81 FR 74720 - Importation of Orchids in Growing Media From Taiwan
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 208 (October 27, 2016)
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 208 (October 27, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-26031 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 208 (Thursday, October 27, 2016)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 74720-74722] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-26031] ======================================================================== Proposed Rules Federal Register ________________________________________________________________________ This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules. ======================================================================== Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 208 / Thursday, October 27, 2016 / Proposed Rules [[Page 74720]] DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 7 CFR Part 319 [Docket No. APHIS-2016-0005] RIN 0579-AE28 Importation of Orchids in Growing Media From Taiwan AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA. ACTION: Proposed rule. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: We are proposing to amend the regulations governing the importation of plants for planting to add orchid plants of the genus Dendrobium from Taiwan to the list of plants that may be imported into the United States in an approved growing medium, subject to specified growing, inspection, and certification requirements. We are taking this action in response to a request from the Taiwanese Government and after determining that the plants could be imported, under certain conditions, without resulting in the introduction into, or the dissemination within, the United States of a plant pest or noxious weed. DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before December 27, 2016. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2016-0005. Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to Docket No. APHIS-2016-0005, 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-2016- 0005 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: Ms. Lydia E. Col[oacute]n, Regulatory Policy Specialist, Plants for Planting Policy, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851-2302. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background The regulations in 7 CFR part 319 prohibit or restrict the importation into the United States of certain plants and plant products to prevent the introduction of plant pests and noxious weeds. The regulations in ``Subpart--Plants for Planting,'' Sec. Sec. 319.37 through 319.37-14 (referred to below as the regulations) contain, among other things, prohibitions and restrictions on the importation of plants, plant parts, and seeds for propagation. Paragraph (a) of Sec. 319.37-8 of the regulations requires, with certain exceptions, that plants offered for importation into the United States be free of sand, soil, earth, and other growing media. This requirement is intended to help prevent the introduction of plant pests that might be present in the growing media; the exceptions to the requirement take into account factors that mitigate that plant pest risk. Those exceptions, which are found in paragraphs (b) through (e) of Sec. 319.37-8, consider either the origin of the plants and growing media (paragraph (b)), the nature of the growing media (paragraphs (c) and (d)), or the use of a combination of growing conditions, approved media, inspections, and other requirements (paragraph (e)). Paragraph (e) of Sec. 319.37-8 provides conditions under which certain plants established in growing media may be imported into the United States. In addition to specifying the types of plants that may be imported Sec. 319.37-8(e) also: Specifies the types of growing media that may be used; Requires plants to be grown in accordance with written agreements between the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the national plant protection organization (NPPO) of the country where the plants are grown and between the foreign NPPO and the grower; Requires the plants to be rooted and grown for a specified period in a greenhouse that meets certain requirements for pest exclusion and that is used only for plants being grown in compliance with Sec. 319.37-8(e); Requires that the parent plants of the exported plants in growing media are produced from seed germinated in the production greenhouse or from mother plants that are grown and monitored for a specified period prior to export of the descendant plants; Specifies the sources of water that may be used on the plants, the height of the benches on which the plants must be grown, and the conditions under which the plants must be stored and packaged; and Requires that the plants be inspected in the greenhouse and found free of evidence of plant pests no more than 30 days prior to the exportation of the plants. A phytosanitary certificate issued by the NPPO of the country in which the plants were grown that declares that the above conditions have been met must accompany the plants at the time of importation. These conditions have been used to successfully mitigate the risk of pest introduction associated with the importation into the United States of approved plants established in growing media. Currently, orchid plants of genus Dendrobium spp. may only be imported into the United States from Taiwan as bare root plants, in accordance with Sec. 319.37-2. The NPPO of Taiwan has requested that importation into the United States of those plants in growing media be allowed under the provisions of Sec. 319.37-8. The regulations in Sec. 319.37-8(g) provide that requests such as the one made by the Government of Taiwan be evaluated by APHIS using a pest risk assessment (PRA) that uses specific pest risk evaluation standards that are based on pest risk analysis guidelines established by the International Plant Protection Convention of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization. Such analyses are conducted to determine the plant pest risks associated with each requested plant article and to determine whether or not APHIS should propose to allow [[Page 74721]] the requested plant article established in growing media to be imported into the United States. In accordance with Sec. 319.37-8(g), APHIS has conducted the required PRA, which can be viewed on the Internet on the Regulations.gov Web site or in our reading room.