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3The RMDs can be viewed on the Regulations.gov 

website (see the link under ADDRESSES) or by 

contacting the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

• Be grown from seeds germinated in 

the greenhouse unit; or descended from 

a mother plant that was grown for at 

least 9 months in the exporting country 

prior to importation into the United 

States of the descendant plants; 

• Be watered only with rainwater that 

has been boiled or pasteurized, with 

clean well water, or with potable water; 

• Be rooted and grown in approved 

growing media; 

• Be stored and packaged only in 

areas free of sand, soil, earth, and 

quarantine pests; and 

• Be inspected in the greenhouse and 

found free from evidence of quarantine 

pests by an APHIS inspector or an 

inspector of the NPPO of the exporting 

country. 

In addition, the grower is required to 

comply with the provisions of the 

program and to allow inspectors, and 

representatives of the NPPO of the 

exporting country, access to where the 

plants are grown. These requirements 

have been used successfully to mitigate 

the risk of pest introduction associated 

with the importation into the United 

States of approved plants established in 

approved growing media. 

Beyond the basic requirements for 

import eligibility applicable to all taxa 

in approved growing media, the Plants 

for Planting Manual and ACIR contain 

approved growing media program 

requirements specific to plant taxa and 

the country in which they are grown. 

Programs for importation of 

Phalaenopsis spp. orchid plants in 

approved growing media from approved 

facilities have been established for four 

countries: China, Costa Rica, South 

Korea, and Taiwan. 

In response to the request by Germany 

and the Netherlands, we conducted pest 

risk assessments to evaluate the risk to 

the United States, including territories, 

of importation of Phalaenopsis spp. 

orchid plants in approved growing 

media from Germany and the 

Netherlands. After a review of the 

scientific literature, port-of-entry pest 

interception data, and information from 

the NPPO of Germany and the 

Netherlands, we conducted pest risk 

assessments listing all potential pests 

with actionable regulatory status for the 

United States and its territories that 

occur in Germany and the Netherlands 

and are associated with Phalaenopsis 

spp. orchid plants anywhere in the 

world. We analyzed the pest risk 

potential of these organisms and 

determined that no organism in 

Germany of quarantine concern had a 

reasonable likelihood of following the 

pathway of Phalaenopsis spp. plants in 

growing media from Germany into the 

United States. Nonetheless, the general 

plants in growing media regulations 

outlined in the Plants for Planting 

Manual and ACIR will still apply for 

this pathway. This will ensure that 

Phalaenopsis spp. imported into the 

United States from Germany have been 

produced under the conditions 

evaluated by the pest risk assessment. 

For the pest risk assessment of the 

Netherlands, we found three pests, the 

arthropods Lyprauta cambria and L. 

chacoensis, and the fungus 

Colletotrichum orchidearum, are 

candidates for risk management 

measures because they meet the 

threshold to likely cause unacceptable 

consequences if introduced into the 

United States. 

Based on the findings in the pest risk 

assessments, we prepared risk 

management documents (RMDs) 3 to 

determine mitigations that will be 

required of Germany, and that will 

adequately prevent the introduction of 

Lyprauta cambria, L. chacoensis, and 

Colletotrichum orchidearum from the 

Netherlands into the United States, for 

Phalaenopsis spp. orchid plants in 

approved growing media. In order for 

Phalaenopsis spp. orchid plants to be 

safely imported into the United States 

from Germany and the Netherlands, the 

RMDs specify that the plants must be 

grown in approved growing media and 

meet the requirements outlined in the 

USDA Plants for Planting Manual. The 

RMD for the Netherlands additionally 

provides mitigations required to prevent 

the introduction of Lyprauta cambria, L. 

chacoensis, and Colletotrichum 

orchidearum, into the United States via 

Phalaenopsis spp. orchid plants in 

approved growing media from the 

Netherlands. These requirements for 

each country are detailed in written 

agreements between APHIS and 

Germany and the Netherlands regarding 

risk management measures to prevent 

the entry of quarantine plant pests. 

Therefore, in accordance with 

§ 319.37–20(c), we are announcing the 

availability of our pest risk assessments 

and RMDs for public review and 

comment. These documents 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 request 

paper copies of these documents by 

calling or writing to the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. Please refer to the subject of 

the analyses you wish to review when 

requesting copies. 

After we review any comments that 

we receive on our proposed changes to 

the USDA Plants for Planting Manual 

and ACIR, we will publish a second 

notice. The second notice will inform 

the public of any changes to the list of 

countries approved for the importation 

into the United States of Phalaenopsis 

spp. orchid plants in approved growing 

media. 

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 22nd day of 

October 2024. 

Michael Watson, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25740 Filed 11–5–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2021–0071] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA). 

ACTION: Rescindment of a system of 

records notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Agriculture is issuing a public notice of 

its intent to rescind an Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 

Privacy Act system of records notice, 

Brucellosis Information System and 

Brucellosis Recording and Reporting 

System, USDA/APHIS–6. This system 

was created to maintain information on 

herds and individual animals tested, 

studied, or restricted under the 

brucellosis program; epidemiologic 

studies; State and Federal personnel; 

contractual personnel; livestock 

markets; slaughtering establishments; 

milk processing plants; livestock dealers 

(including agents and brokers); and 

laboratories engaged in or affected by 

brucellosis program activities. This 

system of records notice is rescinded 

because it has been superseded by 

another system of records published by 

the Department. 

