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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1974/Add.1 
22 June 2010  
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Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 18 June 2010, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the United States
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Notice of Determination of Pest-Free Areas in the Republic of Chile (APHIS-2009-0082)
 
 The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Se rvice (APHIS) of the US Department of 
Agriculture is advising the public that we are r ecognizing an additional area of the Republic of Chile 
as a pest-free area for Ceratitis capitata, Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly).  Based on our site visit to 
the area and our review of the documentation subm itted by the Republic of Chile, which we made 
available to the public review and comment th rough a previous notice, the Administrator has 
determined that the area meets the criteria in our regulations for recognition as a pest-free area for 
Medfly.  This notice is effective 10 June 2010. 
 This notice is available in English at:  Fe deral Register:  10 June 2010 (Volume 75, Number 
111, Notices Page 32901.  To view online, go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html , select 
2010 FR Vol. 75, and type "page 32901" in the search box (with quotation marks). 
 This action is subsequent to a notice publis hed in the Federal Register on1 February 2010 
(2010 FR Volume 75, Number 20, Pages 5034-5035, Docket No. APHIS-2009-0082), in which APHIS announced the availability, for review a nd comment, of a commodity import evaluation 
document titled "Recognition of an Additional Re gion as Medfly Pest-Free Area (PFA) for the 
Republic of Chile." (To view this notice online, go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html
, 
select 2010 FR Vol. 75, and type "page 5034" in the s earch box (with quotation marks)).  We solicited 
comments on the notice for 60 days ending on 2 April 2010.  We received four comments by that date, from packers, importers, and a fresh produce co mpany, that all supported the recognition of the 
Arica Province of the Republic of Chile as a pest-free area. 
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:    G/SPS/N/USA/1974/Add.1 
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  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. Phillip B. Grove, Regulatory Coordination Specialist, 
Regulatory Coordination and Compliance, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 156, Riverdale, MD 20737; 
Tel:  +1 (301) 734-6280  
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 1027, 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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