\1\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Instructions on accessing Regulations.gov and information on the location and hours of the reading room may be found at the beginning of this document under ADDRESSES. You may also request paper copies of the risk analysis by calling or writing the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the PRA, titled ``Importation of Dendrobium spp. plants in Approved Growing Media From Taiwan into the United States,'' APHIS determined that three quarantine pests present in Taiwan could potentially follow the import pathway: Helionothrips errans (Williams), a thrips. Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood, the chili thrips. Spodoptera litura (Fabricius), the Oriental leafworm moth. A quarantine pest is defined in Sec. 319.37-1 of the regulations as a plant pest of potential economic importance to the United States and not yet present in the United States, or present but not widely distributed and being officially controlled. Potential plant pest risks associated with the importation of Dendrobium spp. from Taiwan in growing media into the United States were derived by estimating the consequences and likelihood of introduction of each quarantine pest into the United States and ranking the risk potential as high, medium, or low. The PRA determined that one of these three pests--S. dorsalis-- poses a high pest risk potential. The remaining pests--H. errans and S. litura--were rated as having a medium pest risk potential. Further, it is important to note that those plant pest risks were analyzed in the absence of the mitigative effects of the requirements in Sec. 319.37- 8(e), which are designed to establish and maintain a pest-free production environment and ensure the use of pest-free seeds or parent plants. The risk management document (RMD) concluded that the safeguards in Sec. 319.37-8(e) would allow the safe importation of Dendrobium spp. from Taiwan provided that the plants are established in an approved growing medium and meet all other applicable conditions of Sec. 319.37-8(e). This determination is based on the findings of the PRA, RMD, and the Secretary's judgment that the application of the measures required under Sec. 319.37-8(e) will prevent the introduction or dissemination of plant pests into the United States. Accordingly, we are proposing to amend the regulations in Sec. 319.37-8(e) by adding Dendrobium spp. from Taiwan to the list of plants established in an approved growing medium that may be imported into the United States. The plants would have to be produced, handled, and imported in accordance with the requirements of Sec. 319.37-8(e) and be accompanied at the time of importation by a phytosanitary certificate issued by the NPPO of Taiwan that declares that those requirements have been met. Executive Order 12866 and Regulatory Flexibility Act This proposed rule has been determined to be not significant for the purposes of Executive Order 12866 and, therefore, has not been reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget. In accordance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act, we have analyzed the potential economic effects of this action on small entities. The analysis is summarized below. Copies of the full analysis are available by contacting the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT or on the Regulations.gov Web site (see ADDRESSES above for instructions for accessing Regulations.gov). The proposed rule would enable Taiwanese exporters to provide higher-valued, mature Dendrobium spp. plants directly to wholesalers and retailers. However, such a scenario is considered unlikely, given the technical challenges and marketing costs incurred when shipping finished plants in pots. A more likely scenario is for Taiwan to continue to export immature Dendrobium spp. plants as bare root plants or in approved growing media to U.S. nurseries to grow and sell as finished plants. Taiwan is the world's largest orchid exporter, with international sales in 2013 totaling $166.3 million. That year, Dendrobium spp. orchids comprised less than 0.1 percent (that is, less than $166,000) of the value of Taiwan's orchid exports worldwide. The United States imported more than 6,400 metric tons of live orchids valued at $79.4 million in 2015. Orchid imports from Taiwan comprised almost 77 percent of this value, at $61.4 million. In comparison, the value of orchid plants produced in the United States in 2014 was $300 million, with Dendrobium spp. production totaling $12.3 million. Given Dendrobium spp. making up such a small share of Taiwan's orchid sales worldwide, this proposed rule is not expected to have a significant impact on the U.S. orchid industry. U.S. Dendrobium spp. producers numbered 216 in 2014, but the number of these establishments that are small entities is not known. Given Dendrobium spp. making up such an insignificant share of Taiwan's exports worldwide and the fact that Phalaenopsis and Oncidium spp. orchids are already being imported from Taiwan in approved growing media, we expect the proposed rule would not significantly change the volume or value of orchids imported into the continental United States from Taiwan. Under these circumstances, the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has determined that this action would not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. Executive Order 12988 This proposed rule has been reviewed under Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform. If this proposed rule is adopted: (1) All State and local laws and regulations that are inconsistent with this rule will be preempted; (2) no retroactive effect will be given to