The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has updated the following PPQ electronic manuals as of July 7, 2011 (since June 30, 2011):
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has issued its strategic plan for the Plant Protection and Quarantine's activities up to 2015, which includes, among other things, optimizing efficiency of the agency's pest exclusion and prevention activities, and enhancing the agency's capacity to detect new plant health pests.
The Federal Register has published the spring 2011 semi-annual regulatory agendas for Federal government agencies.
Various U.S. government agencies are seeking comments on the following information collections for which they have requested or intend to request Office of Management and Budget approval or extension of approval (see notices for specific details):
Broker Power is providing readers with some of the top stories for June 27 -- July 1, 2011 in case they were missed last week.
Officials at the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service state that the June 30 advance notice of proposed rulemaking asking for comments on specific proposals for the Lacey Act Declaration for imported plants and plant products - such as de minimis exceptions for (i) small amounts of plant materials and (ii) composite plant materials - was issued pursuant to APHIS' general regulatory authority. In addition, officials expect the agency to issue its long-awaited report1 to Congress on the Lacey Act Amendments2 by August 29, 2011.
Various U.S. government agencies are seeking comments on the following information collections for which they have requested or intend to request Office of Management and Budget approval or extension of approval (see notices for specific details):
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has updated the following PPQ electronic manuals as of June 30, 2011 (since June 23, 2011):
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has announced the following recent updates in its Animal Export Regulations History:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that it has prepared a pest risk analysis that evaluates the risks associated with the importation into the continental U.S. of dragon fruit from Thailand. Based on this analysis, APHIS believes that the application of one or more designated phytosanitary measures will be sufficient to mitigate the risks of introducing or disseminating plant pests or noxious weeds via the importation of dragon fruit from Thailand. Comments are due by August 29, 2011.