DATES: The rescindment will become 

applicable by December 6, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Enter 


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APHIS–2021–0071 in the Search field. 

Select the Documents tab, then select 

the Comment button in the list of 

documents. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Please send one copy of your comment 

to Docket No. APHIS–2021–0071, 

Regulatory Analysis and Development, 

PPD, APHIS, Station 2C–10.16, 4700 

River Road, Unit 25, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1238. 

Supporting documents and any 

comments we receive on this docket 

may be viewed at http://

www.regulations.gov or in our reading 

room, which is 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: Dr. 

Aimee Hunt, MPH, DACVPM, 

Veterinary Medical Officer, Strategy & 

Policy, Ruminant Health Center-Cattle, 

Veterinary Services, APHIS, Fort 

Collins, CO; (515) 686–1435; email: 

VS.SP.Cattle.Health.Center@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 

1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the 

U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 

(USDA’s) Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS) is 

rescinding the system of records notice, 

Brucellosis Information System and 

Brucellosis Recording and Reporting 

System, USDA/APHIS–6, and removing 

it from its inventory. This system was 

created to maintain information on 

herds and individual animals tested, 

studied, or restricted under the 

brucellosis program; epidemiologic 

studies; State and Federal personnel; 

contractual personnel; livestock 

markets; slaughtering establishments; 

milk processing plants; livestock dealers 

(including agents and brokers); and 

laboratories engaged in or affected by 

brucellosis program activities. This 

system of records notice is rescinded 

because it has been superseded by 

another system of records published by 

the Department. 

The records previously maintained in 

the Brucellosis Information System and 

Brucellosis Recording and Reporting 

System are now maintained within the 

Animal Health, Disease, and Pest 

Surveillance and Management System, 

USDA/APHIS–15, which supports 

APHIS’ mission of protecting and 

improving the health, quality, and 

marketability of animals within the 

United States and response to animal 

health emergencies. 

Rescinding the Brucellosis 

Information System and Brucellosis 

Recording and Reporting System will 

have no adverse impacts on individuals 

as the records are covered by and 

maintained under the Animal Health, 

Disease, and Pest Surveillance and 

Management System. This notice hereby 

rescinds the Brucellosis Information 

System and Brucellosis Recording and 

Reporting System of records notice as 

identified below. 

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER: 

Brucellosis Information System and 

Brucellosis Recording and Reporting 

System, USDA/APHIS–6. 

HISTORY: 

Brucellosis Information System, 

USDA/APHIS–6, was published as a 

new system in its entirety on September 

3, 1981 (46 FR 44206–44208; Docket No. 

81–042). 

Brucellosis Information System and 

Brucellosis Recording and Reporting 

System, USDA/APHIS–6, was modified 

and published in its entirety on 

February 27, 1987 (52 FR 6031–6038; 

Docket No. 86–408). 

Done in Washington, DC, this 31st day of 

October 2024. 

Michael Watson, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25814 Filed 11–5–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Information Collection; Bid for 

Advertised Timber 

AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture 

(USDA). 

ACTION: Notice; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Forest Service is seeking comments 

from all interested individuals and 

organizations on the extension with no 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection, Bid for 

Advertised Timber. 

DATES: Comments must be received in 

writing on or before January 6, 2025 to 

be assured of consideration. Comments 

received after that date will be 

considered to the extent practicable. 

ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this 

notice should be addressed to Director, 

Forest Management, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW, Mail Stop 1103, USDA 

Forest Service, P.O. Box 96090, 

Washington, DC 20090–6090. 

Comments also may be submitted via 

facsimile to 202–205–1045 or by email 

to: sm.fs.TSAdminForms@usda.gov. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice may be made available to the 

public through relevant websites and 

upon request. For this reason, please do 

not include in your comments 

information of a confidential nature, 

such as sensitive personal information 

or proprietary information. If you send 

an email comment, your email address 

will be automatically captured and 

included as part of the comment that is 

placed in the public docket and made 

available on the internet. Please note 

that responses to this public comment 

request containing any routine notice 

about the confidentiality of the 

communication will be treated as public 

comments that may be made available to 

the public notwithstanding the 

inclusion of the routine notice. 

The public may inspect the draft 

supporting statement and/or comments 

received at the following website: 

https://www.fs.usda.gov/ 

forestmanagement/products/ 

contracts.shtml. The public may request 

an electronic copy of the draft 

supporting statement and/or any 

comments received be sent via return 

email. Requests should be emailed to 

sm.fs.TSAdminForms@usda.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kraig Kidwell, Washington Office 

Natural Resources Forest Management 

staff, by phone at 541–961–2614 and by 

email at kraig.kidwell@usda.gov. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunications devices for the 

hearing impaired may call 711 to reach 

the Telecommunications Relay Service, 

24 hours a day, every day of the year, 

including holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Bid for Advertised Timber. 

OMB Number: 0596–0066. 

Expiration Date of Approval: 

December 31, 2024. 

Type of Request: Extension with no 

Revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: Pursuant to statutory 

requirements at 16 U.S.C. 472a, unless 

extraordinary conditions exist as 

defined by regulation, the Secretary of 

Agriculture must (1) advertise sales of 

all National Forest System timber or 

forest products exceeding $10,000 in 

appraised value, (2) select bidding 

methods that ensure open and fair 

competition, (3) select bidding methods 

that ensure that the Federal Government 

receives not less than appraised value of 

the timber or forest product; and (4) 

monitor bidding patterns for evidence of 

unlawful bidding practices. 


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