this rule; and (3) administrative proceedings will not be required before parties may file suit in court challenging this rule. National Environmental Policy Act To provide the public with documentation of APHIS' review and analysis of any potential environmental impacts associated with the proposed importation of Dendrobium spp. from Taiwan, we have prepared an environmental assessment. The environmental assessment was prepared in accordance with: (1) The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), (2) regulations of the Council on Environmental Quality for implementing the procedural provisions of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), (3) USDA regulations implementing NEPA (7 CFR part 1b), and (4) APHIS' NEPA Implementing Procedures (7 CFR part 372). The environmental assessment may be viewed on the Regulations.gov Web site or in our reading room. (A link to Regulations.gov and information on the location and hours of the reading room are provided under the heading ADDRESSES at the beginning of this proposed rule.) In addition, copies may be obtained by calling or writing to the individual listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. [[Page 74722]] Paperwork Reduction Act In accordance with section 3507(d) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the information collection or recordkeeping requirements included in this proposed rule have been submitted for approval to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Please send written comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for APHIS, Washington, DC 20503. Please state that your comments refer to Docket No. APHIS- 2016-0005. Please send a copy of your comments to: (1) Please send a copy of your comments to: (1) APHIS, using one of the methods described under ADDRESSES at the beginning of this document, and (2) Clearance Officer, OCIO, USDA, Room 404-W, 14th Street and Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250. APHIS is proposing to amend the regulations governing the importation of plants and plant products to add orchid plants of the genus Dendrobium from Taiwan to the list of plants that may be imported into the United States in an approved growing medium, subject to specified growing requirements. Respondents will complete activities such as phytosanitary certificates, written agreements, and inspections. We are soliciting comments from the public (as well as affected agencies) concerning our proposed information collection and recordkeeping requirements. These comments will help us: (1) Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is necessary for the proper performance of our agency's functions, including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) Minimize the burden of the information collection on those who are to respond (such as through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology; e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses). Estimate of burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1.166 hours per response. Respondents: Foreign government and businesses. Estimated annual number of respondents: 16. Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 17. Estimated annual number of responses: 271. Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 316 hours. (Due to averaging, the total annual burden hours may not equal the product of the annual number of responses multiplied by the reporting burden per response.) A copy of the information collection may be viewed on the Regulations.gov Web site or in our reading room. (A link to Regulations.gov and information on the location and hours of the reading room are provided under the heading ADDRESSES at the beginning of this proposed rule.) Copies can also be obtained from Ms. Kimberly Hardy, APHIS' Information Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851-2727. APHIS will respond to any ICR-related comments in the final rule. All comments will also become a matter of public record. E-Government Act Compliance The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is committed to compliance with the EGovernment Act to promote the use of the Internet and other information technologies, to provide increased opportunities for citizen access to Government information and services, and for other purposes. For information pertinent to E-Government Act compliance related to this proposed rule, please contact Ms. Kimberly Hardy, APHIS' Information Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851-2727. List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 319 Coffee, Cotton, Fruits, Imports, Logs, Nursery stock, Plant diseases and pests, Quarantine, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Rice, Vegetables. Accordingly, we propose to amend 7 CFR part 319 as follows: PART 319--FOREIGN QUARANTINE NOTICES 0 1. The authority citation for part 319 continues to read as follows: Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450, 7701-7772, and 7781-7786; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3. Sec. 319.37-8 [Amended] 0 2. In Sec. 319.37-8(e) introductory text, amend the list of plants by adding, in alphabetical order, an entry for ``Dendrobium spp. from Taiwan''. Done in Washington, DC, this 24th day of October 2016. Kevin Shea, Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. [FR Doc. 2016-26031 Filed 10-26-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-34-P
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER and Independence Avenue SW., (NPPO) of the country where the plants
contains notices to the public of the proposed Washington, DC. Normal reading room are grown and between the foreign
issuance of rules and regulations. The hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday NPPO and the grower;
purpose of these notices is to give interested through Friday, except holidays. To be • Requires the plants to be rooted and
persons an opportunity to participate in the sure someone is there to help you, grown for a specified period in a
rule making prior to the adoption of the final
rules.
