[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 209 (Tuesday, October 30, 2007)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 61273]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

7 CFR Part 353

[Docket No. APHIS-2006-0122]
RIN 0579-AC43


Export Certification for Wood Packaging Material

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Affirmation of interim rule as final rule.

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SUMMARY: We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim 
rule that amended the export certification regulations to clarify that 
an International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures No. 15 (ISPM 15) 
quality/treatment mark is an industry-issued certificate and thus may 
be issued only when the organization applying the mark has entered into 
an agreement with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. The 
interim rule also removed all references to a certificate of heat 
treatment from the regulations because such certificates have been 
replaced by the ISPM 15 quality/treatment mark. The interim rule was 
necessary to ensure the appropriate issuance of the ISPM 15 quality/
treatment mark.

DATES: Effective on October 30, 2007, we are adopting as a final rule 
the interim rule published at 72 FR 35915-35917 on July 2, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John Tyrone Jones II, Forestry 
Trade Director, Phytosanitary Issues Management Team, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 
River Road Unit 140, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 734-8860.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In an interim rule \1\ effective and published in the Federal 
Register on July 2, 2007 (72 FR 35915-35917, Docket No. APHIS-2006-
0122), we amended the export certification regulations in 7 CFR part 
353 by clarifying that an International Standards for Phytosanitary 
Measures No. 15 (ISPM 15) quality/treatment mark is an industry-issued 
certificate and thus may be issued only when the organization applying 
the mark has entered into an agreement with the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service.
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    \1\ To view the interim rule and the comment we received, go to  
http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2006-0122.
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    Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or 
before August 31, 2007. We received one comment by that date. The 
comment was from a State department of natural resources and supported 
the interim rule. Therefore, for the reasons given in the interim rule, 
we are adopting the interim rule as a final rule.
    This action also affirms the information contained in the interim 
rule concerning Executive Order 12866 and the Regulatory Flexibility 
Act, Executive Orders 12372 and 12988, and the Paperwork Reduction Act. 
Further, for this action, the Office of Management and Budget has 
waived its review under Executive Order 12866.

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 353

    Exports, Plant diseases and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements.

PART 353--EXPORT CERTIFICATION

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Accordingly, we are adopting as a final rule, without change, the 
interim rule that amended 7 CFR part 353 and that was published at 72 
FR 35915-35917 on July 2, 2007.

    Done in Washington, DC, this 24th day of October 2007.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E7-21316 Filed 10-29-07; 8:45 am]
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