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Vol. 87, No. 20 

Monday, January 31, 2022 

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 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. 

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 advising the public 

that we have prepared a pest risk 

analysis relative to the importation of 

three Acer spp. (Acer buergerianum, A. 

palmatum, and A. pseudosieboldianum) 

dwarf plants from the Republic of Korea 

into the continental United States. 

Currently, Acer spp. are included in our 

lists of taxa of plants for planting whose 

importation into the United States is not 

authorized pending pest risk analysis. 

Based on the findings of the pest risk 

analysis, we are proposing to remove 

Acer buergerianum, A. palmatum, and 

A. pseudosieboldianum dwarf plants 

from the Republic of Korea from the not 

authorized pending plant risk analysis 

lists, thereby allowing the importation 

of such Acer spp. into the United States, 

subject to certain conditions. We are 

making the pest risk analysis available 

to the public for review and comment. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before April 1, 

2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and enter 

APHIS–2021–0076 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–2021–0076, 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 www.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: 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. 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. 

Currently, Acer spp. plants are included 

on the NAPPRA lists.1

The national plant protection 

organization of the Republic of Korea 

(South Korea) has requested that we 

allow the importation of Acer 

buergerianum, A. palmatum, and A. 

pseudosieboldianum as dormant, barerooted dwarf (also known as ‘‘bunjae’’) 

plants into the continental United 

States. In response to this request, we 

prepared a pest risk assessment that 

evaluates the request in light of the 

plant pest risk associated with the 

importation of Acer spp. from South 

Korea, as well as a risk management 

document (RMD) based on the pest risk 

assessment to identify phytosanitary 

measures that could be applied to 

mitigate the pest risk of importing Acer 

spp. from South Korea. 

Based on the PRA, we are proposing 

to allow the importation of Acer 

buergerianum, A. palmatum, and A. 

pseudosieboldianum into the 

continental United States as dormant, 

bare-rooted dwarf plants, subject to the 

pest risk mitigation measures required 

for all approved dwarf plants imported 

under the APHIS Artificially Dwarfed 

Plants program,2 as well as additional 

commodity-specific risk management 

measures for these species of Acer. 

These conditions are described in 

further detail in the RMD that 

accompanies this notice. 

Therefore, in accordance with 

§ 319.37–4(e), we are announcing the 

availability of our PRA and RMD 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 analysis you wish to review when 

requesting copies. 

After reviewing any comments we 

receive, we will announce our decision 

regarding whether to allow the 


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importation of Acer buergerianum, A. 

palmatum, and A. pseudosieboldianum 

as dormant, bare-rooted dwarf plants 

from South Korea into the continental 

United States in a subsequent notice. If 

the overall conclusions of our analysis 

and the Administrator’s determination 

of risk remain unchanged following our 

consideration of the comments, then we 

will revise the NAPPRA lists to allow 

the importation of the aforementioned 

Acer spp. from South Korea in 

accordance with this notice. 

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 26th day of 

January 2022. 

Mark Davidson, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–01903 Filed 1–28–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Notice of Public Meeting of the 

Connecticut Advisory Committee; 

Correction to Date 

AGENCY: Commission on Civil Rights. 

ACTION: Notice; correction of meeting 

date. 

SUMMARY: The Commission on Civil 

Rights is holding a briefing of the 

Connecticut Advisory Committee on 

Tuesday, February 15, 2022, at 4:00 p.m. 

ET. This notice corrects the previous 

date of Monday, February 14, 2022, to 

Tuesday, February 15, 2022, at 4:00 p.m. 

ET. The notice is in the Federal Register 

of Friday, January 21, 2022, in FR Doc. 

2022–01119, in the second and third 

columns of page 3279. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Evelyn Bohor, (202) 381–8915, ebohor@

usccr.gov. 

CORRECTION: Date of Monday, 

February 14, 2022, at 4:00 p.m. ET to be 

replaced with meeting date of Tuesday, 

February 15, 2022, at 4:00 p.m. ET. 