please call (202) 799–7039 before greenhouse that meets certain
coming. requirements for pest exclusion and that
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. is used only for plants being grown in
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Lydia E. Colón, Regulatory Policy compliance with § 319.37–8(e);
Specialist, Plants for Planting Policy, • Requires that the parent plants of
Animal and Plant Health Inspection PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 133, the exported plants in growing media
Service Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–2302. are produced from seed germinated in
the production greenhouse or from
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
7 CFR Part 319 mother plants that are grown and
Background monitored for a specified period prior to
[Docket No. APHIS–2016–0005]
The regulations in 7 CFR part 319 export of the descendant plants;
RIN 0579–AE28
prohibit or restrict the importation into • Specifies the sources of water that
the United States of certain plants and may be used on the plants, the height of
Importation of Orchids in Growing the benches on which the plants must
Media From Taiwan plant products to prevent the
introduction of plant pests and noxious be grown, and the conditions under
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health weeds. The regulations in ‘‘Subpart— which the plants must be stored and
Inspection Service, USDA. Plants for Planting,’’ §§ 319.37 through packaged; and
ACTION: Proposed rule. 319.37–14 (referred to below as the • Requires that the plants be
regulations) contain, among other inspected in the greenhouse and found
SUMMARY: We are proposing to amend things, prohibitions and restrictions on free of evidence of plant pests no more
the regulations governing the the importation of plants, plant parts, than 30 days prior to the exportation of
importation of plants for planting to add and seeds for propagation. the plants.
orchid plants of the genus Dendrobium Paragraph (a) of § 319.37–8 of the A phytosanitary certificate issued by
from Taiwan to the list of plants that regulations requires, with certain the NPPO of the country in which the
may be imported into the United States exceptions, that plants offered for plants were grown that declares that the
in an approved growing medium, importation into the United States be above conditions have been met must
subject to specified growing, inspection, free of sand, soil, earth, and other accompany the plants at the time of
and certification requirements. We are growing media. This requirement is importation. These conditions have
taking this action in response to a intended to help prevent the been used to successfully mitigate the
request from the Taiwanese Government introduction of plant pests that might be risk of pest introduction associated with
and after determining that the plants present in the growing media; the the importation into the United States of
could be imported, under certain exceptions to the requirement take into approved plants established in growing
conditions, without resulting in the account factors that mitigate that plant media.
introduction into, or the dissemination pest risk. Those exceptions, which are Currently, orchid plants of genus
within, the United States of a plant pest found in paragraphs (b) through (e) of Dendrobium spp. may only be imported
or noxious weed. § 319.37–8, consider either the origin of into the United States from Taiwan as
DATES: We will consider all comments the plants and growing media bare root plants, in accordance with
that we receive on or before December (paragraph (b)), the nature of the § 319.37–2. The NPPO of Taiwan has
27, 2016. growing media (paragraphs (c) and (d)), requested that importation into the
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments or the use of a combination of growing United States of those plants in growing
by either of the following methods: conditions, approved media, media be allowed under the provisions
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to inspections, and other requirements of § 319.37–8.
http://www.regulations.gov/#!docket (paragraph (e)). The regulations in § 319.37–8(g)
Detail;D=APHIS-2016-0005. Paragraph (e) of § 319.37–8 provides provide that requests such as the one
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: conditions under which certain plants made by the Government of Taiwan be
Send your comment to Docket No. established in growing media may be evaluated by APHIS using a pest risk
APHIS–2016–0005, Regulatory Analysis imported into the United States. In assessment (PRA) that uses specific pest
and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station addition to specifying the types of risk evaluation standards that are based
3A–03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118, plants that may be imported § 319.37– on pest risk analysis guidelines
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Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 8(e) also: established by the International Plant
Supporting documents and any • Specifies the types of growing Protection Convention of the United
comments we receive on this docket media that may be used; Nations’ Food and Agriculture
may be viewed at http://www. • Requires plants to be grown in Organization. Such analyses are
regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D= accordance with written agreements conducted to determine the plant pest
APHIS-2016-0005 or in our reading between the Animal and Plant Health risks associated with each requested
room, which is located in room 1141 of Inspection Service (APHIS) and the plant article and to determine whether
the USDA South Building, 14th Street national plant protection organization or not APHIS should propose to allow
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Paperwork Reduction Act Estimated annual number of Done in Washington, DC, this 24th day of
responses per respondent: 17. October 2016.
In accordance with section 3507(d) of
Kevin Shea,
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 Estimated annual number of
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the information responses: 271. Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
collection or recordkeeping Estimated total annual burden on [FR Doc. 2016–26031 Filed 10–26–16; 8:45 am]
requirements included in this proposed respondents: 316 hours. (Due to
rule have been submitted for approval to BILLING CODE 3410–34–P
averaging, the total annual burden hours
the Office of Management and Budget may not equal the product of the annual
(OMB). Please send written comments number of responses multiplied by the
to the Office of Information and DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
reporting burden per response.)
Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attention: Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Desk Officer for APHIS, Washington, DC A copy of the information collection
may be viewed on the Regulations.gov Service
20503. Please state that your comments
refer to Docket No. APHIS–2016–0005. Web site or in our reading room. (A link
to Regulations.gov and information on 7 CFR Part 319
Please send a copy of your comments to:
(1) Please send a copy of your comments the location and hours of the reading [Docket No. APHIS–2016–0022]
to: (1) APHIS, using one of the methods room are provided under the heading RIN 0579–AE29
described under ADDRESSES at the ADDRESSES at the beginning of this
beginning of this document, and (2) proposed rule.) Copies can also be Importation of Hass Avocados From
Clearance Officer, OCIO, USDA, Room obtained from Ms. Kimberly Hardy, Colombia
404–W, 14th Street and Independence APHIS’ Information Collection
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250. Coordinator, at (301) 851–2727. APHIS AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health
APHIS is proposing to amend the will respond to any ICR-related Inspection Service, USDA.
regulations governing the importation of comments in the final rule. All ACTION: Proposed rule.
plants and plant products to add orchid comments will also become a matter of
public record. SUMMARY: We are proposing to amend
plants of the genus Dendrobium from
the fruits and vegetables regulations to
Taiwan to the list of plants that may be
E-Government Act Compliance allow the importation of Hass avocados
imported into the United States in an
from Colombia into the continental
approved growing medium, subject to The Animal and Plant Health United States. As a condition of entry,
specified growing requirements. Inspection Service is committed to Hass avocados from Colombia would
Respondents will complete activities compliance with the EGovernment Act have to be produced in accordance with
such as phytosanitary certificates, to promote the use of the Internet and a systems approach that would include
written agreements, and inspections. other information technologies, to requirements for importation in
We are soliciting comments from the provide increased opportunities for commercial consignments; registration
public (as well as affected agencies) citizen access to Government and monitoring of places of production
concerning our proposed information information and services, and for other and packinghouses; pest-free places of
collection and recordkeeping purposes. For information pertinent to production; grove sanitation,
requirements. These comments will E-Government Act compliance related monitoring, and pest control practices;
help us: to this proposed rule, please contact Ms.
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed lot identification; and inspection for
Kimberly Hardy, APHIS’ Information quarantine pests by the Colombian
information collection is necessary for Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851–
the proper performance of our agency’s national plant protection organization.
2727. Additionally, avocados from Colombia
functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility; List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 319 would be required to be accompanied
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our by a phytosanitary certificate with an
estimate of the burden of the proposed Coffee, Cotton, Fruits, Imports, Logs, additional declaration stating that the
information collection, including the Nursery stock, Plant diseases and pests, avocados have been produced in
validity of the methodology and Quarantine, Reporting and accordance with the proposed
assumptions used; recordkeeping requirements, Rice, requirements. This action would allow
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and Vegetables. for the importation of Hass avocados
clarity of the information to be from Colombia into the continental
Accordingly, we propose to amend 7 United States while continuing to
collected; and CFR part 319 as follows:
(4) Minimize the burden of the provide protection against the
information collection on those who are introduction of plant pests.
PART 319—FOREIGN QUARANTINE
to respond (such as through the use of DATES: We will consider all comments
NOTICES
appropriate automated, electronic, that we receive on or before December
mechanical, or other technological 27, 2016.
■ 1. The authority citation for part 319
collection techniques or other forms of ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
continues to read as follows:
information technology; e.g., permitting by either of the following methods:
electronic submission of responses). Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450, 7701–7772, and • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
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Estimate of burden: Public reporting 7781–7786; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 7 CFR http://www.regulations.gov/
burden for this collection of information 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3. #!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2016-0022.
is estimated to average 1.166 hours per • Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
§ 319.37–8 [Amended]
response. Send your comments to Docket No.
Respondents: Foreign government and ■ 2. In § 319.37–8(e) introductory text, APHIS–2016–0022, Regulatory Analysis
businesses. amend the list of plants by adding, in and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station
Estimated annual number of alphabetical order, an entry for 3A–03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118,
respondents: 16. ‘‘Dendrobium spp. from Taiwan’’. Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.
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| Dates | We will consider all comments that we receive on or before December 27, 2016. | |
| Contact | Ms. Lydia E. Col[oacute]n, Regulatory Policy Specialist, Plants for Planting Policy, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851-2302. | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 74720 | |
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