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Noxious Weeds Program Proposed

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Proposed Rules and Other Federal Register

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FR Notice Docket No. APHIS-2011-0081

We are advising the public of our decision that Poa pratensis (Kentucky bluegrass)

that has been genetically engineered for tolerance to the herbicide glyphosate does

not pose a level of harm that would warrant its designation as a noxious weed and

therefore will not be regulated under the Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service's regulations for noxious weeds. Our decision is based on our analysis of

available scientific data, our weed risk assessment, and our weed risk management

analysis.

For details see http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2011-0081. A

link to our supporting documents are located on the Weed Risk Assessment Web

page.

Visit Regulations.gov for information about the associated docket APHIS-2011-0080.
Importation and Interstate Movement of Noxious

Weeds

Weed Final Rule APHIS 2007-0146-15 issued November 10, 2010; Effective Date:

December 10, 2010.

We amended the regulations governing the importation and interstate movement of

noxious weeds by adding definitions of terms used in the regulations, adding details

regarding the process of applying for the permits used to import or move noxious

weeds, adding a requirement for the treatment of Niger seed, and adding provisions

for petitioning to add a taxon to or remove a taxon from the noxious weed lists.

These changes updated the regulations to reflect current statutory authority and

program operations and improve the effectiveness of the regulations. We are also

added seven taxa to the list of terrestrial noxious weeds and to the list of seeds with

no tolerances applicable to their introduction. This action prevents the introduction

or dissemination of these noxious weeds into or within the United States. 

Final Rule establishing Not Allowed Pending Pest

Risk Assessment Category Under Q-37

We are amending the regulations to establish a new category of regulated articles in

the regulations governing the importation of nursery stock, also known as plants for

planting. This category will list taxa of plants for planting whose importation is not

authorized pending pest risk analysis. If scientific evidence indicates that a taxon of

plants for planting is a quarantine pest or a host of a quarantine pest, we will publish

a notice that will announce our determination that the taxon is a quarantine pest or

a host of a quarantine pest, cite the scientific evidence we considered in making this

determination, and give the public an opportunity to comment on our determination.

We are advising the public that we have determined that 41 taxa of plants for

planting are quarantine pests and 107 taxa of plants for planting are hosts of 13

quarantine pests and therefore should be added to our lists of taxa of plants for

planting whose importation is not authorized pending pest risk analysis. We have

prepared data sheets that detail the scientific evidence we evaluated in making the

determination that the taxa are quarantine pests or host of quarantine pests. We are

making these data sheets available to the public for review and comment.