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Monday, August 28, 2023
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.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
9 CFR Parts 57 and 161
[Docket No. APHIS–2017–0002]
RIN 0579–AE39
National List of Reportable Animal
Diseases; Revising Proposed Rule,
and Reopening of Comment Period
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Proposed rule; revisions and
reopening of comment period.
AGENCY:
We are reopening the
comment period for our proposed rule
that would amend disease regulations to
provide a National List of Reportable
Animal Diseases (NLRAD). Our
proposed rule would have required
animal health professionals suspecting
or diagnosing incidences of animal
diseases or disease agents classified as
‘‘notifiable’’ in the NLRAD to
immediately report to both State and
Federal officials. During the comment
period for the proposed rule, however,
several commenters raised concerns
regarding the confidentiality of
information reported under NLRAD,
and that the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service does not have the
ability to provide Federal assurances of
such confidentiality for information
reported to States. In light of the validity
of this concern, we are proposing a
possible modification to our proposed
rule to no longer require reporting to
State officials; other existing Federal,
State, and local disease reporting
requirements would be unaffected,
however. We are reopening the
comment period for our proposed rule
to provide interested persons with an
opportunity to prepare and submit
comments regarding this possible
modification to the proposed rule.
DATES: The comment period for the
proposed rule published on April 2,
2020 (85 FR 18471–18477) is reopened.
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We will consider all comments that we
receive on or before September 27, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and enter
APHIS–2017–0002 in the Search field.
Select the Documents tab, then select
the Comment button in the list of
documents.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2017–0002, Regulatory Analysis
and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station
3A–03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.
The proposed rule and any comments
we receive on this docket may be
viewed at www.regulations.gov or in our
reading room, which is located in Room
1620 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. EST,
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.
Jane Rooney, NLRAD Coordinator,
Center for Epidemiology and Animal
Health, Strategy and Policy, VS, APHIS,
USDA 2150 Centre Ave., Building B,
Mail Stop 2E6, Fort Collins, CO 80526–
8117; 301–789–3064; NLRAD.NAHRS@
usda.gov.
listed as notifiable in the NLRAD to
immediately report such identification
or suspicion to both the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
and the State where the livestock is
located.
Commenters on the proposed rule
noted that some of the information
reported could be personally
identifiable or confidential, and they
requested assurances from APHIS that
the data would remain protected from
third-party distribution.
While processes and procedures exist
at the Federal level to protect
confidential information to the extent
allowable under Federal law, APHIS, as
a Federal agency, cannot control the
release of information reported under
NLRAD to a State. Instead, State and
local laws and regulations regarding the
release of the information would be
operative.
Accordingly, we are proposing to
modify our proposed rule to no longer
require reporting to States under
NLRAD. Other Federal, State, and local
disease reporting requirements would
be unaffected.
On April
2, 2020, we published in the Federal
Register (85 FR 18471–18477, Docket
No. APHIS–2017–0002) 1 a proposed
rule to amend the animal disease
regulations to provide for a national list
of reportable animal diseases (NLRAD),
as well as disease reporting
requirements for animal health
professionals identifying or suspecting
NLRAD-listed diseases or conditions.
In our proposed rule, we proposed to
classify reportable diseases as either
monitored or notifiable. We proposed to
define notifiable disease as ‘‘a disease or
condition that requires immediate
notification to Federal and State
veterinary authorities,’’ and proposed to
require any animal health professional
with knowledge of occurrence or
suspected occurrence of an animal
disease, disease agent, or condition
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Veterinarians.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1 To view the proposed rule, go to
www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS–2017–0002 in
the Search field.
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9 CFR Part 57
Animal diseases, Reporting, and
recordkeeping requirements.
9 CFR Part 161
Proposed Regulation Promulgation
Accordingly, we propose to further
amend 9 CFR part 57, as proposed to be
amended at 85 FR 18476 (April 2, 2020)
as set forth below:
PART 57—ANIMAL HEALTH
DIAGNOSTICS AND TESTING
1. The authority for part 57 continues
to read as follows:
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Authority: 7 U.S.C. 8301–8317; 7 CFR
2.22, 2.80, and 371.4.
§ 57.1
[Amended]
2. Amend § 57.1, as proposed to be
amended at 85 FR 18476, in the
proposed definition of ‘‘Notifiable
disease,’’ by removing the words ‘‘and
State’’.
■ 3. Amend § 57.2, as proposed to be
amended at 85 FR 18476, by revising
paragraph (d)(1) to read as follows:
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Diseases.
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(1) Notifiable diseases. Any animal
health professional with knowledge of
occurrence or suspected occurrence of
an animal disease, disease agent, or
condition listed as notifiable in the
NLRAD must immediately report such
identification or suspicion to APHIS.
Reporting to APHIS may be
accomplished as described on the
NLRAD website available at: https://
www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/
animalhealth/monitoring-andsurveillance/nlrad/ct_national_list_
reportable_animal_diseases, or by
contacting a local APHIS office.1
1 Contact information for APHIS offices can
be found on the APHIS website at https://
www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/banner/
contactus, or in the local phone directory
(listed under Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS), Veterinary
Services).
