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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2012–0076]
Plants for Planting Whose Importation
is Not Authorized Pending Pest Risk
Analysis; Notice of Availability of Data
Sheets for Taxa of Plants for Planting
That Are Quarantine Pests or Hosts of
Quarantine Pests
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
We are advising the public
that we have determined that 22 taxa of
plants for planting are quarantine pests
and 37 taxa of plants for planting are
hosts of 9 quarantine pests and therefore
should be added to our lists of taxa of
plants for planting whose importation is
not authorized pending pest risk
analysis. We have prepared data sheets
that detail the scientific evidence we
evaluated in making the determination
that the taxa are quarantine pests or
hosts of quarantine pests. We are
making these data sheets available to the
public for review and comment.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before July 5,
2013.
SUMMARY:
You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/#!document
Detail;D=APHIS-2012-0076-0001.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2012–0076, Regulatory Analysis
and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station
3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.
The data sheets and any comments we
receive may be viewed at https://www.
regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=
APHIS-2012-0076 or in our reading
room, which is located in room 1141 of
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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.
Dr.
Arnold Tschanz, Senior Regulatory
Policy Specialist, Plants for Planting
Policy, RPM, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River
Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737–
1236; (301) 851–2179.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Background
Under the regulations in ‘‘Subpart—
Plants for Planting’’ (7 CFR 319.37
through 319.37–14, 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–
1 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.
In a final rule published in the
Federal Register on May 27, 2011 (76
FR 31172–31210, Docket No. APHIS–
2006–0011), and effective on June 27,
2011, we established in § 319.37–2a a
new category of plants for planting
whose importation is not authorized
pending pest risk analysis (NAPPRA) in
order to prevent the introduction of
quarantine pests into the United States.
The final rule established two lists of
taxa whose importation is NAPPRA: A
list of taxa of plants for planting that are
quarantine pests, and a list of taxa of
plants for planting that are hosts of
quarantine pests. For taxa of plants for
planting that have been determined to
be quarantine pests, the list will include
the names of the taxa. For taxa of plants
for planting that are hosts of quarantine
pests, the list will include the names of
the taxa, the foreign places from which
the taxa’s importation is not authorized,
and the quarantine pests of concern.
The final rule did not add any taxa to
the NAPPRA lists.
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Paragraph (b) of § 319.37–2a describes
the process for adding taxa to the
NAPPRA lists. In accordance with that
process, this notice announces our
determination that 22 taxa of plants for
planting are quarantine pests and 37
taxa of plants for planting are hosts of
9 quarantine pests.
This notice also makes available data
sheets that detail the scientific evidence
we evaluated in making the
determination that the taxa are
quarantine pests or hosts of a quarantine
pest. The data sheets include references
to the scientific evidence we used in
making these determinations.
A complete list of the taxa of plants
for planting that we have determined to
be quarantine pests or hosts of
quarantine pests, along with the data
sheets supporting those determinations,
may be viewed on the Regulations.gov
Web site 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 the list
and data sheets by calling or writing to
the person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
For taxa of plants for planting that are
hosts of quarantine pests, the data
sheets specify the countries from which
the taxa’s importation would not be
authorized pending pest risk analysis. In
many cases, the importation of the taxa
would not be allowed from any country.
In some cases, the taxa would be
allowed to be imported from Canada.
We would allow such importation when
Canada is free of the quarantine pest for
which the taxa are hosts and when
Canada’s import regulations and our
restrictions specific to Canada ensure
that the pest would not be introduced
into the United States through the
importation of the taxa from Canada.
In a few cases, the taxa would be
allowed to be imported from countries
that are currently exporting the taxa to
the United States, subject to restrictions
in a Federal Order. We would like to
clarify in this notice that we would
exempt imports of taxa of plants for
planting that are hosts of quarantine
pests from the NAPPRA requirements
when there is significant trade between
the exporting country and the United
States. We would continue to allow
such importation based on our
experience with importing those taxa of
plants for planting and our findings,
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through inspection, that they are
generally pest free, and based on our
determination that the restrictions in the
Federal Order are sufficient to mitigate
the risk associated with the quarantine
pest in question. Generally, we would
consider the importation from a country
of 10 or more plants in each of the last
3 fiscal years to constitute significant
trade in that taxon. However, we will
also consider other data showing that
there is significant trade in a taxon, even
if it does not meet this standard.
