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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1963/Add.2 
14 April 2011  
 (11-1920) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 8 April 2 011, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of United States
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Notice of Changes to Phytosanitary Treatments:  Changes to Treatments for Citrus Fruit from 
Australia (APHIS-2008-0140 ) 
 The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Se rvice (APHIS) of the US Department of 
Agriculture is advising the public of the Agen cy's decision to add new approved phytosanitary 
treatment schedules to the Plant Protection and Quarantine Treatment Manual for sweet cherries 
imported from Australia into the United States.  We  are also adding to the treatment manual a new 
approved irradiation dose for Mediterranean fruit fly of 100 gray.  These new treatments will continue 
to prevent the introduction or interstate move ment of quarantine pests in the United States. 
 This notice is available in English at:  Fe deral Register:  30 March 2011 (Volume 76, Number 
61) Notices Page 17617.  To view online, go to  http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html, select 
2011 FR Vol. 76, and type "page 17617" in the search box (with quotation marks). 
 This action is subsequent to a notice publishe d in the Federal Register on 19 October 2009 
(74 FR 53424- 53430, Docket No . APHIS-2008-0140), in which we announced the availability, for 
review and comment, of a proposal to amend the regulations by adding new treatment schedules for 
sweet cherries and for certain species of citrus fru it imported from Australia into the United States.  
We also proposed to establish an approved irradia tion dose for Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly) of 
100 gray.  Our analysis of the efficacy of th e proposed treatments was presented in a treatment 
evaluation document that was made available with th e proposed rule.  (To view this notice online, go 
to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html, select 2009 FR Vol. 74, and type "page 53424" in the search box (with quotation marks)).  We solicite d comments on the notice for 60 days ending on 
18 December 2009.  We received five comments by th at date from a State plant protection official, a 
research entomologist, a foreign national plant protection organization representative, and two 
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  This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation 
[X] 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, [ ] 
National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
For additional information, you may contact:  Dr. Inde r P.S. Gadh, Senior Risk Manager - Treatments, 
PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; +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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