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G/SPS/N/USA/2041/Add.2 
17 January 2012  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum 
  
The following communication, received on 9 January  2012, is being circulated at the request 
of the Delegation of United States. 
 
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Notice of Determination of Pest-Free Areas in  Mendoza Province, Argentina (Docket No. APHIS-
2010-0032) 
 The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Se rvice is advising the public that we are 
recognizing the Southern and Central Oases in the s outhern half of Mendoza Province in Argentina as 
pest-free areas for Mediterranean fruit fly and South Am erican fruit fly.  Based on our site visit to the 
area and our review of the documentation subm itted by Argentina's national plant protection 
organization, which we made available to the public for review and comment through previous 
notices, the Administrator has determined that th ese areas meet the criteria in our regulations for 
recognition as pest-free areas for Mediterranean  fruit fly and South American fruit fly. 
 This notice is available in English at:  
http://www.regulations.gov/#!docum entDetail;D=APHIS-2010-0032-0007  
 This action is subsequent to a notice publis hed in the Federal Register on 19 August 2011 (76 
FR 51934-51935, Docket No. APHIS-2010-0032), in whic h we announced the availability, for review 
and comment, of a CIED evaluating the information presented by Argentina in support of its request 
to recognize additional areas as pest-free areas for the South American fruit fly and all other economically important species of Anastrepha in Ar gentina. We solicited comments on the notice for 
60 days ending on 18 October 2011.  We  received no comments by that date. 
 This notice is effective 27 December 2011. 
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/2041/Add.2 
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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:  Ms. Meredith C. Jones, Regulatory Coordination Specialist, 
Regulatory Coordination and Compliance, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 156, Riverdale, MD 20737; 
+1 (301) 734-7467.  
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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