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displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

Title: Federal Seed Act Program. 

OMB Control Number: 0581–0026. 

Summary of Collection: The Federal 

Seed Act (FSA) (7 U.S.C. 1551–1611) 

regulates agricultural and vegetable 

seeds in interstate commerce. Fresh 

apples and grapes grown in the United 

States shipped to designated foreign 

destination must meet minimum quality 

and other requirements established by 

regulations issued under the Export 

Apple Act (7 U.S.C. 581–590) and the 

Export Grape and Plum Act (7 U.S.C. 

591–599) (Acts) in 7 CFR parts 33 and 

35, respectively. Regulations for plum 

exports have not been in effect since 

1991. 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 

(USDA) issues regulations that cover 

exports of U.S. fresh apples and grapes 

shipped to foreign destinations, except 

for grapes shipped to Canada or Mexico 

and apples in bulk bins shipped to 

Canada. Certain limited quantity 

provisions may exempt some shipments 

from this information collection. 

Regulations issued under the Acts (7 

CFR 33.11 for apples and § 35.12 for 

grapes) require that USDA inspect and 

certify that each export shipment of 

fresh apples and grapes complies with 

quality and shipping requirements 

effective under the Acts. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

information in this collection is the 

minimum information necessary to 

effectively carry out the enforcement of 

FSA. With the exception of the 

requirements for entering a new variety 

into a State seed certification program 

(set forth separately below), the 

information collection is entirely 

recordkeeping rather than reporting. 

The FSA program would be ineffective 

without the ability to examine pertinent 

records as necessary to resolve 

complaints of violations. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Farm. 

Number of Respondents: 3,484. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 97,847. 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

Title: Export Fruit Regulations— 

Export Apple Act (7 CFR part 33) and 

Export Grape and Plum Act (7 CFR part 

35). 

OMB Control Number: 0581–0143. 

Summary of Collection: Fresh apples 

and grapes grown in the United States 

shipped to designated foreign 

destination must meet minimum quality 

and other requirements established by 

regulations issued under the Export 

Apple Act (7 U.S.C. 581–590) and the 

Export Grape and Plum Act (7 U.S.C. 

591–599) (Acts) in 7 CFR parts 33 and 

35, respectively. Regulations for plum 

exports have not been in effect since 

1991. The U.S. Department of 

Agriculture’s (USDA) issues regulations 

that cover exports of U.S. fresh apples 

and grapes shipped to foreign 

destinations, except for grapes shipped 

to Canada or Mexico and apples in bulk 

bins shipped to Canada. Certain limited 

quantity provisions may exempt some 

shipments from this information 

collection. Regulations issued under the 

Acts (7 CFR 33.11 for apples and § 35.12 

for grapes) require that USDA inspect 

and certify that each export shipment of 

fresh apples and grapes complies with 

quality and shipping requirements 

effective under the Acts. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

information collection requirements in 

this request are essential to carry out the 

intent and administration of the Acts. 

The currently approved collection 

under OMB No. 0581–0143 authorizes 

the use of an Export Form Certificate 

(SC–205). Federal or Federal-State 

Inspection Program (FSIP) inspectors 

use the Export Form Certificate to 

certify inspection of the shipment for 

exports bound for non-Canadian 

destinations. Procedures require 

shippers to maintain and provide, upon 

USDA’s request, a paper or electronic 

copy of the SC–205 when needed for 

USDA to monitor compliance with 

regulations. Based on procedures 

amended in 2016 and approved by OMB 

for information collection purposes, 

carriers, which transport goods on 

behalf of shippers, are no longer 

required to maintain a copy of the SC– 

205. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 200. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting; Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 9,750. 

Levi S. Harrell, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2023–0079] 

Spotted Lanternfly Cooperative 

Control Program; Availability of a 

Programmatic Environmental 

Assessment 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service has prepared a 

programmatic environmental 

assessment relative to the Spotted 

Lanternfly Cooperative Control Program 

in the conterminous United States. The 

environmental assessment documents 

our review and analysis of 

environmental impacts associated with 

the Spotted Lanternfly Cooperative 

Control Program. We are making the 

programmatic environmental 

assessment available to the public for 

review and comment. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before December 

11, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS– 

2023–0079 in the Search field. Select 

the Documents tab, then select the 

Comment button in the list of 

documents. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2023–0079, 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 regulations.gov or in 

our reading room, which is located in 

room 1620 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: Mr. 

Matthew Travis, Spotted Lanternfly 

National Policy Manager, PPQ, APHIS, 

Emergency and Domestic Programs, 

4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, 

MD 20737–1238; email: 

Matthew.A.Travis@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

spotted lanternfly (SLF), Lycorma 


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2023/regional-slf-2023-ea.pdf. 

delicatula, an invasive species native to 

Asia, is a destructive pest that in large 

numbers can cause significant damage 

to critical habitat and economically 

important plants. The U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS) is proposing 

to control SLF, to slow the spread of this 

invasive insect in the conterminous 

United States, wherever outbreaks are 

detected. 

