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contains documents other than rules or

proposed rules that are applicable to the

public. Notices of hearings and investigations,

committee meetings, agency decisions and

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Notices Federal Register

6681 

Vol. 80, No. 25 

Friday, February 6, 2015 

1To view the final rule and related documents, 

go to http://www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2011-0101. 

2This document may be viewed on the NPIP Web 

site at http://www.poultryimprovement.org/

documents/ProgramStandardsAugust2014.pdf, or 

by writing to the Service at National Poultry 

Improvement Plan, APHIS, USDA, 1506 Klondike 

Road, Suite 101, Conyers, GA 30094. 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0100] 

Notice of Availability of Proposed 

Changes to the National Poultry 

Improvement Plan Program Standards 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that proposed changes to the National 

Poultry Improvement Plan Program 

Standards are available for review and 

comment. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before March 9, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0100. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2014–0100, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

The proposed standards and any 

comments we receive may be viewed at 

http://www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0100 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: Dr. 

Denise Brinson, DVM, Director, 

National Poultry Improvement Plan, VS, 

APHIS, USDA, 1506 Klondike Road, 

Suite 101, Conyers, GA 30094–5104; 

(770) 922–3496. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Poultry Improvement Plan 

(NPIP, also referred to below as ‘‘the 

Plan’’) is a cooperative Federal-StateIndustry mechanism for controlling 

certain poultry diseases. The Plan 

consists of a variety of programs 

intended to prevent and control poultry 

diseases. Participation in all Plan 

programs is voluntary, but breeding 

flocks, hatcheries, and dealers must first 

qualify as ‘‘U.S. Pullorum-Typhoid 

Clean’’ as a condition for participating 

in the other Plan programs. 

The Plan identifies States, flocks, 

hatcheries, dealers, and slaughter plants 

that meet certain disease control 

standards specified in the Plan’s various 

programs. As a result, customers can 

buy poultry that has tested clean of 

certain diseases or that has been 

produced under disease-prevention 

conditions. 

The regulations in 9 CFR parts 145, 

146, and 147 (referred to below as the 

regulations) contain the provisions of 

the Plan. The Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS, also referred 

to as ‘‘the Service’’) of the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA, also 

referred to as ‘‘the Department’’) amends 

these provisions from time to time to 

incorporate new scientific information 

and technologies within the Plan. 

In the past, APHIS has updated the 

regulations once every 2 years, 

following the Biennial Plan Conference. 

However, with the continual changes in 

diagnostic science and testing 

technology and in best practices for 

maintaining sanitation, the biennial 

update schedule has occasionally 

resulted in the regulations becoming out 

of date between updates. In some 

instances, tests have also been difficult 

to render properly in the regulations 

due to the need to describe flow charts 

or diagrams in a narrative format. 

On July 9, 2014, we published in the 

Federal Register (79 FR 38752–38768, 

Docket No. APHIS–2011–0101) a final 

rule 1 that, among other things, amended 

the regulations by removing tests and 

detailed testing procedures, as well as 

sanitation procedures, from part 147, 

and making these available in an NPIP 

Program Standards document.2 The rule 

also amended the regulations to provide 

for the Program Standards document to 

be updated through the issuance of a 

notice in the Federal Register followed 

by a period of public comment. This 

action was intended to make the NPIP 

program more effective by streamlining 

the provisions of the Plan, keeping those 

provisions current with changes in the 

poultry industry, and providing for the 

use of new approved sampling and 

testing procedures without the need for 

rulemaking. 

