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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2012–0040]
Notice of Availability of a Treatment
Evaluation Document; Methyl Bromide
Fumigation of Cottonseed
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
We are advising the public
that we have determined that it is
necessary to immediately add to the
Plant Protection and Quarantine
Treatment Manual a treatment schedule
for methyl bromide fumigation of
cottonseed for the fungal plant pathogen
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum
(FOV). We have prepared a treatment
evaluation document that describes the
new treatment schedule and explains
why we have determined that it is
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effective at neutralizing FOV, certain
strains of which are quarantine pests.
We are making the treatment evaluation
document available to the public for
review and comment.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before July 30,
2012.
You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2012-00400001.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2012–0040, 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 https://
www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2012-0040 or
in our reading room, which is located in
room 1141 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: Mr.
Marc Phillips, Import Specialist,
Regulatory Coordination and
Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River
Road Unit 156, Riverdale, MD 20737;
(301) 851–2114.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
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Background
The regulations in 7 CFR chapter III
are intended, among other things, to
prevent the introduction or
dissemination of plant pests and
noxious weeds into or within the United
States. Under the regulations, certain
plants, fruits, vegetables, and other
articles must be treated before they may
be moved into the United States or
interstate. The phytosanitary treatments
regulations contained in part 305 of 7
CFR chapter III (referred to below as the
regulations) set out standards for
treatments required in parts 301, 318,
and 319 of 7 CFR chapter III for fruits,
vegetables, and other articles.
In § 305.2, paragraph (b) states that
approved treatment schedules are set
out in the Plant Protection and
Quarantine (PPQ) Treatment Manual.1
1 The Treatment Manual is available on the
Internet at https://www.aphis.usda.gov/
import_export/plants/manuals/index.shtml or by
contacting the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
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Section 305.3 sets out a process for
adding, revising, or removing treatment
schedules in the PPQ Treatment
Manual. In that section, paragraph (b)
sets out the process for adding, revising,
or removing treatment schedules when
there is an immediate need to make a
change. The circumstances in which an
immediate need exists are described in
§ 305.3(b)(1). They are:
• PPQ has determined that an
approved treatment schedule is
ineffective at neutralizing the targeted
plant pest(s).
• PPQ has determined that, in order
to neutralize the targeted plant pest(s),
the treatment schedule must be
administered using a different process
than was previously used.
• PPQ has determined that a new
treatment schedule is effective, based on
efficacy data, and that ongoing trade in
a commodity or commodities may be
adversely impacted unless the new
treatment schedule is approved for use.
• The use of a treatment schedule is
no longer authorized by EPA or by any
other Federal entity.
We have determined a new methyl
bromide fumigation treatment schedule
to neutralize the fungal pathogen
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum
(FOV) on cottonseed (Gossypium spp.)
is effective, and we have determined
that ongoing trade in cottonseed will be
adversely impacted unless the new
treatment schedule is approved for use.
Certain strains of FOV are present in
Australia and not in the United States—
specifically FOV vegetative
compatibility groups (VCG) 01111 and
01112. These strains are quarantine
pests and could have significant impacts
on U.S. cotton production. They are
currently found only in Australia.
Fumigation with methyl bromide was
the only approved treatment for FOV
VCG 01111 and 01112, so when the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
canceled the tolerance for methyl
bromide on cottonseed, trade ceased.
However, in a proposed rule
published in the Federal Register on
April 6, 2012 (77 FR 20752–20756), EPA
proposed to reinstate the tolerance of
methyl bromide on cottonseed, which
would allow trade with Australia to
resume if an effective treatment
schedule is added to the PPQ Treatment
Manual. It is important to resume trade
in cottonseed with Australia as soon as
possible because fumigated cottonseed
can be used as animal feed, and the
supply of domestic animal feed has
been hurt by recent droughts in cotton-
growing regions of the United States. In
addition, while FOV VCG 01111 and
01112 are currently found only in
Australia, this treatment will also be
available should those VCG be found in
other countries that wish to export
cottonseed to the United States.
Therefore, in accordance with
paragraph (b)(2) of § 305.3, we are
adding the new methyl bromide
fumigation treatment for cottonseed to
the PPQ Treatment Manual as T301–e.
This treatment schedule will be listed in
a separate section of the PPQ Treatment
Manual, which will indicate that
T301–e was added through the
immediate process described in
paragraph (b) of § 305.3 and that it is
subject to change or removal based on
public comment. Although we expect
that EPA will finalize the proposed rule
to reinstate the tolerance soon, the
tolerance is not currently established,
meaning that this treatment schedule
will not be authorized for use until the
EPA proposal is finalized.
Our determination that the new
treatment schedule T301–e is effective
is presented in a treatment evaluation
document we have prepared to support
this action. The treatment evaluation
document may be viewed on the
Regulations.gov Web site or in our
reading room (see ADDRESSES above for
instructions for accessing
Regulations.gov and information on the
location and hours of the reading room).
You may request paper copies of the
treatment evaluation document by
calling or writing to the person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT. Please refer to the subject of
the treatment evaluation document
when requesting copies.
