United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2012_register executive 2012-10-05 article Part II Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7fc5994 D09002ee1c7fc5aa4 United States Department of Agriculture originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency In accordance with the Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002, we are amending and republishing the list of select agents and toxins that have the potential to pose a severe threat to animal or plant health, or to animal or plant products. The Act requires the biennial review and republication of the list of select agents and toxins and the revision of the list as necessary. This action implements the findings of the third biennial review of the list. In addition, we are reorganizing the list of select agents and toxins based on the relative potential of each select agent or toxin to be misused to adversely affect human, plant, or animal health. Such tiering of the list allows for the optimization of security measures for those select agents or toxins that present the greatest risk of deliberate misuse with the most significant potential for mass casualties or devastating effects to the economy, critical infrastructure, or public confidence. We are also making a number of amendments to the regulations, including the addition of definitions and clarification of language concerning security, training, biosafety, biocontainment, and incident response. These changes will increase the usability of the select agent regulations as well as provide for enhanced program oversight. 77 FR 61056 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2012-10-05/2012-24434 2012-24434 fr05oc12-22 RIN 0579-AD09 3410-34-P Docket No. APHIS-2009-0070 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2012-10-05/2012-24434 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-10-05/html/2012-24434.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-10-05/pdf/2012-24434.pdf Agricultural Research Laboratories Plant Diseases and Pests Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Animal Diseases Medical Research 26 p. 61056 61081 77 FR 61056 Title 7 Part 331 7 CFR Part 331 Title 9 Part 121 9 CFR Part 121 RIN 0579-AD09 Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002; Biennial Review and Republication of the Select Agent and Toxin List; Amendments to the Select Agent and Toxin Regulations; Federal Register Vol. 77, Issue RULE 2012-24434 II DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 2012-12-04 Docket No. APHIS-2009-0070 3410-34-P 2012-24434 Final rule.

In accordance with the Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002, we are amending and republishing the list of select agents and toxins that have the potential to pose a severe threat to animal or plant health, or to animal or plant products. The Act requires the biennial review and republication of the list of select agents and toxins and the revision of the list as necessary. This action implements the findings of the third biennial review of the list. In addition, we are reorganizing the list of select agents and toxins based on the relative potential of each select agent or toxin to be misused to adversely affect human, plant, or animal health. Such tiering of the list allows for the optimization of security measures for those select agents or toxins that present the greatest risk of deliberate misuse with the most significant potential for mass casualties or devastating effects to the economy, critical infrastructure, or public confidence. We are also making a number of amendments to the regulations, including the addition of definitions and clarification of language concerning security, training, biosafety, biocontainment, and incident response. These changes will increase the usability of the select agent regulations as well as provide for enhanced program oversight.

The amendments to 7 CFR 331.1 through 331.10, 331.13, and 331.16 through 331.20 and 9 CFR 121.1 through 121.10, 121.13, 121.16, 121.17, and 121.20 are effective December 4, 2012. The remaining provisions of this final rule are effective April 3, 2013. Mr. Charles L. Divan, Acting Director, APHIS Agriculture Select Agent Program, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 2, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 851-3300, option 1. Agricultural Research Laboratories Plant Diseases and Pests Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Animal Diseases Medical Research Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002: Biennial Review and Republication of Select Agent and Toxin List; Amendments to Select Agent and Toxin Regulations , http://www.aphis.usda.gov/programs/ag_selectagent/index.html http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail http://www.selectagents.gov http://www.selectagents.gov/ Regulations.gov www.regulations.gov www.selectagents.gov Vol. 77, no. 194 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2012-10-05 continuing daily deposited born digital 353 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2012-10-05 P0b002ee183626f57 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr05oc12 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2012-10-05 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-10-05/pdf/FR-2012-10-05.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-10-05/xml/FR-2012-10-05.xml fdlp 60883 61227 DGPO 2012-10-05 2024-06-03 FR-2012-10-05 machine generated eng FR FR-2012-10-05 77 194