84110 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 203 / Monday, October 21, 2024 / Notices 

1To view the NAPPRA lists, go to: https://

www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/planthealth/ 

import-information/permits/plants-and-plantproducts-permits/plants-for-planting/ct_nappra. 

2To view the notice, supporting documents, and 

the comments we received, go to https://

www.regulations.gov/document/APHIS-2021-0076- 

0001. 

3To view the requirements of the APHIS 

Artificially Dwarfed Plants program, go to: https:// 

www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plants/ 

manuals/ports/downloads/plants_for_planting.pdf. 

information collection. These comments 

will help us: 

(1) Evaluate whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the burden of the collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(4) Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, through use, as 

appropriate, of automated, electronic, 

mechanical, and other collection 

technologies; e.g., permitting electronic 

submission of responses. 

Estimate of burden: The public 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 0.164 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Livestock producers 

who have received predator damage 

management services from WS 

Nonlethal Initiative programs and are 

located in one of the 12 States (Arizona, 

California, Colorado, Idaho, Michigan, 

Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, 

Oregon, Washington, Wisconsin, or 

Wyoming). 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 200. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 8. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 1,608. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 265 hours. (Due to 

averaging, the total annual burden hours 

may not equal the product of the annual 

number of responses multiplied by the 

reporting burden per response.) 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 15th day of 

October 2024. 

Michael Watson, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–24215 Filed 10–18–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2021–0076] 

Importation of Acer spp. (Acer 

buergerianum, A. palmatum, and A. 

pseudosieboldianum) Dwarf Plants 

From the Republic of Korea Into the 

Continental United States 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are notifying the public 

that we are removing three Acer spp. 

(Acer buergerianum, A. palmatum, and 

A. pseudosieboldianum) dwarf plants 

from the Republic of Korea from our 

lists of taxa of plants for planting whose 

importation into the United States is not 

authorized pending pest risk analysis, 

thereby allowing the importation of 

such Acer spp. into the continental 

United States, subject to certain 

conditions. We are taking this action in 

response to a request from this country 

and after determining that the plants 

can be imported, under certain 

conditions, without resulting in the 

introduction into, or the dissemination 

within, the United States of a plant pest. 

DATES: Imports may be authorized 

beginning October 21, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Narasimha Chary Samboju, Senior 

Regulatory Policy Specialist, PPQ, 

APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 133, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1236; (301) 851– 

2038. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under the regulations in ‘‘Subpart 

H—Plants for Planting’’ (7 CFR 319.37– 

1 through 319.37–23, referred to below 

as the regulations), the Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 

of the U.S. Department of Agriculture 

prohibits or restricts the importation of 

plants for planting (including living 

plants, plant parts, seeds, and plant 

cuttings) to prevent the introduction of 

quarantine pests into the United States. 

Quarantine pest is defined in § 319.37– 

2 of the regulations as a plant pest or 

noxious weed that is of potential 

economic importance to the United 

States and not yet present in the United 

States, or present but not widely 

distributed and being officially 

controlled. Section 319.37–4 of the 

regulations provides that certain taxa of 

plants for planting are not authorized 

for importation into the United States 

pending pest risk analysis (NAPPRA) to 

prevent the introduction of quarantine 

pests into the United States. 

Paragraph (e) of § 319.37–4 describes 

the process for removing taxa from the 

NAPPRA lists.1 After receiving a request 

to remove taxa from the NAPPRA lists, 

APHIS will conduct a pest risk analysis 

(PRA) in response to such a request and 

make the PRA available for public 

review and comment. Following the 

close of the comment period, we will 

review all comments received and 

announce our decision regarding the 

request in a subsequent notice. 

On January 31, 2022, we published in 

the Federal Register (87 FR 4832–4833, 

Docket No. APHIS–2021–0076) a 

notice 2 in which we proposed to revise 

the NAPPRA lists to allow the 

importation of three Acer spp. (Acer 

buergerianum, A. palmatum, and A. 

pseudosieboldianum) dwarf plants from 

the Republic of Korea (South Korea) into 

the continental United States, subject to 

the conditions required for all approved 

dwarf plants imported under the APHIS 

Artificially Dwarfed Plants program 3 as 

well as additional conditions outlined 

in a risk management document (RMD) 

accompanying the notice. 

We solicited comments on the notice 

for 60 days ending on April 1, 2022. We 

received three comments by that date, 

all from private citizens. The issues 

raised by the commenters are addressed 

below. 

All three commenters expressed 

concern that importing non-native 

plants, or plants from regions with plant 

pests, may introduce foreign pests, or 

otherwise endanger plants native to the 

United States. 

We understand the commenters’ 

concerns but find no basis for changing 

our recommendations based on the 

comments. As the documentation 

associated with the initial notice for 

comment shows, APHIS thoroughly and 

sufficiently assessed potential risks from 

this importation and proposed 

conditions adequate to mitigate the 

possible risks. Our methodology for the 

pest risk assessment that accompanied 

the initial notice included careful 

examination of scientific literature, portof-entry pest interception data, and 

information provided by the 

Government of the Republic of Korea. 


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4See footnote 3. 

5See footnote 2. 

From these sources, we developed a list 

of pests with quarantine significance for 

the continental United States that occur 

in the Republic of Korea (on any host) 

and are associated with the three Acer 

spp. (anywhere in the world). We are 

therefore confident the pest risk 

assessment is thorough and accurate. 

