WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/145/Add.1
19 July 1999
(99-2971)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
Addendum
The following communication, dated 9 July 1999, has been received from the United States.
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The United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) advises the public that they intend to prepare an environmental impact statement in
connection with regulations they are considering proposing (previously notified as an advanced notice
of proposed rulemaking G/SPS/N/USA/145).  This current notice identifies potential regulatory
alternatives and issues that APHIS plans to an alyze in the environmental impact statement and
requests public comment to further delineate the sc ope of the alternatives and issues.  APHIS will
consider all comments received by 7 September 1999.
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