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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1924/Add.1 
12 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 United States
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Final Rule: Phytosanitary Treatments; Location of  and Process for Updating Treatment Schedules 
(Docket No. APHIS-2008-0022)  
 The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Se rvice (APHIS) of the US Department of 
Agriculture is amending the phytosanitary treatment  regulations by removing the lists of approved 
treatments and treatment schedules from the regula tions in 7 CFR part 305, while retaining the 
general requirements for performing treatments and certifying or approving treatment facilities.  We 
are removing treatment schedules from other places where they are currently found in 7 CFR chapter III as well.  Approved treatment schedules will instead be found in the Plant Protection and 
Quarantine Treatment Manual, which is available on  the Internet.  We are also establishing a new 
process to provide the public with notice and th e opportunity to comment on changes to treatment 
schedules.  Finally, we are harmonizing and combin ing the requirements for performing irradiation 
treatment for imported articles, articles moved inte rstate from Hawaii and US territories, and articles 
moved interstate from an area quarantined for fruit flies.  These changes will simplify and expedite 
our processes for adding, changing, and removing tr eatment schedules while continuing to provide for 
public participation in the process.  These changes will also simplify our presentation of treatments to 
the public by consolidating all treatments into one  document and eliminati ng redundant text from the 
regulations.  This final rule is  effective on 25 February 2010. 
 This final rule is available in English a t: Federal Register: 26 January 2010 (Volume 75, 
Number 16) Notices Pages 4227-4253.  To view online, go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html
, select 2010 FR Vol. 75, and type "page 4227" in the 
search box (with quotation marks). 
 This action is subsequent to a proposed rule published in the Federal Register on 
12 May 2009 (2009 FR Volume 74, Number 90, Pages 22317-22345, Docket No. APHIS–2008–0022), in which APHIS announced a proposal to am end the regulations by removing the lists of 
approved treatments and treatment schedules from the regulations, while retaining the general 
requirements for performing treatments and certifying or approving treatment facilities.  We proposed 
to remove treatment schedules from other places wh ere they are currently found in 7 CFR chapter III 
as well, instead listing approved treatment schedul es in the Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) 
Treatment Manual, which is available on the Internet . We also proposed to establish a new process to 
provide the public with notice and the opportunity to comment on changes to treatment schedules. 
Finally, we proposed to harmonize and combine the requirements for performing irradiation treatment G/SPS/N/USA/1924/Add.1 
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  for imported articles, articles moved interstate from Hawaii and US territories, and articles moved 
interstate from an area quarantined for fruit  flies. (To view this notice online, go to 
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html
, select 2009 FR Vol. 74, and type "22317" in the search 
box (with quotation marks)).  We solicited comme nts concerning our proposal for 60 days ending 
13 July 2009.  We received 14 comments by that date.  They were from nursery owners, academics, 
treatment facility operators, and representatives of State and foreign governments. 
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:    
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, [X] 
National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
For further information contact:  Dr. Inder P. S. Ga dh, Senior Risk Manager; Treatments, Regulations, 
Permits, and Manuals, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; + 1 
(301) 734-0627  
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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