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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1877/Add.2 
17 March 2009  
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Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 13 March 2009, is being circulated at the request 
of the Delegation of the United States
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Proposed rule:  Importation, Interstate Movement , and Release into the Environment of Certain 
Genetically Engineered Organisms (Docket No. APHIS-2008-0023) - Notice of public scoping 
session and extension of public comment period  
 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Se rvice (APHIS) of the US Department of 
Agriculture is holding a public scoping session for i ssue-focused public meeting(s) to be held in 
April 2009 on the above-mentioned APHIS proposed rule.  The purpose of the scoping session is to 
discuss with all interested parties the agenda and format for the April 2009 issue meeting(s).  APHIS 
is also extending the comment period for the propo sed rule, which currently closes on 17 March 2009, 
until 60 days following the April meeting(s).  The new date for the close of the comment period will 
be provided in our notice announci ng the date and other details of the April 2009 issue meeting(s). 
  This notice is available in English at:  Federal Register:  11 March 2009 (Volume 74, 
Number 46) Notices Pages 10517-10518.  To view online, go to:   http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html
, select 2009 FR Vol. 74, and type "10517" in search box 
(with quotation marks). 
 
 This action is subsequent to a notice publis hed in the Federal Register on 16 January 2009 
(FR Volume 74, Number 11, Pages 2907-2909, Docket No. APHIS–2008–0023), in which APHIS announced the reopening of the public comment period for the proposed rule for an additional 
60 days.  (To view this notice online, go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html
, select 2009 
FR Vol. 74, and type "2907" in searchbox (with quotation marks)). 
 
This addendum concerns a: 
 
 [ X ] Modification of final date for comments 
 [   ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation 
 [   ] Modification of content and/or sc ope of previously notified draft regulation 
 [   ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  [   ] Change in proposed date of adoptio n, publication or date of entry into force 
 [   ] Other:     G/SPS/N/USA/1877/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) :  We will accept all comments we receive between 18 March 2009 (the 
day after the close of the current comment pe riod) and the date of the notice that we 
will publish to announce the date(s) of Apr il 2009 issue meeting(s) and formally 
reopen the comment period. 
 
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–2008-0023) to submit or view comments and to  view supporting and rela ted materials available 
electronically.  • Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:  Please send tw o copies of your comment to Docket No. APHIS–
2008–0023, 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–
2008–0023.   
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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