–54667, Docket No. APHIS–2007–0111), in which we 
announced the interim rule on the importation of ash  plants.  (To view this notice online, go to 
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html , select 2008 FR Vol. 73, and type "54665" in search box 
(with quotation marks).)  We solicited comments on the notice for 60 days ending on 24 November 2008.  We received one comment by that date, from a State entomologist who expressed support for the interim rule.  Therefore, fo r the reasons given in the interim rule, we are 
adopting the interim rule as a final rule without change. 
 
This addendum concerns a: 
 
 [   ] Modification of final date for comments 
 [   ] Modification of content and/or sc ope of previously notified draft regulation 
 [   ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  [   ] Change in period of application of measure  [ X ] Other:  Adoption of the interim rule as a final rule without change (effective 
23 September 2008) 
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  Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National Notification Authority, [ X ] 
National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body
: 
 For additional information, you may contact:  Dr. Arnold Tschanz, Senior Risk Manager, Commodity 
Import Analysis and Operations, PPQ, APHIS,  4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; 
+1 (301) 734-5306  
 
Text 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, 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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