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 2017_register executive 2018-02-01 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7f2ded6 D09002ee1c7f2e3cc 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 will amend the regulations in several ways, including the addition of provisions to address the inactivation of select agents, provisions addressing biocontainment and biosafety, and clarification of regulatory language concerning security, training, incident response, and records. These changes will increase the usability of the select agent regulations as well as providing for enhanced program oversight. After carefully considering the technical input of subject matter experts and recommendations from Federal advisory groups, we have decided not to finalize the proposed changes to the contents of the list of select agents and toxins at this time. In a companion document published in this issue of the Federal Register, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has made parallel regulatory changes. 82 FR 6197 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2017-01-19/2017-00857 2017-00857 fr19ja17-2 RIN 0579-AE08 3410-34-P Docket No. APHIS-2014-0095 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2017-01-19/2017-00857 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2017-01-19/html/2017-00857.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2017-01-19/pdf/2017-00857.pdf Agricultural Research Laboratories Plant Diseases and Pests Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Animal Diseases Medical Research 14 p. 6197 6210 82 FR 6197 Title 7 Part 331 7 CFR Part 331 Title 9 Part 121 9 CFR Part 121 RIN 0579-AE08 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. 82, Issue RULE 2017-00857 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 2017-02-21 Docket No. APHIS-2014-0095 3410-34-P 2017-00857 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 will amend the regulations in several ways, including the addition of provisions to address the inactivation of select agents, provisions addressing biocontainment and biosafety, and clarification of regulatory language concerning security, training, incident response, and records. These changes will increase the usability of the select agent regulations as well as providing for enhanced program oversight. After carefully considering the technical input of subject matter experts and recommendations from Federal advisory groups, we have decided not to finalize the proposed changes to the contents of the list of select agents and toxins at this time. In a companion document published in this issue of the Federal Register, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has made parallel regulatory changes.

Effective February 21, 2017. Dr. Freeda Isaac, National Director, Agriculture Select Agent Services, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 2, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 851-3300, Option 3. 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.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail http://www.selectagents.gov/guidance-nonviable.html http://www.selectagents.gov/guidance-training.html Regulations.gov www.selectagents.gov Vol. 82, no. 12 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2017-01-19 continuing daily deposited born digital 1466 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2017-01-19 P0b002ee1982b90a0 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr19ja17 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2017-01-19 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2017-01-19/pdf/FR-2017-01-19.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2017-01-19/xml/FR-2017-01-19.xml fdlp 6167 7630 DGPO 2018-02-01 2024-06-01 FR-2017-01-19 machine generated eng FR FR-2017-01-19 82 12