[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 159 (Thursday, August 17, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 42814]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20357]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

7 CFR Part 319

[Docket No. 95-002-2]


Khapra Beetle; Brassware and Wooden Screens From India

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of reopening and extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: We are reopening and extending the comment period for our 
proposed rule regarding the removal of brassware and wooden screens 
from Bombay, India, from the list of articles whose importation into 
the United States is restricted because of possible infestation with 
the khapra beetle. This extension will provide interested persons with 
additional time to prepare comments on the proposed rule.

DATES: Consideration will be given only to written comments on Docket 
No. 95-002-1 that are received on or before October 10, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Please send an original and three copies of your comments to 
Docket No. 95-002-1, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, 
Suite 3C03, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. Please 
state that your comments refer to Docket No. 95-002-1. Comments 
received may be inspected at USDA, room 1141, South Building, 14th 
Street and Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC, between 8 a.m. and 
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. Persons wishing to 
inspect comments are requested to call ahead on (202) 690-2817 to 
facilitate entry into the comment reading room.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Jane Levy, Staff Officer, Port 
Operations Permit Unit, PPQ, APHIS, Suite 4A03, 4700 River Road Unit 
136, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; (301) 734-8295.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 11, 1995, we published in the 
Federal Register (60 FR 35712-35713, Docket No. 95-002-1) a proposal to 
remove brassware and wooden screens from Bombay, India, from the list 
of articles whose importation into the United States is restricted 
because of possible infestation with the khapra beetle. Comments on the 
interim rule were required to be received on or before August 10, 1995.
    So that we may consider comments received after that date, we are 
reopening and extending the public comment period on Docket No. 95-002-
1 until October 10, 1995. During this period, other interested persons 
may also submit their comments for our consideration.


    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 150dd, 150ee, 150ff, 151-167, and 450; 21 
U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 7 CFR 2.17, 2.51, and 371.2(c).


    Done in Washington, DC, this 10th day of August 1995.

Lonnie J. King,

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 95-20357 Filed 8-16-95; 8:45 am]

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