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NAPPRA-exempt host taxa of CLB
and ALB from Belgium, Denmark, the
Netherlands, and the United Kingdom
would be admissible with the current
import permit requirements with a stem
or root collar diameter greater than 10
mm (0.4 inches). The NAPPRA-exempt
taxa from these four EU countries
affected by the proposed changes are:
• Malus spp. from Belgium;
• Hibiscus spp. and Rosa spp. from
Denmark;
• Non-variegated Acer japonicum,
Non Variegated Acer palmatum, Aralia
spp., Carpinus spp., Cercidiphyllum
spp., Cercis spp., Cornus spp., Corylus
spp., Cotoneaster spp., Fagus spp., Ficus
spp., Hedera spp., Ilex spp., Malus spp.,
Prunus spp., Robinia spp., Rosa spp.,
and Styrax spp. from the Netherlands;
and
• Rosa spp. and Rubus spp. from the
United Kingdom.
Furthermore, these host taxa must
also meet the following criteria for entry
into the United States:
• The host plants were grown solely
on mother stock from Belgium,
Denmark, the Netherlands, and the
United Kingdom; and
• The host plants have never been
grown in a country from which their
importation would be prohibited
NAPPRA as listed in the USDA Plants
for Planting Manual.
We are only recognizing EU Member
States that are free from both pests, or
that eradicated an infestation at least 3
years ago. In our updated list, the EU
Member States that would continue to
be listed as countries where ALB and/
or CLB are present are: Austria, Croatia,
Finland, France, Germany, and Italy.
After we review public comments on
our proposed changes to the USDA
Plants for Planting Manual, we will
publish a second notice to affirm our
proposed changes or to inform persons
of any additional changes with respect
to the importation of host plants of CLB
and ALB from Belgium, Denmark, the
Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.
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 11th day of
July 2019.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
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when there is significant trade of that plant between
the exporting country and the United States. We
continue to allow such importation based on our
experience with importing these plants for planting
and our findings, through inspection, that they are
generally pest free.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2019–0033]
Notice of Request for Revision to and
Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Importation of
Live Poultry, Poultry Meat, and Other
Poultry Products From Specified
Regions
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Revision to and extension of
approval of an information collection;
comment request.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service’s intention to
request a revision to and extension of
approval of an information collection
associated with regulations for the
importation of live poultry, poultry
meat, and other poultry products from
specified regions.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before September
16, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/#!docket
Detail;D=APHIS-2019-0033.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2019–0033, 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-2019-0033 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: For
information about the importation of
live poultry, poultry meat, and other
poultry products from specified regions,
contact Dr. Magde Elshafie, Senior Staff
Veterinarian, VS, APHIS, 4700 River
Road, Unit 40, Riverdale, MD 20737;
(301) 851–3300. For more detailed
information on the information
collection, contact Ms. Kimberly Hardy,
APHIS’ Information Collection
Coordinator, at (301) 851–2483.
SUMMARY:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Importation of Live Poultry,
Poultry Meat, and Other Poultry
Products From Specified Regions.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0228.
Type of Request: Revision to and
extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: Under the authority of the
Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C.
8301 et seq.), the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of
the United States Department of
Agriculture is authorized, among other
things, to prohibit or restrict the
importation and interstate movement of
animals and animal products to prevent
the introduction into and dissemination
within the United States of livestock
diseases and pests. To carry out the
mission, APHIS regulates the
importation of animals and animal
products into the United States based on
regulations contained in 9 CFR parts 92
through 98.
Disease prevention is the most
effective method for maintaining a
healthy animal population and for
enhancing the United States’ ability to
compete in the world market of animal
and animal product trade. APHIS’
Veterinary Services administers
regulations intended to prevent the
introduction of animal diseases into the
United States. The regulations in parts
93 and 94 place certain restrictions on
the importation of live poultry, poultry
meat, and other poultry products to
prevent the introduction of highly
pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI),
Newcastle disease, and other exotic
poultry diseases into the United States.
To ensure live poultry, poultry meat,
and other poultry products do not pose
a risk of introducing HPAI, Newcastle
disease, or other exotic poultry diseases
into the United States, APHIS requires
the following information collection
activities: Applications for import or intransit permits; import or in-transit
permit customs declarations; reports of
animals, poultry, or hatching eggs
offered for importation; health
certificates; certificates of origin;
maintenance of records; cooperative
service agreements; and certificates for
shipment back to the United States.