After reviewing the comments we
receive, we will announce our decision
regarding the new treatment schedule
that is described in the treatment
evaluation document in a subsequent
notice, in accordance with paragraph
(b)(3) of § 305.3. If we do not receive any
comments, or the comments we receive
do not change our determination that
the treatment is effective, we will affirm
the treatment schedule’s addition to the
PPQ Treatment Manual and make
available a new version of the PPQ
Treatment Manual in which T301–e is
listed in the main body of the PPQ
Treatment Manual. If we receive
comments that cause us to determine
that T301–e needs to be changed or
removed, we will make available a new
version of the PPQ Treatment Manual
that reflects changes to or the removal
of T301–e.
Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Manuals
Unit, 92 Thomas Johnson Drive, Suite 200,
Frederick, MD 21702.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701–7772 and 7781–
7786; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 7 CFR 2.22,
2.80, and 371.3.
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May 2012.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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Resource Advisory Committee will
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CO. The purpose of the meeting is to
continue to provide new members with
the information they need to be effective
committee members; to elect a Chair
and Vice-Chair; and to review proposals
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Lake. There will also be an update of
changes at the Mt. Evans fee site.
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comments to Rick Cooksey, Designated
Federal Officer, 2468 Jackson Street,
Laramie, WY 82070 or
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Leche, Colorado Recreation Resource
Advisory Committee Coordinator, at
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meeting is open to the public.
Committee discussion is limited to
Forest Service staff and Committee
members. However, persons who wish
to bring recreation fee matters to the
attention of the Committee may file
written statements with the Committee
staff before or after the meeting. A
public input session will be provided
and individuals who made written
requests by May 29, 2012 will have the
opportunity to address the Committee at
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Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; 2012 Survey of
Business Owners and Self-Employed
Persons (SBO)
U.S. Census Bureau,
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)).
DATES: To ensure consideration, written
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ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at jjessup@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument(s) and instructions should
be directed to Katherine Russell, U.S.
Census Bureau, CSD, 6K280A,
Washington, DC 20233–6400, (301) 763–
7094, katherine.russell@census.gov.
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SUMMARY:
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The Census Bureau plans to conduct
the 2012 Survey of Business Owners
and Self-Employed Persons (SBO). In
the SBO, businesses are asked several
questions about their business as well as
several questions about the gender,
ethnicity, race, and veteran status of the
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principal owner(s). This survey
provides the only comprehensive,
regularly collected source of
information on the characteristics of
U.S. businesses by ownership category,
i.e., by gender, ethnicity, race, and
veteran status. The survey is conducted
as part of the economic census program.
The economic census is required by law
to be taken every 5 years under Title 13
of the United States Code, Sections 131,
193, and 224.
Businesses which reported any
business activity on any one of the
following Internal Revenue Service tax
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(Schedule C), ‘‘Profit or Loss from
Business (Sole Proprietorship); 1065,
U.S. Return of Partnership Income; 941,
‘‘Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax
Return’’; 944, ‘‘Employer’s Annual
Federal Tax Return’’; or any one of the
1120 corporate tax forms.
The Survey of Business Owners was
last conducted in 2007 as part of the
2007 Economic Census. The following
changes have been made to the 2012
SBO:
• To reduce the SBO sample size,
mailing and processing costs, and
respondent burden, the Census Bureau
is expanding its use of direct data
substitution from existing data sources.
• Select businesses will be mailed the
new 2012 SBO–2 short form with 39
fewer questions to answer than the 2012
SBO–1 long form.
• Spanish versions of the SBO–1 and
the SBO–2 forms will be available upon
request.
• The first eight questions from the
2007 SBO–1 form have been reorganized
into three questions on the 2012 SBO–
1 and SBO–2 forms to improve
navigation through the form.
• The veteran question has been
revised and expanded to collect
information on whether the veteran was
service-disabled, served on active duty
or as a reservist during the survey year,
served on active duty at any time, and
served on active duty after September
11, 2001. The revised and expanded
wording for the veteran categories and
the collection of the additional service
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during consultations with many leaders
in the veteran community. Input was
received from, among others, the
Department of Defense, the Veterans
Administration, the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, the U.S. House of
Representatives Committee on Veterans’
Affairs, the Senate Committee on
Veterans’ Affairs, the Small Business
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VET-Force, and AMVETS.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2012-0040]
Notice of Availability of a Treatment Evaluation Document; Methyl
Bromide Fumigation of Cottonseed
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: We are advising the public that we have determined that it is
necessary to immediately add to the Plant Protection and Quarantine
Treatment Manual a treatment schedule for methyl bromide fumigation of
cottonseed for the fungal plant pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp.
vasinfectum (FOV). We have prepared a treatment evaluation document
that describes the new treatment schedule and explains why we have
determined that it is
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effective at neutralizing FOV, certain strains of which are quarantine
pests. We are making the treatment evaluation document available to the
public for review and comment.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before July
30, 2012.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2012-0040-0001.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2012-0040, 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 https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2012-
0040 or in our reading room, which is located in room 1141 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: Mr. Marc Phillips, Import Specialist,
Regulatory Coordination and Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road
Unit 156, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851-2114.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The regulations in 7 CFR chapter III are intended, among other
things, to prevent the introduction or dissemination of plant pests and
noxious weeds into or within the United States. Under the regulations,
certain plants, fruits, vegetables, and other articles must be treated
before they may be moved into the United States or interstate. The
phytosanitary treatments regulations contained in part 305 of 7 CFR
chapter III (referred to below as the regulations) set out standards
for treatments required in parts 301, 318, and 319 of 7 CFR chapter III
for fruits, vegetables, and other articles.