We are advising the public that we 

have prepared updates to the NPIP 

Program Standards document. The 

proposed updates include changes to 

blood testing procedures for 

mycoplasma, bacteriological 

examination procedure changes for 

Salmonella, and the addition of new 

approved diagnostic test kits. After 

reviewing any comments we receive on 

the proposed updates, we will publish 

a second notice in the Federal Register 

announcing our decision regarding the 

proposed changes. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 8301–8317; 7 CFR 

2.22, 2.80, and 371.4. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 2nd day of 

February 2015. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02406 Filed 2–5–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2008–0119] 

Implementation of Revised Lacey Act 

Provisions 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Food, Conservation, and 

Energy Act of 2008 amended the Lacey 

Act to provide, among other things, that 

importers submit a declaration at the 


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1To view these notices and the comments we 

received, go to http://www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2008-0119. 

time of importation for certain plants 

and plant products. Enforcement of the 

declaration requirement began on April 

1, 2009, and products requiring a 

declaration are being phased-in. The 

purpose of this notice is to inform the 

public of another phase of the Federal 

Government’s enforcement schedule. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before April 7, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2008-0119. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2008–0119, 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-2008-0119 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. 

Parul Patel, Senior Agriculturalist, 

Regulations, Permits, and Manuals, 

PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 60, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; (301) 851– 

2351. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Lacey Act (16 U.S.C. 3371 et 

seq.), first enacted in 1900 and 

significantly amended in 1981, is the 

United States’ oldest wildlife protection 

statute. The Act combats trafficking in 

illegally taken wildlife, fish, and plants. 

The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act 

of 2008 amended the Lacey Act by 

expanding its protection to a broader 

range of plants and plant products 

(Section 8204, Prevention of Illegal 

Logging Practices). As amended, the 

Lacey Act makes it unlawful to import, 

export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, 

or purchase in interstate or foreign 

commerce any plant, with some limited 

exceptions, taken in violation of the 

laws of a U.S. State or any foreign law 

that protects plants. The Lacey Act also 

makes it unlawful to make or submit 

any false record, account, or label for, or 

any false identification of, any plant. 

In addition, Section 3 of the Lacey 

Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 3372), 

makes it unlawful to import certain 

plants and plant products without an 

import declaration. The declaration 

must contain, among other things, the 

scientific name of the plant, value of the 

importation, quantity of the plant, and 

name of the country from where the 

plant was harvested. For paper and 

paperboard products containing 

recycled content, the declaration also 

must include the average percent of 

recycled content without regard for 

species or country of harvest. Currently, 

enforcement of the declaration 

requirement is being phased in, as 

described in two notices we published 

in the Federal Register,1 the first on 

February 3, 2009 (74 FR 5911–5913, 

Docket No. APHIS–2008–0119) and the 

second on September 2, 2009 (74 FR 

45415–45418, Docket No. APHIS–2008– 

0119). 

In our February 2009 notice, we 

committed to providing affected 

individuals and industry with at least 6 

months’ notice for any products that 

would be added to the phase-in 

schedule. The phased-in enforcement 

schedule began April 1, 2009. The most 

recent phase (IV) began on April 1, 

2010. The enforcement schedule is 

available on the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Web 

site at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/

plant_health/lacey_act/. We continue to 

consider the applicability of the 

declaration requirement to products not 

included in the current phase-in 

schedule and we invite public comment 

on how the declaration requirement 

should be enforced as to these products. 

Phase V of the enforcement schedule, 

which would begin on August 6, 2015, 

is described below. We invite public 

comment on the products covered under 

this phase of the plan, as well as on 

whether any additional Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule (HTS) chapters should 

be included in the current phase-in 

schedule. Should there be additions to 

phase V, we intend to provide at least 

6 months’ notice to persons and 

industries affected by those changes to 

facilitate compliance with the new 

requirements. Changes will be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

Ch. 44 Headings (Wood & Articles of 

Wood) 

• 4416003010—new casks, barrels, and 

parts of wood 

• 4416003020—used assembled casks of 

wood 

• 4416003030—used unassembled 

casks of wood 

• 4416006010—new barrel staves of 

wood 

• 4416006020—new barrel hoops of 

softwood 

• 4416006030—new tight barrelheads of 

wood 

• 4416006040—used barrels staves of 

softwood 

• 4416006050—used hoops, tight 

barrelheads of softwood 

• 4416009020—new other casks, 

barrels, wood 

• 4416009040—used other cooper 

goods, wood 

Ch. 82 Headings (Tools, Implements, 

Cutlery, Spoons and Forks, of Base 

Metal; Parts Thereof of Base Metal) 

• 8211926000—hunting knives with 

wood handles 

• 8215992400—table barbeque forks 

with wood handles 

Ch. 94 Headings (Furniture, etc.) 