Dated: January 26, 2022. 

David Mussatt, 

Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2022–01914 Filed 1–28–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Notice of Public Meeting of the 

California Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights. 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the U.S. Commission 

on Civil Rights (Commission) and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act that 

the California Advisory Committee 

(Committee) will hold a meeting via 

web video conference on Thursday, 

February 24, 2022, for the purpose of 

planning the Committee’s upcoming 

panels on the impacts of AB5. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on: 

• Thursday, February 24, 2022, from 

2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m. Pacific Time 

Webex Registration Link: https://

tinyurl.com/2p9ajdc9 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brooke Peery, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), at bpeery@usccr.gov or by 

phone at (202) 701–1376. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members 

of the public may listen to the 

discussion. This meeting is available to 

the public through the public WebEx 

registration link listed above. An open 

comment period will be provided to 

allow members of the public to make a 

statement as time allows. The 

conference call operator will ask callers 

to identify themselves, the organization 

they are affiliated with (if any), and an 

email address prior to placing callers 

into the conference room. Callers can 

expect to incur regular charges for calls 

they initiate over wireless lines, 

according to their wireless plan. The 

Commission will not refund any 

incurred charges. Callers will incur no 

charge for calls they initiate over landline connections to the toll-free 

telephone number. Persons with hearing 

impairments may also follow the 

proceedings by first calling the Federal 

Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339 and 

providing the Service with the 

conference call number and conference 

ID number. 

Members of the public are also 

entitled to submit written comments; 

the comments must be received in the 

Regional Programs Unit within 30 days 

following the meeting. Written 

comments may be emailed to Brooke 

Peery at bpeery@usccr.gov. Persons who 

desire additional information may 

contact the Regional Programs Unit 

Office/Advisory Committee 

Management Unit at (202) 701–1376. 

Records generated from this meeting 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Regional Programs Unit Office, as they 

become available, both before and after 

the meeting. Records of the meeting will 

be available at: https://

www.facadatabase.gov/FACA/ 

FACAPublicViewCommittee

Details?id=a10t0000001gzkUAAQ. 

Please click on the ‘‘Meeting Details’’ 

and ‘‘Documents’’ links. Persons 

interested in the work of this Committee 

are also directed to the Commission’s 

website, http://www.usccr.gov, or may 

contact the Regional Programs Unit 

office at the above email address. 

Agenda 

I. Welcome & Roll Call 

II. Planning for Panel 1 & 2 

III. Public Comment 

IV. Adjournment 

Dated: January 25, 2022. 

David Mussatt, 

Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2022–01867 Filed 1–28–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Economic Analysis 

[Docket No. 220119–0023] 

RIN 0691–XC127 

BE–45: Quarterly Survey of Insurance 

Transactions by U.S. Insurance 

Companies With Foreign Persons 

AGENCY: Bureau of Economic Analysis, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of reporting 

requirements. 

SUMMARY: By this Notice, the Bureau of 

Economic Analysis (BEA), Department 

of Commerce, is informing the public 

that it is conducting the mandatory 

survey titled Quarterly Survey of 

Insurance Transactions by U.S. 

Insurance Companies with Foreign 

Persons (BE–45). The data collected on 

the BE–45 survey are needed to measure 

U.S. trade in insurance services and to 

analyze the impact of U.S. trade on the 

U.S. and foreign economies. This survey 

is authorized by the International 

Investment and Trade in Services 

Survey Act. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher Stein, Chief, Services 

Surveys Branch, Balance of Payments 

Division, via phone at (301) 278–9189 or 

via email at Christopher.Stein@bea.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Through 

this Notice, BEA publishes the reporting 

requirements for the BE–45 survey form. 

As noted below, all entities required to 

respond to this mandatory survey will 

be contacted by BEA. Entities must 

submit the completed survey forms 

within 30 days after the end of each 

calendar quarter, except for the final 

quarter of the calendar year when 

reports must be filed within 45 days. 

This Notice is being issued in 


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