In Sec. 305.2, paragraph (b) states that approved treatment
schedules are set out in the Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ)
Treatment Manual.\1\ Section 305.3 sets out a process for adding,
revising, or removing treatment schedules in the PPQ Treatment Manual.
In that section, paragraph (b) sets out the process for adding,
revising, or removing treatment schedules when there is an immediate
need to make a change. The circumstances in which an immediate need
exists are described in Sec. 305.3(b)(1). They are:
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\1\ The Treatment Manual is available on the Internet at https://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plants/manuals/index.shtml or by
contacting the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant
Protection and Quarantine, Manuals Unit, 92 Thomas Johnson Drive,
Suite 200, Frederick, MD 21702.
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PPQ has determined that an approved treatment schedule is
ineffective at neutralizing the targeted plant pest(s).
PPQ has determined that, in order to neutralize the
targeted plant pest(s), the treatment schedule must be administered
using a different process than was previously used.
PPQ has determined that a new treatment schedule is
effective, based on efficacy data, and that ongoing trade in a
commodity or commodities may be adversely impacted unless the new
treatment schedule is approved for use.
The use of a treatment schedule is no longer authorized by
EPA or by any other Federal entity.
We have determined a new methyl bromide fumigation treatment
schedule to neutralize the fungal pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp.
vasinfectum (FOV) on cottonseed (Gossypium spp.) is effective, and we
have determined that ongoing trade in cottonseed will be adversely
impacted unless the new treatment schedule is approved for use.
Certain strains of FOV are present in Australia and not in the
United States--specifically FOV vegetative compatibility groups (VCG)
01111 and 01112. These strains are quarantine pests and could have
significant impacts on U.S. cotton production. They are currently found
only in Australia. Fumigation with methyl bromide was the only approved
treatment for FOV VCG 01111 and 01112, so when the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) canceled the tolerance for methyl bromide on
cottonseed, trade ceased.
However, in a proposed rule published in the Federal Register on
April 6, 2012 (77 FR 20752-20756), EPA proposed to reinstate the
tolerance of methyl bromide on cottonseed, which would allow trade with
Australia to resume if an effective treatment schedule is added to the
PPQ Treatment Manual. It is important to resume trade in cottonseed
with Australia as soon as possible because fumigated cottonseed can be
used as animal feed, and the supply of domestic animal feed has been
hurt by recent droughts in cotton-growing regions of the United States.
In addition, while FOV VCG 01111 and 01112 are currently found only in
Australia, this treatment will also be available should those VCG be
found in other countries that wish to export cottonseed to the United
States.
Therefore, in accordance with paragraph (b)(2) of Sec. 305.3, we
are adding the new methyl bromide fumigation treatment for cottonseed
to the PPQ Treatment Manual as T301-e. This treatment schedule will be
listed in a separate section of the PPQ Treatment Manual, which will
indicate that T301-e was added through the immediate process described
in paragraph (b) of Sec. 305.3 and that it is subject to change or
removal based on public comment. Although we expect that EPA will
finalize the proposed rule to reinstate the tolerance soon, the
tolerance is not currently established, meaning that this treatment
schedule will not be authorized for use until the EPA proposal is
finalized.
Our determination that the new treatment schedule T301-e is
effective is presented in a treatment evaluation document we have
prepared to support this action. The treatment evaluation document may
be viewed on the Regulations.gov Web site or in our reading room (see
ADDRESSES above for instructions for accessing Regulations.gov and
information on the location and hours of the reading room). You may
request paper copies of the treatment evaluation document by calling or
writing to the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Please refer to the subject of the treatment evaluation document when
requesting copies.
After reviewing the comments we receive, we will announce our
decision regarding the new treatment schedule that is described in the
treatment evaluation document in a subsequent notice, in accordance
with paragraph (b)(3) of Sec. 305.3. If we do not receive any
comments, or the comments we receive do not change our determination
that the treatment is effective, we will affirm the treatment
schedule's addition to the PPQ Treatment Manual and make available a
new version of the PPQ Treatment Manual in which T301-e is listed in
the main body of the PPQ Treatment Manual. If we receive comments that
cause us to determine that T301-e needs to be changed or removed, we
will make available a new version of the PPQ Treatment Manual that
reflects changes to or the removal of T301-e.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701-7772 and 7781-7786; 21 U.S.C. 136 and
136a; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3.
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Done in Washington, DC, this 23rd day of May 2012.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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