[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 81 (Tuesday, April 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23497-23498]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09845]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. APHIS-2013-0047]


U.S. Department of Agriculture Stakeholder Workshop on 
Coexistence

ACTION: Notice; reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: We are reopening the comment period for issues and proposals 
discussed during the workshop on agricultural coexistence that was held 
on March 12-13, 2015. This action will allow interested persons 
additional time to prepare and submit comments.

DATES: The comment period for the notice published on February 3, 2015 
(80 FR 5729) and extended in a notice published on March 30, 2015 (80 
FR 16621) is reopened. We will consider all comments that we receive on 
or before May 11, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0047.
     Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to 
Docket No. APHIS-2013-0047, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, 
APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-
1238.

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    Any comments we receive may be viewed at http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0047 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: Mr. Michael Tadle, Program Analyst, 
Planning, Evaluation, and Decision Support, PPD, APHIS, 4700 River Road 
Unit 120, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851-3140; 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 3, 2015, we published in the 
Federal Register (80 FR 5729-5731, Docket No. APHIS-2013-0047) a notice 
\1\ to announce that the U.S. Department of Agriculture was holding a 
workshop on agricultural coexistence, the objective of which was to 
advance an understanding of agricultural coexistence and discuss how to 
make coexistence achievable for all stakeholders. The 2-day workshop, 
which was held on March 12-13, 2015, also provided an opportunity to 
learn from stakeholders representing a wide range of interests with 
respect to agricultural coexistence.
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    \1\ To view the workshop notice and comments, go to http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0047.
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    In that notice, we stated that public comments on issues and 
proposals discussed during the workshop would be accepted from March 
13, 2015, through March 27, 2015. On March 30, 2015, we published 
another notice in the Federal Register (80 FR 16621) to extend the 
comment period on Docket No. APHIS-2013-0047 for an additional 14 days 
to April 10, 2015.
    We are reopening the comment period on Docket No. APHIS-2013-0047 
from the date of this notice through May 11, 2015. This action will 
allow interested persons additional time to prepare and submit 
comments. We will also consider all comments that were received between 
April 11, 2015, and the date of this notice.

    Done in Washington, DC, this 22nd day of April 2015.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-09845 Filed 4-27-15; 8:45 a.m.]
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