[Federal Register: March 10, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 46)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 11886]
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Proposed Rules
Federal Register
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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.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
7 CFR Part 319
[Docket No. 03-069-2]
RIN 0579-AB85
Nursery Stock Regulations
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking and request for comments;
extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: We are extending the comment period for our advance notice of
proposed rulemaking that solicited public comment on whether and how we
should amend the regulations that govern the importation of nursery
stock, also known as plants for planting. This action will allow
interested persons additional time to prepare and submit comments.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before April
11, 2005.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
EDOCKET: Go to http://www.epa.gov/feddocket to submit or
view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the
official public docket, and to access those documents in the public
docket that are available electronically. Once you have entered
EDOCKET, click on the ``View Open APHIS Dockets'' link to locate this
document.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Please send four copies
of your comment (an original and three copies) to Docket No. 03-069-1,
Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 3C71, 4700
River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. Please state that your
comment refers to Docket No. 03-069-1.
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov
and follow the instructions for locating this
docket and submitting comments.
Reading Room: You may read any comments that we receive on Docket
No. 03-069-1 in our reading room. The reading room 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) 690-2817 before coming.
Other Information: You may view APHIS documents published in the
Federal Register and related information on the Internet at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/webrepor.html
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Arnold T. Tschanz, Senior Staff
Officer, Regulatory Coordination, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 141,
Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; (301) 734-5306.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 10, 2004, we published in the
Federal Register (69 FR 71736-71744, Docket No. 03-069-1) an advance
notice of proposed rulemaking that solicited public comment on whether
and how we should amend the regulations that govern the importation of
nursery stock, also known as plants for planting.
Comments on the advance notice of proposed rulemaking were required
to be received on or before March 10, 2005. We are extending the
comment period on Docket No. 03-069-1 for an additional 30 days. This
action will allow interested persons additional time to prepare and
submit comments.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450 and 7701-7772; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 7
CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3.
Done in Washington, DC, this 4th day of March 2005.
Elizabeth E. Gaston,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 05-4705 Filed 3-9-05; 8:45 am]
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