[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 26, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 20436]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-10243]



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Proposed Rules
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of 
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these 
notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in 
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.

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Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 80 / Wednesday, April 26, 1995 / 
Proposed Rules
[[Page 20436]]

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

7 CFR Part 319

[Docket No. 94-102-2]


Importation of Fruit Trees From France

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of reopening and extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: We are reopening and extending the comment period for our 
proposed rule to allow Chaenomeles spp., Cydonia spp., Malus spp., 
Pyrus spp., and certain Prunus spp. plants (except seeds) to be 
imported into the United States as restricted articles, if grown in 
private nurseries in France and certified by the French plant 
protection service to be free of various diseases. The same proposed 
rule also would remove Laredo, TX, from the list of ports equipped with 
plant inspection stations. This extension will provide interested 
persons with additional time in which to prepare comments on the 
proposed rule.

DATES: Consideration will be given only to written comments on Docket 
No. 94-102-1 that are received on or before May 26, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Please send an original and three copies of your comments to 
Docket No. 94-102-1, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, 
Suite 3C03, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. Please 
state that your comments refer to Docket No. 94-102-1. Comments 
received may be inspected at USDA, room 1141, South Building, 14th 
Street and Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC, between 8 a.m. and 
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. Persons wishing to 
inspect comments are requested to call ahead on (202) 690-2817 to 
facilitate entry into the comment reading room.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. James Petit de Mange or Mr. Peter 
Grosser, Operations Officers, Port Operations, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River 
Road Unit 139, Riverdale, MD, 20737-1236, (301) 734-8645.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 13, 1995, we published in the Federal Register (60 FR 
13382-13384, Docket No. 94-102-1) a proposed rule to amend Sec. 319.37-
5(b) of the regulations to allow Chaenomeles spp., Cydonia spp., Malus 
spp., Pyrus spp., and certain Prunus spp. grown in private nurseries in 
France to be imported as restricted articles into the United States 
under the same conditions already applied to those same articles when 
grown in government nurseries in France. In addition, we proposed to 
amend Sec. 319.37-14(b) of the regulations by removing the port of 
Laredo, TX, from the list of ports with plant inspection stations. 
Comments on the proposed rule were required to be received on or before 
April 12, 1995.
    In response to a request, we are reopening and extending the public 
comment period on Docket No. 94-102-1 until 30 days after the date of 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register. During this period, 
other interested persons may also submit their comments for our 
consideration.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 150dd, 150ee, 150ff, 151-167, and 450; 21 
U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 7 CFR 2.17, 2.51, and 371.2(c).

    Done in Washington, DC, this 20th day of April 1995.
Lonnie J. King,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 95-10243 Filed 4-25-95; 8:45 am]
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