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G/SPS/N/USA/2194/Add.2 
28 July 2011  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum 
  
The following communication, received on 27 July 2011, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the United States. 
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Final Rule:  Movement of Hass Avocados from Areas where Mediterranean Fruit Fly or South 
American Fruit Fly Exist 
 The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending the regulations to 
relieve certain restrictions regarding the movement  of fresh Hass variety avocados.  Specifically, we 
are amending our domestic regulati ons to provide for the interstate  movement of Hass avocados from 
Mediterranean fruit fly quarantined areas in the Un ited States with a certificate if the fruit is 
safeguarded after harvest in accord ance with specific measures.  We are also amending our foreign 
quarantine regulations to remove trapping requireme nts for Mediterranean fruit fly for Hass avocados 
imported from the State of Michoacan, Mexico, require ments for treatment or origin from an area free 
of Mediterranean fruit fly for Hass avocados impor ted from Peru, and requirements for trapping or 
origin from an area free of South American fruit fly for Hass avocados imported from Peru.  These 
actions are warranted in light of research demonstr ating the limited host status of Hass avocados to 
Mediterranean fruit fly and South American fruit fl y.  By amending both our domestic and foreign 
quarantine regulations, we are making them consistent  with each other and relieving restrictions for 
Mexican and Peruvian Hass avocado producers.  In  addition, this action provides a means for Hass 
avocados to be moved interstate if the avocados originate from a Mediterranean fruit fly quarantined 
area in the United States. 
 The final rule is available in English at: 
http://www.regulations.gov/#!docum entDetail;D=APHIS-2010-0127-0040  
 This action is subsequent to a notice publis hed in the Federal Register on 4 April 2011 (FR 
Volume 76, Number 64, Pages 18419-18421, Docket No. APHIS-2010-0127), in which APHIS announced a proposal to relieve certain restrictions  regarding the movement of fresh Hass variety 
avocados.  Specifically, we proposed to amend our do mestic regulations to provide for the interstate 
movement of Hass avocados from Mediterranean fru it fly quarantined areas in the United States with 
a certificate if the fruit is safeguarded after harvest  in accordance with speci fic measures.  We also 
proposed to amend our foreign quarantine regula tions to remove trapping requirements for 
Mediterranean fruit fly for Hass avocados im ported from the State of Michoacàn, Mexico, 
requirements for treatment or origin from an ar ea free of Mediterranean fruit fly for Hass avocados 
imported from Peru, and requirements for trapping or  origin from an area free of South American fruit 
fly for Hass avocados imported from Peru.  (To view this notice online, go to 
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html , select 2011 FR Vol. 76, and type "18419" in searchbox 
(with quotation marks).) G/SPS/N/USA/2194/Add.2 
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   We solicited comments concerning our proposal for 30 days ending 4 May 2011.  We 
reopened and extended the deadline for comments un til 18 May 2011, in a document published in the 
Federal Register on 9 May 2011 (76 FR 26654-26655).  We received 30 comments by that date.  They 
were from private citizens, customs brokers, trade associations, a State department of agriculture, 
growers, industry groups, chambers of commerce, ports, and foreign governments.  The majority of 
commenters supported the proposed rule. Several commenters submitted comments that were not 
germane to the rule.  
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 comments:  [ ] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax num ber and e-mail address (if available) of other 
body: 
For further information contact:  Mr. Tony Roma n, Import Specialist, Regulations, Permits, and 
Manuals, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Ri verdale, MD 20737-1231;  + (301) 734-0627. 
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-2010-0127) 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-
2010-0127, 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-
2010-0127.  
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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