[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 67 (Tuesday, April 8, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 16737]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8922]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

7 CFR Part 319

[Docket No. 96-083-2]


Importation of Cotton and Cotton Products

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 
advance notice of proposed rulemaking that solicits public comment on 
whether and how our regulations for importing cotton (including seed 
cotton, cottonseed, cotton lint and linters, cottonseed products, and 
cotton waste) and cotton covers into the United States need to be 
changed. This reopening and extension will provide interested groups 
and individuals with additional time to prepare comments on the advance 
notice of proposed rulemaking.

DATES: Consideration will be given only to comments on Docket No. 96-
083-1 that are received on or before April 30, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Please send an original and three copies of your comments to 
Docket No. 96-083-1, 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. 96-083-1. Comments 
received may be inspected at USDA, room 1141, South Building, 14th 
Street and Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC, between 8:00 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: Mr. James Petit de Mange, Staff 
Officer, USDA-APHIS-PPQ-Phytosanitary Issues Management Team, 4700 
River Road, Unit 140, Riverdale, Maryland 20737, Telephone: (301) 734-
6799; FAX: (301) 734-5786; or E-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 30, 1996, we published in the Federal Register (61 FR 
68673-68674, Docket No. 96-083-1) an advance notice of proposed 
rulemaking for 7 CFR part 319 on whether and how our regulations for 
importing cotton (including seed cotton, cottonseed, cotton lint and 
linters, cottonseed products, and cotton waste) and cotton covers into 
the United States need to be changed.
    Comments on the advance notice were required to be received on or 
before March 31, 1997. We have received a request from the National 
Cotton Council to extend the period during which comments will be 
accepted. In response, we are reopening and extending the comment 
period on Docket No. 96-083-1 for an additional 30 days. This action 
will allow the National Cotton Council and all other interested groups 
and individuals additional time to prepare and submit comments.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 150dd, 150ee, 150ff, 151-167, 450, 2803, and 
2809; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.2(c).

    Done in Washington, DC, this 1st day of April 1997.
Terry L. Medley,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 97-8922 Filed 4-7-97; 8:45 am]
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