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Done in Washington, DC, this 18th day of
August 2023.
Michael Watson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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15 CFR Part 705
[Docket No. 230810–0188]
RIN 0694–AJ27
Revisions of the Section 232 Steel and
Aluminum Tariff Exclusions Process
Bureau of Industry and
Security, U.S. Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
This proposed rule revises
aspects of the process for requesting
exclusions from the duties and
quantitative limitations on imports of
aluminum and steel discussed in five
previous Bureau of Industry and
Security (‘‘BIS’’) interim final rules
implementing the exclusion process
authorized by the President under
section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act
of 1962, as amended (‘‘Section 232’’).
The changes in this proposed rule are
also informed by a notice of request for
public comments on the Section 232
exclusions process that was published
by BIS on February 10, 2022 (February
Notice). The February Notice was
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directed by Proclamation 10328 of
December 27, 2021, that directed BIS to
review the Section 232 exclusions
process to make improvements,
including soliciting public comments as
part of the review process. Based on a
BIS review of the existing Section 232
exclusion process for areas of
improvement and public comments on
the current process for submissions to
BIS, BIS is publishing this proposed
rule to propose revisions to the Section
232 exclusions process, including to the
Section 232 Exclusions Portal. As part
of this proposed rule, BIS requests
public comments on the proposed
changes.
DATES: Comments on this proposed rule
must be received by BIS no later than
October 12, 2023.
ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section for information on
submitting exclusion requests,
objections thereto, rebuttals, and
surrebuttals.
You may submit comments, identified
by docket number BIS–2023–0021 or
RIN 0694–AJ27, through the Federal
eRulemaking website: https://
www.regulations.gov. No other
submission methods are being used for
submitting comments on this proposed
rule. Follow the instructions for
submitting comments.
All filers using the portal should use
the name of the person or entity
submitting comments as the name of
their files, in accordance with the
instructions below. Anyone submitting
business confidential information
should clearly identify the business
confidential portion at the time of
submission, file a statement justifying
nondisclosure and referring to the
specific legal authority claimed, and
provide a non-confidential version of
the submission.
For comments submitted
electronically containing business
confidential information, the file name
of the business confidential version
should begin with the characters ‘‘BC.’’
Any page containing business
confidential information must be clearly
marked ‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’
on the top of that page. The
corresponding non-confidential version
of those comments must be clearly
marked ‘‘PUBLIC.’’ The file name of the
non-confidential version should begin
with the character ‘‘P.’’ The ‘‘BC’’ and
‘‘P’’ should be followed by the name of
the person or entity submitting the
comments or rebuttal comments. Any
submissions with file names that do not
begin with a ‘‘BC’’ or ‘‘P’’ will be
assumed to be public and will be made
publicly available through https://
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www.regulations.gov. Commenters
submitting business confidential
information are encouraged to scan a
hard copy of the non-confidential
version to create an image of the file,
rather than submitting a digital copy
with redactions applied, to avoid
inadvertent redaction errors which
could enable the public to read business
confidential information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
questions regarding this proposed rule,
contact Erika Maynard at 202–482–5572
or via email Erika.Maynard@
bis.doc.gov, or email Steel232@
bis.doc.gov regarding provisions in this
proposed rule specific to steel exclusion
requests and Aluminum232@bis.doc.gov
regarding provisions in this proposed
rule specific to aluminum exclusion
requests.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On March 8, 2018, Presidential
Proclamations 9704, Adjusting Imports
of Aluminum Into the United States (83
FR 13267), and 9705, Adjusting Imports
of Steel Into the United States (83 FR
11625), imposed duties on imports of
aluminum and steel. The Proclamations
also authorized the Secretary of
Commerce to grant exclusions from the
duties if the Secretary determines the
steel or aluminum article for which the
exclusion is requested is not ‘‘produced
in the United States in a sufficient and
reasonably available amount or of a
satisfactory quality’’ or should be
excluded ‘‘based upon specific national
security considerations,’’ and provided
authority for the Secretary to issue
procedures for exclusion requests. On
April 30, 2018, Proclamations 9739 and
9740, and on May 31, 2018,
Proclamations 9758 and 9759, set
quantitative limitations on the import of
steel and aluminum from certain
countries in lieu of the duties. On
August 29, 2018, Proclamations 9776
and 9777 also authorized the Secretary
to grant exclusions from quantitative
limitations based on the same standards
applicable to exclusions from the tariffs.
The Section 232 Exclusions Process
Since March 19, 2018, BIS has
published five interim final rules (IFRs)
that established and made various
revisions to the Section 232 exclusions
process, as well as a Notice of Inquiry
seeking public comment on certain
aspects of the Section 232 exclusions
process.
