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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Document No. AMS–ST–13–0059]
Plant Variety Protection Board; Open
Meeting
AGENCY:
Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA.
ACTION:
Notice of meeting.
This notice is intended to
notify the public of their opportunity to
attend an open meeting of the Plant
Variety Protection Board.
DATES: December 9, 2013, 1:00 p.m. to
5:00 p.m. and December 10, 2013, 8:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m., open to the public.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Water Tower Room of the Hyatt
Regency Chicago Hotel, 151 East Wacker
Drive, Chicago, IL 60601.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Maria Pratt, Plant Variety Protection
Office, Science and Technology
Programs, Agricultural Marketing
Service, United States Department of
Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20250. Telephone
number (202) 260–8983, fax (202) 260–
8976, or email: maria.pratt@
ams.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to the provisions of section 10(a) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5
U.S.C., Appendix 2), this notice is given
regarding an upcoming Plant Variety
Protection (PVP) Board meeting. The
Plant Variety Protection Act (PVPA)
(7 U.S.C. 2321 et seq.) provides legal
protection in the form of intellectual
property rights to developers of new
varieties of plants, which are
reproduced sexually by seed or are
tuber-propagated. A Certificate of Plant
Variety Protection is awarded to an
owner of a crop variety after an
examination shows that it is new,
distinct from other varieties, genetically
uniform and stable through successive
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generations. The term of protection is 20
years for most crops and 25 years for
trees, shrubs, and vines. The PVPA also
provides for a statutory Board (7 U.S.C.
2327). The duties of the Board are to: (1)
Advise the Secretary concerning the
adoption of rules and regulations to
facilitate the proper administration of
the Act; (2) provide advisory counsel to
the Secretary on appeals concerning
decisions on applications by the PVP
Office and on requests for emergency
public-interest compulsory licenses; and
(3) advise the Secretary on any other
matters under the Regulations and Rules
of Practice and on all questions under
Section 44 of the Act, ‘‘Public Interest
in Wide Usage’’ (7 U.S.C. 2404).
The purpose of the meeting will be to
discuss the PVP Office’s 2013
achievements, 2014 work plan and
outreach plan, ongoing process
improvements, updates on electronic
applications/database conversion, plans
for PVP recognition by other countries,
the activity of the subcommittee to
evaluate molecular techniques for PVP
distinctness characterization and
proposals for procedure changes. The
proposed agenda for the PVP Board
meeting will include a welcome by
Department officials followed by a
discussion focusing on program
activities that encourage the
development of new plant varieties and
address appeals to the Secretary. The
agenda will also include presentations
on PVP plans for the future, electronic
PVP application/computer database
development, and the use of molecular
markers for PVP applications.
The meeting will be open to the
public. Those wishing to attend or
phone into the meeting are encouraged
to pre-register by December 2, 2013 with
the person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT. Meeting
Accommodations: The meeting hotel is
ADA Compliant, and the USDA
provides reasonable accommodation to
individuals with disabilities where
appropriate. If you require
accommodations, such as sign language
interpreter, please contact the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT. Determinations for reasonable
accommodation will be made on a caseby-case basis. Minutes of the meeting
will be available for public review 30
days following the meeting at the
Internet Web site https://
www.ams.usda.gov/PVPO.
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Dated: October 17, 2013.
Rex A. Barnes,
Associate Administrator, Agricultural
Marketing Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2013–0017]
Notice of Decision To Allow Interstate
Movement of Sapote Fruit From Puerto
Rico Into the Continental United States
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
We are advising the public of
our decision to begin allowing the
interstate movement into the
continental United States of fresh sapote
fruit from Puerto Rico. Based on the
findings of a pest risk analysis, which
we made available to the public for
review and comment through a previous
notice, we believe that the application
of one or more designated phytosanitary
measures will be sufficient to mitigate
the risks of introducing or disseminating
plant pests or noxious weeds via the
interstate movement of sapote fruit from
Puerto Rico.
DATES: Effective Date: October 24, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
David Lamb, Regulatory Policy
Specialist, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River
Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737–
1231; (301) 851–2103.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
Under the regulations in ‘‘Subpart—
Regulated Articles From Hawaii and the
Territories’’ (7 CFR 318.13–1 through
318.13–26, 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 interstate
movement of fruits and vegetables into
the continental United States from
Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin
Islands, Guam, and the Commonwealth
of the Northern Mariana Islands to
prevent plant pests and noxious weeds
from being introduced into and spread
within the continental United States.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Document No. AMS-ST-13-0059]
Plant Variety Protection Board; Open Meeting
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice is intended to notify the public of their
opportunity to attend an open meeting of the Plant Variety Protection
Board.
DATES: December 9, 2013, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and December 10, 2013,
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., open to the public.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Water Tower Room of the
Hyatt Regency Chicago Hotel, 151 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60601.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Maria Pratt, Plant Variety
Protection Office, Science and Technology Programs, Agricultural
Marketing Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 1400
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250. Telephone number (202)
260-8983, fax (202) 260-8976, or email: maria.pratt@ams.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the provisions of section 10(a)
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), this
notice is given regarding an upcoming Plant Variety Protection (PVP)
Board meeting. The Plant Variety Protection Act (PVPA) (7 U.S.C. 2321
et seq.) provides legal protection in the form of intellectual property
rights to developers of new varieties of plants, which are reproduced
sexually by seed or are tuber-propagated. A Certificate of Plant
Variety Protection is awarded to an owner of a crop variety after an
examination shows that it is new, distinct from other varieties,
genetically uniform and stable through successive generations. The term
of protection is 20 years for most crops and 25 years for trees,
shrubs, and vines. The PVPA also provides for a statutory Board (7
U.S.C. 2327). The duties of the Board are to: (1) Advise the Secretary
concerning the adoption of rules and regulations to facilitate the
proper administration of the Act; (2) provide advisory counsel to the
Secretary on appeals concerning decisions on applications by the PVP
Office and on requests for emergency public-interest compulsory
licenses; and (3) advise the Secretary on any other matters under the
Regulations and Rules of Practice and on all questions under Section 44
of the Act, ``Public Interest in Wide Usage'' (7 U.S.C. 2404).
The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss the PVP Office's 2013
achievements, 2014 work plan and outreach plan, ongoing process
improvements, updates on electronic applications/database conversion,
plans for PVP recognition by other countries, the activity of the
subcommittee to evaluate molecular techniques for PVP distinctness
characterization and proposals for procedure changes. The proposed
agenda for the PVP Board meeting will include a welcome by Department
officials followed by a discussion focusing on program activities that
encourage the development of new plant varieties and address appeals to
the Secretary. The agenda will also include presentations on PVP plans
for the future, electronic PVP application/computer database
development, and the use of molecular markers for PVP applications.
The meeting will be open to the public. Those wishing to attend or
phone into the meeting are encouraged to pre-register by December 2,
2013 with the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Meeting Accommodations: The meeting hotel is ADA Compliant, and the
USDA provides reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities
where appropriate. If you require accommodations, such as sign language
interpreter, please contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT. Determinations for reasonable accommodation will
be made on a case-by-case basis. Minutes of the meeting will be
available for public review 30 days following the meeting at the
Internet Web site https://www.ams.usda.gov/PVPO.
Dated: October 17, 2013.
Rex A. Barnes,
Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-24820 Filed 10-23-13; 8:45 am]
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