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 2018_register executive 2018-03-17 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7ea50cb D09002ee1c7ea5161 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 We are restructuring the regulations governing the importation of plants for planting. In the new structure, restrictions on the importation of specific types of plants for planting will no longer be found in the regulations, but instead will be found in the Plants for Planting Manual. We will make changes to the restrictions in the manual after taking public comment through notices published in the Federal Register. As part of this restructuring, we are grouping together restrictions in the plants for planting regulations that apply to the importation of most or all plants for planting, and we are adding general requirements for the development of integrated pest risk management measures that we may use to mitigate the risk associated with the importation of a specific type of plants for planting. We are also amending our foreign quarantine regulations to remove various provisions regarding the importation of specific types of plants for planting that are not currently subject to the general plants for planting regulations; these provisions will also be found in the Plants for Planting Manual. This action does not make any major changes to the restrictions that currently apply to the importation of plants for planting. These changes will make restrictions on the importation of specific types of plants for planting easier for readers to find and less cumbersome for us to change. 83 FR 11845 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2018-03-19/2018-05424 2018-05424 fr19mr18-1 RIN 0579-AD75 3410-34-P Docket No. APHIS-2008-0011 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2018-03-19/2018-05424 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-03-19/html/2018-05424.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-03-19/pdf/2018-05424.pdf Cotton Cottonseeds Fruits Guam Plant Diseases and Pests Puerto Rico Quarantine Transportation Vegetables Virgin Islands Coffee Imports Logs Plants for Planting Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Rice Customs Duties and Inspection Administrative Practice and Procedure Biotechnology Genetic Engineering Packaging and Containers Plants Agricultural Commodities Labeling Seeds 23 p. 11845 11867 83 FR 11845 Title 7 Part 318 7 CFR Part 318 Title 7 Part 319 7 CFR Part 319 Title 7 Part 330 7 CFR Part 330 Title 7 Part 340 7 CFR Part 340 Title 7 Part 360 7 CFR Part 360 Title 7 Part 361 7 CFR Part 361 RIN 0579-AD75 Restructuring of Regulations on the Importation of Plants for Planting; Federal Register Vol. 83, Issue RULE 2018-05424 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 2018-04-18 Docket No. APHIS-2008-0011 3410-34-P 2018-05424 Final rule.

We are restructuring the regulations governing the importation of plants for planting. In the new structure, restrictions on the importation of specific types of plants for planting will no longer be found in the regulations, but instead will be found in the Plants for Planting Manual. We will make changes to the restrictions in the manual after taking public comment through notices published in the Federal Register. As part of this restructuring, we are grouping together restrictions in the plants for planting regulations that apply to the importation of most or all plants for planting, and we are adding general requirements for the development of integrated pest risk management measures that we may use to mitigate the risk associated with the importation of a specific type of plants for planting. We are also amending our foreign quarantine regulations to remove various provisions regarding the importation of specific types of plants for planting that are not currently subject to the general plants for planting regulations; these provisions will also be found in the Plants for Planting Manual. This action does not make any major changes to the restrictions that currently apply to the importation of plants for planting. These changes will make restrictions on the importation of specific types of plants for planting easier for readers to find and less cumbersome for us to change.

Effective April 18, 2018. Dr. Shailaja Rabindran, Assistant Director, Plants for Planting Policy, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851-2167. Cotton Cottonseeds Fruits Guam Plant Diseases and Pests Puerto Rico Quarantine Transportation Vegetables Virgin Islands Coffee Imports Logs Plants for Planting Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Rice Customs Duties and Inspection Administrative Practice and Procedure Biotechnology Genetic Engineering Packaging and Containers Plants Agricultural Commodities Labeling Seeds Importation of Plants for Planting , http://www.aphis.usda.gov/permits/ppq_epermits.shtml http://www.ippc.int/ http://www.nappo.org/files/3414/3895/8942/RSPM24-Revision-01-08-13-e.pdf http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDAAPHIS/subscriber/new https://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plants/manuals/ports/downloads/plants_for_planting.pdf Regulations.gov Vol. 83, no. 53 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2018-03-19 continuing daily deposited born digital 277 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2018-03-19 P0b002ee199aea790 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr19mr18 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2018-03-19 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-03-19/pdf/FR-2018-03-19.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-03-19/xml/FR-2018-03-19.xml fdlp 11845 12112 DGPO 2018-03-17 2024-06-01 FR-2018-03-19 machine generated eng FR FR-2018-03-19 83 53