[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 134 (Friday, July 12, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 41908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-16722]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. APHIS-2012-0076]


Plants for Planting Whose Importation Is Not Authorized Pending 
Pest Risk Analysis; Notice of Availability of Data Sheets for Taxa of 
Plants for Planting That Are Quarantine Pests or Hosts of Quarantine 
Pests

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments; reopening of 
comment period.

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SUMMARY: We are reopening the comment period for a notice that made 
available to the public data sheets detailing the scientific evidence 
we evaluated in making the determination that certain taxa of plants 
for planting are quarantine pests or hosts of quarantine pests and, 
therefore, should be added to our lists of plants for planting whose 
importation is not authorized pending pest risk analysis. This action 
will allow interested persons additional time to prepare and submit 
comments.

DATES: The comment period for the notice published May 6, 2013 (78 FR 
26316) is reopened. We will consider all comments that we receive on or 
before August 12, 2013.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2012-0076-0001.
     Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to 
Docket No. APHIS-2012-0076, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, 
APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-
1238.
    Supporting documents and any comments we receive on this docket may 
be viewed at http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2012-
0076 or in our reading room, which 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) 799-7039 before coming.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Arnold Tschanz, Senior Regulatory 
Policy Specialist, Plants for Planting Policy, RPM, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 
River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; (301) 851-2179.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 6, 2013, we published in the Federal 
Register (78 FR 26316-26317, Docket No. APHIS-2012-0076) a notice that 
made available to the public data sheets detailing the scientific 
evidence we evaluated in making the determination that certain taxa of 
plants for planting are quarantine pests or hosts of quarantine pests 
and, therefore, should be added to our lists of plants for planting 
whose importation is not authorized pending pest risk analysis.
    Comments on the notice were required to be received on or before 
July 5, 2013. We are reopening the comment period on Docket No. APHIS-
2012-0076 for an additional 30 days. This action will allow interested 
persons additional time to prepare and submit comments. We will also 
consider all comments received between July 6, 2013 (the day after the 
close of the original comment period) and the date of this notice.

    Authority:  7 U.S.C. 450 and 7701-7772 and 7781-7786; 21 U.S.C. 
136 and 136a; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3.

    Done in Washington, DC, this 26th day of June, 2013.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-16722 Filed 7-11-13; 8:45 am]
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