[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 46 (Thursday, March 10, 2005)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 11886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-4705]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

7 CFR Part 319

[Docket No. 03-069-2]
RIN 0579-AB85


Nursery Stock Regulations

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking and request for comments; 
extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: We are extending the comment period for our advance notice of 
proposed rulemaking that solicited public comment on whether and how we 
should amend the regulations that govern the importation of nursery 
stock, also known as plants for planting. 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 April 
11, 2005.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
     EDOCKET: Go to http://www.epa.gov/feddocket to submit or 
view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the 
official public docket, and to access those documents in the public 
docket that are available electronically. Once you have entered 
EDOCKET, click on the ``View Open APHIS Dockets'' link to locate this 
document.
     Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Please send four copies 
of your comment (an original and three copies) to Docket No. 03-069-1, 
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. 03-069-1.
     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. 03-069-1 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 on the Internet at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/webrepor.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Arnold T. Tschanz, Senior Staff 
Officer, Regulatory Coordination, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 141, 
Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; (301) 734-5306.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 10, 2004, we published in the 
Federal Register (69 FR 71736-71744, Docket No. 03-069-1) an advance 
notice of proposed rulemaking that solicited public comment on whether 
and how we should amend the regulations that govern the importation of 
nursery stock, also known as plants for planting.
    Comments on the advance notice of proposed rulemaking were required 
to be received on or before March 10, 2005. We are extending the 
comment period on Docket No. 03-069-1 for an additional 30 days. This 
action will allow interested persons additional time to prepare and 
submit comments.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450 and 7701-7772; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 7 
CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3.

    Done in Washington, DC, this 4th day of March 2005.
Elizabeth E. Gaston,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 05-4705 Filed 3-9-05; 8:45 am]
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