. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1826 
13 June 2008  
 (08-2763) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  UNITED STATES
  
If applicable, name of local government involved:     
2. Agency responsible:  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the US 
Department of Agriculture 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Live horses, ruminants, swine and dogs 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  
Panama 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  PROPOSED RULE: 
Importation of Horses, Ruminants, Swine, and Dogs; Remove Panama From Lists of Regions 
Where Screwworm Is Consider ed To Exist (Docket No. APHIS–2007–0141) (available in 
English, 4 pages) 
6. Description of content:  The Animal and Plant Health Insp ection Service is proposing to 
amend the regulations regarding the importation of  live horses, ruminants, swine, and dogs by 
removing Panama from the lists of regions where screwworm is considered to exist.  We are 
taking this action because the eradication of screwworm from Panama has been confirmed.  
This action would relieve certain screwworm-rel ated certification and inspection requirements 
for live animals imported into the United States from Panama.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [ X ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection, [  
 ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests    
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:    
9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   F e d e r a l  R e g i s t e r :   
16 May 2008 (Volume 73, Number 96), Pa ges 28382-28385 (available in English) 
Full text and additional information:  Go to http://www.gpoaccess. gov/fr/advanced.html , 
select 2008 FR Vol. 73, and type 28382 in search box G/SPS/N/USA/1826 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  N/A 
12. Final date for comments:  15 July 2008 
Comments in general will be accepted at any ti me after publication of the notice of filing; 
however, if a final rule is promulgated, it will address only those comments that were 
received prior to publication of the final rule. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  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/fdmspublic/component/  
main?main=DocketDeta il&d=APHIS-2007-0141 to submit or view comments and to view 
supporting and related material s available electronically. 
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Please send two copies of your comment to Docket No. 
APHIS–2007–0141, Regulatory Analysis and Deve lopment, PPD, APHI S, Station 3A–03.8, 
4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. Please state that your comment 
refers to Docket No. APHIS–2007–0141. 
For further information contact:  Dr. Julia Punderson, Regionalization Evaluation Services—Import, Sanitary Trade Issues 
Team, National Center for Import and E xport, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 38, 
Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; tel. +1 301 734–0757. 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notificati on authority, [   ] Na tional enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
United States SPS National Notification Aut hority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, 
International Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 
20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720 1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 720 0433;  E-mail:  
us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov