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G/SPS/N/USA/2295/Add.1 
5 July 2012  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum 
  
The following communication, received on 29 June 2012, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of United States of America. 
 
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Final Rule:  Importation of Dracaena Plants From Costa Rica (Docket No. APHIS-2011-0073) 
 The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Se rvice is amending the plants for planting 
regulations to provide conditions for the importati on into the continental United States of Dracaena 
spp. plants from Costa Rica.  These conditions will apply to plants less than 460 mm in length, which 
are currently allowed to be imported, and will al so allow for the importation of plants over 460 mm 
and up to 1,371.6 mm in length, which are currently  prohibited.  As a condition of entry, Dracaena 
spp. plants from Costa Rica will have to be pro duced in accordance with integrated pest risk 
management measures that will include requireme nts for registration of place of production and 
packinghouses, a pest management plan, inspecti on for quarantine pests, sanitation, and traceability 
from place of production through the packing and e xport facility and to the port of entry into the 
United States.  All Dracaena spp. plants from Costa Rica will also be required to be accompanied by a 
phytosanitary certificate with an a dditional declaration stating that all conditions for the importation 
of the plants have been met and that the consignm ent of plants has been in spected and found free of 
quarantine pests.  This action will allow for the im portation of oversized Dracaena spp. plants from 
Costa Rica into the United States while continuing to provide protection against the introduction of 
quarantine pests. 
 This notice is available in English at:  " http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-06-
26/html/2012-15542.htm " 
 Federal Register Volume 77, Number 123 (Tuesday, 26 June 2012), Pages 37997-38000 
 This action is subsequent to a notice publis hed in the Federal Register on 1 November 2011, 
(76 FR 67379-67384, Docket No. APHIS-2011-0073) a proposal to amend the plants for planting 
regulations to provide conditions for the importati on into the continental United States of Dracaena 
spp. plants from Costa Rica.  We solicited comme nts concerning our proposal for 60 days ending 
3 January 2012.  We received six comments by that date.  
 This rule is effective 26 July 2012.  G/SPS/N/USA/2295/Add.1 
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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 
[ ] 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 further information contact:  Mr. William D. Al ey, Senior Import Specialist, Plants for Planting 
Policy, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 136, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; +1 (301) 851-2130  
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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