Based on the pest risk assessment, we 

prepared the RMD to identify 

phytosanitary measures that could be 

applied to the three Acer spp. to 

mitigate the risk of introducing these 

pests into the United States. As the 

commenters did not raise any specific 

concerns with the information 

presented in the RMD, we continue to 

consider the mitigations in the RMD to 

be sufficient to ensure that pests are not 

introduced into the United States 

through this pathway. 

One of the commenters also stated 

that, while the PRA considers risks 

associated with known pests, it does not 

consider pest species that may present 

a risk in the future. 

APHIS continuously monitors foreign 

countries for quarantine pests. If a new 

quarantine pest relevant to the 

importation of these species of Acer 

from the Republic of Korea arises in the 

future, APHIS will reassess the 

associated pest risk and may revise the 

import restrictions accordingly. 

Therefore, in accordance with 

§ 319.37–4(e), and based on the reasons 

outlined in the initial notice, the PRA 

accompanying the initial notice, and 

this second notice, we are removing A. 

buergerianum, A. palmatum, and A. 

pseudosieboldianum dormant, barerooted dwarf plants from the Republic 

of Korea from the NAPPRA lists, thereby 

allowing the importation of such Acer 

spp. into the continental United States, 

subject to the pest mitigation measures 

required for all approved dwarf plants 

imported under the APHIS Artificially 

Dwarfed Plants program 4 as well as the 

additional commodity specific risk 

management measures described in the 

RMD accompanying the initial notice.5

Paperwork Reduction Act 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 

et seq.), the recordkeeping and burden 

requirements associated with this action 

are included under the Office of 

Management and Budget control 

number 0579–0049. 

E-Government Act Compliance 

The Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service is committed to 

compliance with the E-Government Act 

to promote the use of the internet and 

other information technologies, to 

provide increased opportunities for 

citizen access to Government 

information and services, and for other 

purposes. For information pertinent to 

E-Government Act compliance related 

to this notice, please contact Mr. Joseph 

Moxey, APHIS’ Paperwork Reduction 

Act Coordinator, at (301) 851–2533. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1633, 7701–7772, 

and 7781–7786; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 

7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 15th day of 

October 2024. 

Michael Watson, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–24200 Filed 10–18–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Newspapers Used for Publication of 

Legal Notices by the Intermountain 

Region, Utah, Idaho, Nevada, and 

Wyoming 

AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture 

(USDA). 

ACTION: Notice of newspapers of record. 

SUMMARY: This notice lists the 

newspapers that will be used by the 

ranger districts, national forests and 

regional office of the Intermountain 

Region to publish legal notices required 

under Title 36 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR). The intended effect 

of this action is to inform interested 

members of the public which 

newspapers the Forest Service will use 

to publish notices of proposed actions 

and notices of decision. This will 

provide the public with constructive 

notice of Forest Service proposals and 

decisions; provide information on the 

procedures to comment, object, or 

appeal; and establish the date that the 

Forest Service will use to determine if 

comments or appeals/objection were 

timely. 

DATES: The list of newspapers will 

remain in effect for one year from the 

date of publication, when another notice 

will be published in the Federal 

Register. 

ADDRESSES: Jennifer Purvine, Regional 

Objections Coordinator, Intermountain 

Region, 324 25th Street, Ogden, UT 

84401. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Purvine, Regional Litigation 

and Administrative Review Coordinator, 

Intermountain Region, by phone at 385– 

262–5117 or by email at 

Jennifer.Purvine@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

administrative procedures at 36 CFR 

parts 214, 218, and 219 require the 

Forest Service to publish notices in a 

newspaper of general circulation. The 

content of the notices is specified in 36 

CFR parts 214, 218, and 219. In general, 

the notices will identify: the decision or 

project, by title or subject matter; the 

name and title of the official making the 

decision; how to obtain additional 

information; and where and how to file 

comments or appeals/objection. The 

date the notice is published will be used 

to establish the official date for the 

beginning of the comment or appeal/ 

objection period. 

The newspapers to be used are as 

follows: 

Regional Forester, Intermountain 

Region 

Regional Forester decisions affecting 

National Forests in Idaho: Idaho 

Statesman 

Regional Forester decisions affecting 

National Forests in Nevada: Reno 

Gazette-Journal 

Regional Forester decisions affecting 

National Forests in Wyoming: Casper 

Star-Tribune 

Regional Forester decisions affecting 

National Forests in Utah: Salt Lake 

Tribune 

Regional Forester decisions that affect 

all National Forests in the 

Intermountain Region: Salt Lake 

Tribune 

Ashley National Forest 

Ashley Forest Supervisor decisions: 

Vernal Express 

District Ranger decisions for Duchesne, 

Roosevelt: Uintah Basin Standard 

Flaming Gorge District Ranger for 

decisions affecting Wyoming: Rocket 

Miner 

Flaming Gorge and Vernal District 

Ranger for decisions affecting Utah: 

Vernal Express 

Boise National Forest 

Boise Forest Supervisor decisions: 

Idaho Statesman 

Cascade District Ranger decisions: The 

Star-News 

Emmett District Ranger decisions: 

Emmett Messenger Index 

District Ranger decisions for Idaho City 

and Mountain Home Districts: Idaho 

Statesman 

Lowman District Ranger decisions: The 

Idaho World 

Bridger-Teton National Forest 

Bridger-Teton Forest Supervisor and 

District Ranger decisions: Casper StarTribune 


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