On March 19, 2018, BIS issued an
IFR, Requirements for Submissions
Requesting Exclusions from the
Remedies Instituted in Presidential
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
9 CFR Parts 57 and 161
[Docket No. APHIS-2017-0002]
RIN 0579-AE39
National List of Reportable Animal Diseases; Revising Proposed
Rule, and Reopening of Comment Period
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Proposed rule; revisions and reopening of comment period.
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SUMMARY: We are reopening the comment period for our proposed rule that
would amend disease regulations to provide a National List of
Reportable Animal Diseases (NLRAD). Our proposed rule would have
required animal health professionals suspecting or diagnosing
incidences of animal diseases or disease agents classified as
``notifiable'' in the NLRAD to immediately report to both State and
Federal officials. During the comment period for the proposed rule,
however, several commenters raised concerns regarding the
confidentiality of information reported under NLRAD, and that the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service does not have the ability to
provide Federal assurances of such confidentiality for information
reported to States. In light of the validity of this concern, we are
proposing a possible modification to our proposed rule to no longer
require reporting to State officials; other existing Federal, State,
and local disease reporting requirements would be unaffected, however.
We are reopening the comment period for our proposed rule to provide
interested persons with an opportunity to prepare and submit comments
regarding this possible modification to the proposed rule.
DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published on April 2,
2020 (85 FR 18471-18477) is reopened. We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before September 27, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and enter APHIS-2017-0002 in the Search field.
Select the Documents tab, then select the Comment button in the list of
documents.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2017-0002, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD,
APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-
1238.
The proposed rule and any comments we receive on this docket may be
viewed at www.regulations.gov or in our reading room, which is located
in Room 1620 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. EST, 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. Jane Rooney, NLRAD Coordinator,
Center for Epidemiology and Animal Health, Strategy and Policy, VS,
APHIS, USDA 2150 Centre Ave., Building B, Mail Stop 2E6, Fort Collins,
CO 80526-8117; 301-789-3064; [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 2, 2020, we published in the
Federal Register (85 FR 18471-18477, Docket No. APHIS-2017-0002) \1\ a
proposed rule to amend the animal disease regulations to provide for a
national list of reportable animal diseases (NLRAD), as well as disease
reporting requirements for animal health professionals identifying or
suspecting NLRAD-listed diseases or conditions.
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\1\ To view the proposed rule, go to www.regulations.gov. Enter
APHIS-2017-0002 in the Search field.
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In our proposed rule, we proposed to classify reportable diseases
as either monitored or notifiable. We proposed to define notifiable
disease as ``a disease or condition that requires immediate
notification to Federal and State veterinary authorities,'' and
proposed to require any animal health professional with knowledge of
occurrence or suspected occurrence of an animal disease, disease agent,
or condition listed as notifiable in the NLRAD to immediately report
such identification or suspicion to both the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) and the State where the livestock is
located.
Commenters on the proposed rule noted that some of the information
reported could be personally identifiable or confidential, and they
requested assurances from APHIS that the data would remain protected
from third-party distribution.
While processes and procedures exist at the Federal level to
protect confidential information to the extent allowable under Federal
law, APHIS, as a Federal agency, cannot control the release of
information reported under NLRAD to a State. Instead, State and local
laws and regulations regarding the release of the information would be
operative.
Accordingly, we are proposing to modify our proposed rule to no
longer require reporting to States under NLRAD. Other Federal, State,
and local disease reporting requirements would be unaffected.
Lists of Subjects
9 CFR Part 57
Animal diseases, Reporting, and recordkeeping requirements.
9 CFR Part 161
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Veterinarians.
Proposed Regulation Promulgation
Accordingly, we propose to further amend 9 CFR part 57, as proposed
to be amended at 85 FR 18476 (April 2, 2020) as set forth below:
PART 57--ANIMAL HEALTH DIAGNOSTICS AND TESTING
0
1. The authority for part 57 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 8301-8317; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4.
Sec. 57.1 [Amended]
0
2. Amend Sec. 57.1, as proposed to be amended at 85 FR 18476, in the
proposed definition of ``Notifiable disease,'' by removing the words
``and State''.
0
3. Amend Sec. 57.2, as proposed to be amended at 85 FR 18476, by
revising paragraph (d)(1) to read as follows:
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Sec. 57.2 National List of Reportable Animal Diseases.
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(d) * * *
(1) Notifiable diseases. Any animal health professional with
knowledge of occurrence or suspected occurrence of an animal disease,
disease agent, or condition listed as notifiable in the NLRAD must
immediately report such identification or suspicion to APHIS. Reporting
to APHIS may be accomplished as described on the NLRAD website
available at: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/monitoring-and-surveillance/nlrad/ct_national_list_reportable_animal_diseases, or by contacting a local
APHIS office.\1\
\1\ Contact information for APHIS offices can be found on the
APHIS website at https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/banner/contactus,
or in the local phone directory (listed under Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Veterinary Services).
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Done in Washington, DC, this 18th day of August 2023.
Michael Watson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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