• 9401612010—upholstered teak chair, 

household 

• 9401612030—upholstered teak chairs, 

other 

• 9401901500—parts of bent-wood seats 

• 9403304000—bent-wood office 

furniture 

• 9403404000—bent-wood kitchen 

furniture 

• 9403504000—bent-wood bedroom 

furniture 

• 9403604000—other bent-wood 

furniture 

Ch. 96 Headings (Miscellaneous 

Manufactured Articles) 

• 9614002100—rough wood blocks for 

smoking pipe manufacture 

Additional Information 

Several commenters on our earlier 

notices contended that identifying 

composite and recycled or reused 

materials (e.g., medium density 

fiberboard, particleboard, and scrap 

wood) to the genus and/or species level 

would be difficult and in some cases 

impossible. These commenters asked 

that we consider describing a level at 

which the declaration requirement does 

not apply for minimal amounts of 

unidentifiable plant materials in such 

products. The commenters also asked 

that we describe a level at which the 

declaration requirement does not apply 

for minimal amounts of non-listed (i.e., 

not of conservation concern) plant 

materials contained in an otherwise 

non-plant product, such as wooden 

buttons on a shirt. Some commenters 

referred to this as a de minimis 

exception from the declaration 

requirement. We are in the process of 


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developing a proposal to establish 

exceptions from the declaration 

requirement for composite materials and 

products that contain a minimal amount 

of plant material. Upon completion of 

the proposal, we will publish it in the 

Federal Register for public comment. 

APHIS will continue to provide the 

latest information regarding the Lacey 

Act on our Web site, http://

www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/

lacey_act/. The Web site currently 

contains the Lacey Act, as amended; a 

slideshow covering background and 

context, requirements, commodities and 

products covered, information on 

prohibitions, and the current status of 

implementation of the declaration 

requirement of the Lacey Act; frequently 

asked questions; the phase-in 

implementation plan; a link to the Lacey 

Act Web Governance System (LAWGS); 

and the paper declaration form. The 

Web site will be updated as new 

materials become available. We 

encourage persons interested in 

receiving timely updates on APHIS’ 

Lacey Act efforts to register for our 

stakeholder registry at https://

public.govdelivery.com/accounts/

USDAAPHIS/subscriber/new/ and select 

‘‘Lacey Act Declaration’’ as a topic of 

interest. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 2nd day of 

February 2015. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02403 Filed 2–5–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

RIN 0596–AD06 

National Forest System, Land 

Management Planning Directives 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of final directives. 

SUMMARY: On February 29, 2013, the 

Forest Service (Agency) proposed to 

revise the Forest Service Handbook 

(FSH 1909.12) and Manual (FSM 1920) 

establishing procedures and 

responsibilities for implementing the 

National Forest System (NFS) land 

management planning regulation 

(collectively ‘‘planning directives’’). The 

final issuance of planning directives, 

effective today, will provide consistent 

overall guidance to Forest Service Line 

Officers and Agency employees in 

developing, amending, or revising land 

management plans for units of the NFS. 

Public comment was accepted until May 

24, 2013. The Agency considered all 

public comment, including 

recommendations from an advisory 

committee formed pursuant to the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), in developing final planning 

directives. 

DATES: These directives are effective 

January 30, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: The Forest Service Manual 

and Handbook, including the planning 

directives, are available electronically 

via the World Wide Web/Internet at 

http://www.fs.fed.us/im/directives. 