SLF was first detected in the United 

States in 2014 in Pennsylvania. In 2015, 

APHIS implemented SLF control 

activities to respond to this new pest 

threat. Later, in 2019, APHIS started an 

official SLF program. SLF is a 

significant economic and lifestyle pest 

for residents, businesses, tourism, 

forestry, and agriculture. 

SLF infestation has led to crop loss, 

agriculture exportation problems, and 

increased management costs. APHIS is 

concerned by the potential for longdistance movement of SLF within the 

United States, and by the continued risk 

of SLF introduction from other 

countries. The environmental and 

socioeconomic damage to SLF-affected 

regions can be substantial. For context, 

grape vineyards in South Korea and the 

United States appear to be particularly 

affected, jeopardizing an industry worth 

billions of dollars. One vineyard in the 

United States reportedly faced a crop 

yield loss of up to 90 percent. An 

uncontained SLF infestation could drain 

Pennsylvania’s economy of at least $324 

million annually. 

While SLF has not yet been found in 

western United States, it has been 

intercepted in airplanes arriving from 

the eastern United States. Suitable 

conditions for SLF establishment exist 

in large regions of the United States, 

giving the insect the potential to damage 

valuable host crops, forests, and critical 

habitat for listed species. APHIS’ review 

and analysis of potential environmental 

impacts associated with the Spotted 

Lanternfly Cooperative Control Program 

are documented in a programmatic 

environmental assessment (ProEA) 

titled ‘‘Spotted Lanternfly Cooperative 

Control Program for the Conterminous 

United States’’ (June 2023). The ProEA 

incorporates by reference, the analysis 

in ‘‘Expanded Spotted Lanternfly 

Control Program in Select States in the 

Midwest, Northeast, and Mid-Atlantic 

Regions of the United States EA’’.1 In 

our analysis, APHIS found that an 

adaptive pest management approach 

that combines quarantine, chemical 

treatments, and pest survey is the 

preferred alternative to address the 

potential environmental impact of a SLF 

outbreak. 

The ProEA may be viewed on the 

regulations.gov website or in our 

reading room (see ADDRESSES above for 

a link to regulations.gov and 

information on the location and hours of 

the reading room). You may also request 

paper copies of the ProEA by calling or 

writing to the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Please 

refer to the title of the ProEA when 

requesting copies. 

The ProEA has been 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). 

Done in Washington, DC, this 31st day of 

October 2023. 

Michael Watson, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24752 Filed 11–8–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

U.S. Codex Office 

Codex Alimentarius Commission: 

Meeting of the Codex Committee on 

Spices and Culinary Herbs 

AGENCY: U.S. Codex Office, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Codex Office is 

sponsoring a public meeting on 

December 6, 2023. The objective of the 

public meeting is to provide information 

and receive public comments on agenda 

items and draft U.S. positions to be 

discussed at the 7th Session of the 

Codex Committee on Spices and 

Culinary Herbs (CCSCH) of the Codex 

Alimentarius Commission (CAC). 

CCSCH7 will be held in Kochi, Kerala, 

India, from January 29–February 2, 

2024. The U.S. Manager for Codex 

Alimentarius and the Under Secretary 

for Trade and Foreign Agricultural 

Affairs recognize the importance of 

providing interested parties the 

opportunity to obtain background 

information on the 7th Session of the 

CCSCH and to address items on the 

agenda. 

DATES: The public meeting is scheduled 

for December 6, 2023, from 1:00–2:30 

p.m. EDT. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will 

take place via Video Teleconference 

only. Documents related to the 7th 

Session of the CCSCH will be accessible 

via the internet at the following address: 

https://www.fao.org/fao-whocodexalimentarius/meetings/detail/en/ 

?meeting=CCSCH&session=7. 

Mr. Dorian LaFond, U.S. Delegate to 

the 7th Session of the CCSCH, invites 

interested U.S. parties to submit their 

comments electronically to the 

following email address: dorian.lafond@

usda.gov. 

Registration: Attendees may register 

to attend the public meeting here: 

https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/ 

register/vJItcuyqrDgsEpm1ar

9sahLeoFTqCPXeXig. After registering, 

you will receive a confirmation email 

containing information about joining the 

meeting. 

For further information about the 7th 

Session of the CCSCH, contact U.S. 

Delegate, Mr. Dorian LaFond, 

Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, 

dorian.lafond@usda.gov, (202) 690– 

4944. For an additional contact 

regarding the public meeting, contact 

the U.S. Codex Office by email at: 

uscodex@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Codex Alimentarius Commission 

was established in 1963 by two United 

Nations organizations, the Food and 

Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the 

World Health Organization (WHO). 

Through adoption of food standards, 

codes of practice, and other guidelines 

developed by its committees, and by 

promoting their adoption and 

implementation by governments, Codex 

seeks to protect the health of consumers 

and ensure fair practices in the food 

trade. 

The Terms of Reference of the Codex 

Committee on Spices and Culinary 

Herbs (CCSCH) are: 

(a) To elaborate worldwide standards 

for spices and culinary herbs in their 

dried and dehydrated state in whole, 

ground, and cracked or crushed form; 

(b) To consult, as necessary, with 

other international organizations in the 

standards development process to avoid 

duplication. 

The CCSCH is hosted by India. The 

United States attends the CCSCH as a 

member country of Codex. 


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