We are asking the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve our use of these information
collection activities, as described, for an
additional 3 years.
The purpose of this notice is to solicit
comments from the public (as well as
affected agencies) concerning our
information collection. These comments
will help us:
(1) Evaluate whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
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performance of the functions of the
Agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our
estimate of the burden of the collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, through use, as
appropriate, of automated, electronic,
mechanical, and other collection
technologies; e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Estimate of burden: The public
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 1 hour per
response.
Respondents: Federal animal health
authorities of certain regions that export
live poultry, poultry meat, and other
poultry products; importers; pet bird
owners; and zoological facilities.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 24.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 2.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 56.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 57 hours. (Due to
averaging, the total annual burden hours
may not equal the product of the annual
number of responses multiplied by the
reporting burden per response.)
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
also become a matter of public record.
Done in Washington, DC, this 11th day of
July 2019.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation
Service
[Docket No. NRCS–2019–0010]
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Adoption of Another Agency’s Final
Environmental Impact Statement To
Implement the Feral Swine Eradication
and Control Pilot Program
Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS), U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice of intent (NOI) to adopt
a Final Environmental Impact Statement
(FEIS).
AGENCY:
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NRCS announces its intent to
adopt the FEIS, titled ‘‘Feral Swine
Damage Management: A National
Approach EIS’’, prepared by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture’s Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS), under the Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) adoption
provisions of the Council on
Environmental Quality (CEQ).
DATES: Comment date: NRCS will accept
comments that are received or
postmarked by August 16, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
concerning the adoption of the FEIS
titled, ‘‘Feral Swine Damage
Management: A National Approach
EIS,’’ or submit comments on actions
being proposed by NRCS regarding this
matter to the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at www.regulations.gov. Follow
the online instructions for submitting
comments.
The FEIS can be accessed here:
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/
ourfocus/wildlifedamage/programs/
nepa/sa_environmental_
assessments+%28ea%29/sa_ws_
environmental_assessments_state/ct_
united_states.
The associated NRCS Announcement
of Program Funding can be accessed on
grants.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Martin Lowenfish, Branch Chief for
Areawide Planning, Natural Resources
Conservation Service, at
Martin.Lowenfish@usda.gov or (202)
690–4979.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NRCS
announces its intent to adopt the FEIS
titled, ‘‘Feral Swine Damage
Management: A National Approach
EIS’’, prepared by the U.S. Department
of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
under the EIS adoption provisions of the
Council on Environmental Quality
(CEQ) regulations (40 CFR 1506.3).
NRCS is proposing this action to
address the mandates in section 2408 of
the Agriculture Improvement Act of
2018 (2018 Farm Bill, Pub. L. 115–334)
to provide financial assistance for a
Feral Swine Eradication and Control
Pilot Program in collaboration with
APHIS.
Prior to proposing adoption, NRCS
reviewed the FEIS and determined that
it adequately addresses the alternatives
and environmental impacts related to
reducing feral swine damage to
agriculture, natural resources, property,
animal health, and human health and
safety on private lands per NRCS’s Title
190—National Environmental
Compliance Handbook, part 610,
subpart F, section 610.83(D), and
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subpart H, section 610.134. As
described in the FEIS, the APHIS project
area includes all the United States and
its Territories where feral swine exist or
may occur. The APHIS Wildlife Services
(APHIS–WS) program currently works
with federal, state, territorial, and local
agencies; tribes; organizations; and
private individuals to address specific
localized feral swine damage problems.
As NRCS collaborates with farmers,
ranchers, and non-industrial private
forest landowners to address natural
resource management objectives on
private land throughout the United
States and its Territories, NRCS is able
to implement actions that complement
those of APHIS with NRCS’
constituency. Feral swine are a threat
nationwide; private lands currently or
will soon face growing threats from feral
swine. Therefore, section 2408 of the
2018 Farm Bill requires that APHIS and
NRCS cooperate in this effort.