After reviewing any comments we
receive, we will announce our decision
regarding the addition of the taxa
described in the data sheets to the
NAPPRA lists in a subsequent notice. If
the Administrator’s determination that
the taxa are quarantine pests or hosts of
quarantine pests remains unchanged
following our consideration of the
comments, then we will add the taxa
described in the data sheets to the
appropriate NAPPRA list.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450 and 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 30th day of
April 2013.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Klamath National Forest, California,
Jess Project
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Klamath National Forest
will prepare an environmental impact
statement (EIS) to document and
publicly disclose the environmental
effects of fuels treatments on ridge tops
and along roadways, thinning in natural
stands and plantations, and meadow
treatments to improve ecosystem
function and resiliency while
contributing to rural economic health.
The project area is south of Sawyers Bar,
California. Treatments are proposed on
approximately 1,950 acres.
DATES: Comments concerning the scope
of the analysis must be received by June
20, 2013. The draft environmental
impact statement is expected November
2013 and the final environmental
impact statement is expected January
2014.
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Send written comments to
Klamath National Forest Headquarters,
ATTN: Angie Bell, Project Leader, 1711
S. Main Street, Yreka, CA 96097.
Electronic comments can be made at the
project’s Web page: https://www.fs.fed.
us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=
38943, or via facsimile to (530) 841–
4571.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Angie Bell, 530–842–6131, or Patty
Grantham, Forest Supervisor, 530–842–
6131.
Individuals who use
telecommunication devices for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern
Time, Monday through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose and Need for Action
The Jess project was developed to
improve ecosystem function and
resiliency while contributing to rural
economic health. A Forest Service
interdisciplinary team (IDT), composed
of specialists from a wide array of
disciplines in collaboration with
interested parties, developed a purpose
and need. The collaboration efforts
included several public meetings and a
field trip to discuss the need for change
and potential actions in the project area.
The IDT identified the following
purpose and need for this project by
comparing the existing conditions in the
project area with the desired conditions
described in the Forest Plan, LateSuccessional Reserve Assessments, the
North Fork Salmon Watershed
Assessment and the Sawyers Bar
Wildfire Community Protection Plan:
• Manage fuel loadings to reduce the
risk of wildfires affecting nearby
communities.
• Improve compositional, structural,
and functional attributes of biologically
diverse forest ecosystems by restoring
ecological processes that build
resiliency to high-intensity wildfire and
insect and disease.
• Provide a broad range of ecosystem
services, including wood products, rural
economic health, biodiversity, and the
beneficial uses of water.
Proposed Action
The IDT, in conjunction with the
informal collaborative group composed
of local, interested parties, inventoried
the project area to identify resource
concerns and develop management
activities (proposed actions) to achieve
the purpose and need for the Jess
Project. The following proposed actions
have been identified to move the project
area from the existing condition to the
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desired condition. Project design
features (PDFs) and best management
practices (BMPs) are incorporated into
this proposed action. The Forest Service
proposes the following treatments on
about 1,950 acres within the 8,735 acre
project boundary:
• Commercially harvest about 810
acres, including natural stands and
plantations, with about 120 acres
proposed for skyline and 690 acres of
ground-based yarding;
• Treating fuels on strategic ridge
tops on about 165 acres, including 95
acres of thinning, handpiling, and
burning and 70 acres of mastication;
• Reducing roadside fuels on about
615 acres over 15 miles of National
Forest Transportation System (NFTS)
roads;
• Prescribed underburning about 250
acres;
• Planting rust-resistant sugar pine on
scattered acres throughout the project
area;
• Enhancing meadows around Mud
Lake and other locations in the project
area; and
• Masticating and handpiling/burning
brush on about 150 acres for stand
health and big game habitat
enhancement.
Acres by treatment type do not
account for the overlap in treatment
types. Thinning treatments are likely to
take place over the first five years after
decision, followed by prescribed
burning and pile burning in subsequent
years. A more detailed description of
this proposal, including access, is
below.
