[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 12, 2004)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 60567]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-22790]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

7 CFR Part 304

[Docket No. 02-086-2]
RIN 0579-AB54


Methyl Bromide; Official Quarantine Uses

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: We are extending the comment period for our proposed rule that 
would establish regulations to provide for the submission of requests 
by State, local, or tribal authorities for a determination whether 
methyl bromide treatments or applications required by the State, local, 
or tribal authorities to prevent the introduction, establishment, or 
spread of plant pests or noxious weeds should be authorized as official 
quarantine uses. This action will allow interested persons additional 
time to prepare and submit comments.

DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before 
November 12, 2004.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
     Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Please send four copies 
of your comment (an original and three copies) to Docket No. 02-086-1, 
Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 3C71, 4700 
River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. Please state that your 
comment refers to Docket No. 02-086-1.
     E-mail: Address your comment to 
[email protected]. Your comment must be contained in the body 
of your message; do not send attached files. Please include your name 
and address in your message and ``Docket No. 02-086-1'' on the subject 
line.
     Agency Web site: Go to http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/cominst.html for a form you can use to submit an e-mail comment through 
the APHIS Web site.
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the instructions for locating this 
docket and submitting comments.
    Reading Room: You may read any comments that we receive on Docket 
No. 02-086-1 in our reading room. The reading room is located in room 
1141 of the USDA South Building, 14th Street and Independence Avenue 
SW., Washington, DC. Normal reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, except holidays. To be sure someone is there to 
help you, please call (202) 690-2817 before coming.
    Other Information: You may view APHIS documents published in the 
Federal Register and related information, including the names of groups 
and individuals who have commented on APHIS dockets, on the Internet at 
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/webrepor.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Inder P. Gadh, Treatment 
Specialist, Phytosanitary Issues Management, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River 
Road Unit 140, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 734-6799.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 12, 2004, we published in the 
Federal Register (69 FR 49824-49829, Docket No. 02-086-1) a proposal to 
establish regulations to provide for the submission of requests by 
State, local, or tribal authorities for a determination whether methyl 
bromide treatments or applications required by the State, local, or 
tribal authorities to prevent the introduction, establishment, or 
spread of plant pests or noxious weeds should be authorized as official 
quarantine uses. The proposed rule would establish a process by which 
State, local, or tribal authorities could request and, if warranted, 
receive, a determination that their methyl bromide requirements should 
be authorized as official quarantine uses.
    Comments on the proposed rule were required to be received on or 
before October 12, 2004. We are extending the comment period on Docket 
No. 02-086-1 for an additional 30 days, ending November 12, 2004. This 
action will allow interested persons additional time to prepare and 
submit comments

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7719; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3.

    Done in Washington, DC, this 6th day of October 2004.
Elizabeth E. Gaston,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 04-22790 Filed 10-8-04; 8:45 am]
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