Single paper copies are available by 

contacting Annie Eberhart Goode, Forest 

Service, USDA, Ecosystem Management 

Coordination Staff (Mail Stop 1104), 

1400 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–1104. 

Additional information and analysis, 

including a description of how the 

Agency considered public comment, 

can be found at http://www.fs.usda.gov/ 

main/planningrule/home. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Annie Eberhart Goode, Planning 

Specialist, Ecosystem Management 

Coordination staff, (202) 205–1056. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at (800) 877–8339 

between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Eastern 

Standard Time, Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On April 9, 2012, the U.S. Department 

of Agriculture (Department or USDA) 

adopted final planning regulations for 

the NFS at 36 CFR part 219 (77 FR 

21161). These regulations, known 

collectively as the 2012 Planning Rule, 

provide broad programmatic direction 

in developing and implementing land 

management plans. The rule explicitly 

directs the Chief of the Forest Service to 

establish planning procedures in the 

Forest Service Directives System (36 

CFR 219.2(b)(5)(i). Those Responsible 

Officials that are implementing the 2012 

Planning Rule shall follow the 

regulations at 36 CFR part 219 and the 

revised planning directives. 

The Forest Service Directives System 

consists of the Forest Service Manual 

(FSM) and the Forest Service Handbook 

(FSH), which contain the Agency’s 

policies, practices, and procedures, and 

serves as the primary basis for the 

internal management and control of 

programs and administrative direction 

to Forest Service employees. The 

directives are set out on the World Wide 

Web/Internet at http://www.fs.fed.us/

im/directives. Specifically, the FSM 

contains legal authorities, objectives, 

policies, responsibilities, instructions, 

and guidance needed on a continuing 

basis by Forest Service Line Officers and 

primary staff to plan and execute 

programs and activities. The FSH is the 

principal source of specialized guidance 

and instruction for carrying out the 

policies, objectives, and responsibilities 

contained in the FSM. 

FSM 1920 and FSH 1909.12 (planning 

directives) provide policy direction, 

objectives, instructions, and guidance 

for Forest Service Line Officers and 

primary staff to plan and execute the 

process of developing, revising, 

amending, and making administrative 

changes to land management plans to 

provide for the sustainability of 

ecosystems and resources; meet the 

need for forest restoration and 

conservation, watershed protection, and 

species diversity and conservation; and 

assist the Agency in providing a 

sustainable flow of benefits, including 

economic benefits, services, and uses of 

NFS lands. The 2012 Planning Rule and 

the FSM 1920 and FSH 19092.12 

together provide requirements and 

guidance for the Agency in land 

management planning pursuant to the 

National Forest Management Act. 

On February 29, 2013, the Forest 

Service proposed to revise the planning 

directives (FSM 1920 and FSH 1909.12) 

to ensure that the Agency’s planning 

directives are consistent with the 2012 

Planning Rule. Issuance of planning 

directives will provide consistent 

overall guidance to Forest Service Line 

Officers and Agency employees in 

developing, amending, or revising land 

management plans pursuant to the 2012 

Planning Rule. Public comment was 

accepted until May 24, 2013. The 

Agency considered all public comment 

in developing final planning directives. 

In addition to seeking public 

comment on the proposed directives, 

the Agency considered 

recommendations from the Planning 

Rule Implementation Federal Advisory 

Committee (FACA Committee), 

established in June 2012 to advise the 

Secretary of Agriculture and the Chief of 

the Forest Service regarding 

implementation of the 2012 Planning 

Rule. The FACA Committee is 

comprised of 21 members who provide 

balanced and broad representation of 

public interests including industry and 

user groups; environmental 

organizations; conservation 

organizations; recreation interests; 

members of the scientific community; 

State, County, or local elected officials 

(or designee); Tribal representatives; 

and other public interests. The initial 

FACA Committee provided its 

recommendations regarding the 


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