Commercial harvest of trees larger
than 9 inches dbh will occur on over
800 acres. Commercial treatments will
vary with species preference and would
be driven by topographic location,
amount of disease present, and desired
regeneration species. Trees with greater
than 20–50% of their crown infected
with mistletoe, depending on unit, will
be candidates for removal. Dominant
and co-dominant trees with full crowns,
despite mistletoe infection will be
maintained in treatment units. Several
units have groups of older trees that will
be retained as islands to provide spatial
variation. Some small openings will be
increased to resemble more historic gap
sizes of 1–21⁄2 acres. Hardwoods will be
favored and will be thinned around in
areas. Enhancement of hardwoods and
reduction of conifer competition is
prescribed in several units. Patches of
saplings and pole size trees will be
avoided during treatment. Overall, the
best crowns will be maintained with
crown spacing varying from five to
twenty feet wide. Sugar pines proven to
be rust-resistant from a local seed zone
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2012-0076]
Plants for Planting Whose Importation is Not Authorized Pending
Pest Risk Analysis; Notice of Availability of Data Sheets for Taxa of
Plants for Planting That Are Quarantine Pests or Hosts of Quarantine
Pests
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: We are advising the public that we have determined that 22
taxa of plants for planting are quarantine pests and 37 taxa of plants
for planting are hosts of 9 quarantine pests and therefore should be
added to our lists of taxa of plants for planting whose importation is
not authorized pending pest risk analysis. We have prepared data sheets
that detail the scientific evidence we evaluated in making the
determination that the taxa are quarantine pests or hosts of quarantine
pests. We are making these data sheets available to the public for
review and comment.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before July
5, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2012-0076-0001.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2012-0076, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD,
APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-
1238.
The data sheets and any comments we receive may be viewed at https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2012-0076 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: Dr. Arnold Tschanz, Senior Regulatory
Policy Specialist, Plants for Planting Policy, RPM, PPQ, APHIS, 4700
River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; (301) 851-2179.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Under the regulations in ``Subpart--Plants for Planting'' (7 CFR
319.37 through 319.37-14, 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 Sec. 319.37-1 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.
In a final rule published in the Federal Register on May 27, 2011
(76 FR 31172-31210, Docket No. APHIS-2006-0011), and effective on June
27, 2011, we established in Sec. 319.37-2a a new category of plants
for planting whose importation is not authorized pending pest risk
analysis (NAPPRA) in order to prevent the introduction of quarantine
pests into the United States. The final rule established two lists of
taxa whose importation is NAPPRA: A list of taxa of plants for planting
that are quarantine pests, and a list of taxa of plants for planting
that are hosts of quarantine pests. For taxa of plants for planting
that have been determined to be quarantine pests, the list will include
the names of the taxa. For taxa of plants for planting that are hosts
of quarantine pests, the list will include the names of the taxa, the
foreign places from which the taxa's importation is not authorized, and
the quarantine pests of concern. The final rule did not add any taxa to
the NAPPRA lists.
Paragraph (b) of Sec. 319.37-2a describes the process for adding
taxa to the NAPPRA lists. In accordance with that process, this notice
announces our determination that 22 taxa of plants for planting are
quarantine pests and 37 taxa of plants for planting are hosts of 9
quarantine pests.
This notice also makes available data sheets that detail the
scientific evidence we evaluated in making the determination that the
taxa are quarantine pests or hosts of a quarantine pest. The data
sheets include references to the scientific evidence we used in making
these determinations.
A complete list of the taxa of plants for planting that we have
determined to be quarantine pests or hosts of quarantine pests, along
with the data sheets supporting those determinations, may be viewed on
the Regulations.gov Web site 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 the list
and data sheets by calling or writing to the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
For taxa of plants for planting that are hosts of quarantine pests,
the data sheets specify the countries from which the taxa's importation
would not be authorized pending pest risk analysis. In many cases, the
importation of the taxa would not be allowed from any country. In some
cases, the taxa would be allowed to be imported from Canada. We would
allow such importation when Canada is free of the quarantine pest for
which the taxa are hosts and when Canada's import regulations and our
restrictions specific to Canada ensure that the pest would not be
introduced into the United States through the importation of the taxa
from Canada.
In a few cases, the taxa would be allowed to be imported from
countries that are currently exporting the taxa to the United States,
subject to restrictions in a Federal Order. We would like to clarify in
this notice that we would exempt imports of taxa of plants for planting
that are hosts of quarantine pests from the NAPPRA requirements when
there is significant trade between the exporting country and the United
States. We would continue to allow such importation based on our
experience with importing those taxa of plants for planting and our
findings,
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through inspection, that they are generally pest free, and based on our
determination that the restrictions in the Federal Order are sufficient
to mitigate the risk associated with the quarantine pest in question.
Generally, we would consider the importation from a country of 10 or
more plants in each of the last 3 fiscal years to constitute
significant trade in that taxon. However, we will also consider other
data showing that there is significant trade in a taxon, even if it
does not meet this standard.
After reviewing any comments we receive, we will announce our
decision regarding the addition of the taxa described in the data
sheets to the NAPPRA lists in a subsequent notice. If the
Administrator's determination that the taxa are quarantine pests or
hosts of quarantine pests remains unchanged following our consideration
of the comments, then we will add the taxa described in the data sheets
to the appropriate NAPPRA list.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450 and 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 30th day of April 2013.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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