. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1837/Add.1 
20 June 2008  
 (08-2929) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum
 
 
 
The following communication, received on 16 June 2008, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the United States . 
 
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 Notice of Decision To Issue Permits for the Impor tation of Dropwort Leaves With Stems from South 
Korea Into the Continental United States (APHIS–2007–0143)  
 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the US Department of 
Agriculture is advising the public of announcing our decision to begin issuing permits for the 
importation into the continental United States of  dropwort leaves with stems from the Republic of 
Korea subject to the following conditions:  
• The dropwort leaves with stems must be part of a commercial consignment as defined 
in 7 CFR 319.56–2. 
• Each consignment of dropwort leaves with stems must be accompanied by a 
phytosanitary certificate issued by the Ko rean National Plant Protection Organization 
(NPPO) certifying that the dropwort is a product of the Republic of Korea.  The NPPO must also include an additional declar ation in the phytosanitary certificate that 
states:  "The water dropwort (Oenanthe java nica) in this shipment was inspected and 
considered free from Water Dropwort W itches’ Broom and Puccinia oenanthes-
stoloniferae". 
 
These conditions will be listed in the fru its and vegetables manual (available at 
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/pla nts/manuals/ports/downloads/fv.pdf
). In addition to 
these specific measures, the dropwort stems with le aves will be subject to the general requirements 
listed in 7 CFR 319.56–3 that are applicable to  the importation of all fruits and vegetables. 
 
This notice is available in English at:  Fe deral Register: 20 March 2008 (Volume 73, Number 
55) Notices Page 14956.  To view online, go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html , select 
2008 FR Vol. 73, and type 14956 in search box.  
 
This action is subsequent to a notice publis hed in the Federal Register on 21 November 2007 
(72 FR 65560–65561, Docket No. APHIS–2007–0143), in which we announced the availability, for 
review and comment, of a pest risk analysis that  evaluates the risks associated with the importation 
into the continental United States of dropwort l eaves with stems from South Korea. (To view this 
notice online, go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html , select 2007 FR Vol. 72, and type  G/SPS/N/USA/1837/Add.1 
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  65560 in search box).  We solicited comments on the notice for 60 days ending on 22 January 2008. 
We received one comment by that date, from a private citizen.   For additional information, you may contact Mr . Alex Belano, Import Specialist, Commodity 
Import Analysis and Operations, Plant Health Programs, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, 
Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; tel. +1 301 734–8758. 
  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-ma il:  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov 
 
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