WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/169/Add.1
17 March 2000
(00-1109)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
Addendum
The following communication was received from the United States on 14 March 2000.
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The United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) advises the public that we intend to prep are an environmental impact statement relative to
our proposed rule for the importation of pine and fir logs and lumber and other unmanufactured wood
articles from Mexico. The environmental impact statement will examine the potential effects of the
proposed rule on the human environment, including cumulative impacts of methyl bromide use thatcould result if our proposed rule is adopted. In order to identify cumulative impacts, the
environmental impact statement will consider the incremental impact of the proposed rule when added
to other past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future actions. We invite the public to comment on
what specific issues we should address in the environmental impact statement.
APHIS will consider all comments received by 12 April 2000.
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