The FEIS states that APHIS would
serve as the lead agency in a nationally
coordinated cooperative effort with
other agency partners, tribes,
organizations, and local entities. NRCS
was a participating agency, but not a
cooperating agency, in the preparation
of the Feral Swine Damage
Management: A National Approach—
Final Environmental Impact Statement
when it was finalized in 2015. As
required in the 2018 Farm Bill, NRCS,
through this pilot program, will
cooperate with APHIS nationally and
will serve as the lead agency for
implementing the complementary NRCS
action.
The FEIS states that the proposed
action is needed to:
1. Expand feral swine management
programs nationwide to stabilize and
eventually reduce the national feral
swine population and associated threats
to agriculture, natural resources,
property, animal health, and human
health;
2. Further develop cooperative
partnerships with other pertinent
federal, state, territorial, tribal, and local
agencies, and private organizations
working to reduce impacts of feral
swine;
3. Expand feral swine disease
monitoring to protect agriculture and
human health;
4. Develop and improve tools and
methods to manage feral swine
populations, predictive models to assess
feral swine population expansion and
economic impacts, and risk analyses for
feral swine impacts to agriculture,
animal health, and human health;
5. Develop outreach materials and
activities to educate the public about
feral swine damage and related
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2019-0033]
Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Importation of Live Poultry, Poultry Meat, and
Other Poultry Products From Specified Regions
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Revision to and extension of approval of an information
collection; comment request.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's
intention to request a revision to and extension of approval of an
information collection associated with regulations for the importation
of live poultry, poultry meat, and other poultry products from
specified regions.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
September 16, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2019-0033.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2019-0033, 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-2019-
0033 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: For information about the importation
of live poultry, poultry meat, and other poultry products from
specified regions, contact Dr. Magde Elshafie, Senior Staff
Veterinarian, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 40, Riverdale, MD 20737;
(301) 851-3300. For more detailed information on the information
collection, contact Ms. Kimberly Hardy, APHIS' Information Collection
Coordinator, at (301) 851-2483.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Importation of Live Poultry, Poultry Meat, and Other Poultry
Products From Specified Regions.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0228.
Type of Request: Revision to and extension of approval of an
information collection.
Abstract: Under the authority of the Animal Health Protection Act
(7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.), the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) of the United States Department of Agriculture is authorized,
among other things, to prohibit or restrict the importation and
interstate movement of animals and animal products to prevent the
introduction into and dissemination within the United States of
livestock diseases and pests. To carry out the mission, APHIS regulates
the importation of animals and animal products into the United States
based on regulations contained in 9 CFR parts 92 through 98.
Disease prevention is the most effective method for maintaining a
healthy animal population and for enhancing the United States' ability
to compete in the world market of animal and animal product trade.
APHIS' Veterinary Services administers regulations intended to prevent
the introduction of animal diseases into the United States. The
regulations in parts 93 and 94 place certain restrictions on the
importation of live poultry, poultry meat, and other poultry products
to prevent the introduction of highly pathogenic avian influenza
(HPAI), Newcastle disease, and other exotic poultry diseases into the
United States.
To ensure live poultry, poultry meat, and other poultry products do
not pose a risk of introducing HPAI, Newcastle disease, or other exotic
poultry diseases into the United States, APHIS requires the following
information collection activities: Applications for import or in-
transit permits; import or in-transit permit customs declarations;
reports of animals, poultry, or hatching eggs offered for importation;
health certificates; certificates of origin; maintenance of records;
cooperative service agreements; and certificates for shipment back to
the United States.
We are asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve
our use of these information collection activities, as described, for
an additional 3 years.
The purpose of this notice is to solicit comments from the public
(as well as affected agencies) concerning our information collection.
These comments will help us:
(1) Evaluate whether the collection of information is necessary for
the proper
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performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate of the burden of the
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, through use, as appropriate, of automated,
electronic, mechanical, and other collection technologies; e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of responses.
Estimate of burden: The public burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 1 hour per response.
Respondents: Federal animal health authorities of certain regions
that export live poultry, poultry meat, and other poultry products;
importers; pet bird owners; and zoological facilities.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 24.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 2.
Estimated annual number of responses: 56.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 57 hours. (Due to
averaging, the total annual burden hours may not equal the product of
the annual number of responses multiplied by the reporting burden per
response.)
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of
public record.
Done in Washington, DC, this 11th day of July 2019.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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