Web Links for Plant Commodity Import Requirements, 79733-79734 [2024-21619]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 190 / Tuesday, October 1, 2024 / Rules and Regulations employee retires or terminates employment are allowable in the year of payment and should be allocated as a general administrative expense to all activities or included in the fringe benefit rate. * * * * * Deidre A. Harrison, Deputy Controller, performing the delegated duties of the Controller Office of Federal Financial Management. [FR Doc. 2024–22520 Filed 9–26–24; 4:15 pm] BILLING CODE 3110–01–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 7 CFR Parts 305 and 319 [Docket No. APHIS–2024–0034] Web Links for Plant Commodity Import Requirements Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA. ACTION: Final rule. AGENCY: We are revising the phytosanitary treatment and quarantine import regulations to reflect our relocation of import and treatment requirements for agricultural commodities to the Agricultural Commodity Import Requirements online database. This change will ensure that the regulations provide the latest web links for accessing current import and treatment requirements for all agricultural commodities. DATES: Effective October 1, 2024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Jenna Edwards, Assistant Director, Information Services and Manuals Unit, PPQ–PEIP–IRM, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; (970) 305–2501; jennifer.m.edwards@ usda.gov. SUMMARY: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with RULES Background The regulations in 7 CFR part 305, ‘‘Phytosanitary Treatments,’’ set out phytosanitary treatment requirements for certain plants, fruits, vegetables, and other articles before they may be imported or moved interstate to prevent the spread of agricultural pests into or within the United States. In 7 CFR part 319, subpart H, §§ 319.37–1 through 319.37–23, sets out requirements for importation of live plants intended to be planted or replanted. Subpart L, §§ 319.56–1 through 319.56–12, provides requirements for importation VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:06 Sep 30, 2024 Jkt 265001 of fruits and vegetables into the United States. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) maintains a publicly searchable database, ‘‘Agricultural Commodity Import Requirements,’’ or ACIR,1 that allows users to find import and treatment requirements for all agricultural commodities. APHIS intends ACIR eventually to be the official location for import and treatment requirements for all agricultural commodities. Prior to development of the ACIR database, APHIS’ Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) import and treatment requirements were maintained across several manuals and the Fruits and Vegetables Import Requirements (FAVIR) database. In September 2022, FAVIR was retired and all information about specific fruit and vegetable import requirements were relocated to ACIR. PPQ import requirements for cut flowers and greenery, seeds not for planting, miscellaneous and processed products, and later in 2022, plants for planting, were also relocated from their respective manuals to ACIR. In early 2023, treatment schedules and other information from the PPQ Treatment Manual were relocated to ACIR. Parts 305 and 319 of the current regulations contain web links to FAVIR, PPQ’s Plants for Planting Manual, and the PPQ Treatment Manual. These links either redirect persons to the ACIR database or to manuals that are no longer to be updated, as the information in these sources has been moved to ACIR. In order to provide updated web links to direct readers to the ACIR database, it is necessary to amend the regulations through rulemaking. In § 305.1, the definition of PPQ Treatment Manual contains a link that currently directs readers to the manual. We are removing that web link and replacing it with one that links directly to the treatments section within ACIR. We are also amending the definition by removing the current mailing address for requesting a hard copy of the PPQ Treatment Manual and adding an updated mailing address.2 In accordance with our legal obligations, we maintain this service for persons who may not have access to the internet. We are also amending § 319.5(c) by removing ‘‘Commodity Import Analysis and Operations’’ from the address to which information about export commodities is to be sent. This amendment reflects an internal administrative change. 1 https://acir.aphis.usda.gov/s/. 2 Information Services and Manuals Unit, 4700 River Road, Riverdale, MD 20737. PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 79733 In § 319.37–2, we are revising the definition of Plants for Planting Manual by replacing the web link currently in the definition with one that links directly to the plants for planting section of the ACIR database. We are also updating the mailing address in the definition for persons requesting a hard copy of the manual. As noted above, the import requirements for fruits and vegetables have been moved from FAVIR to ACIR. Accordingly, we are updating § 319.56– 4(c)(1) by replacing the current web link with a link directly to the ACIR database. Effective Date This rule updates APHIS’ regulations in order to ensure that references to manuals, web addresses, postal addresses, and nomenclature are accurate. Therefore, APHIS considers there to be good cause pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553 to find that an opportunity for public comment is unnecessary and contrary to the public interest, and this rule may be made effective less than 30 days after publication in the Federal Register. Further, since this rule ensures that regulations will refer to the correct web addresses and postal addresses used by the Agency, APHIS considers the rule to relate to internal agency management within the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and it is, accordingly, exempt from the provisions of Executive Orders 12866 and 12988. Finally, this action is not a rule as defined by the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 501), and as such is exempt from the provisions of that Act. Executive Order 12372 This program/activity is listed in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance under No. 10.025 and is subject to Executive Order 12372, which requires intergovernmental consultation with State and local officials. (See 2 CFR chapter IV.) Paperwork Reduction Act This rule contains no reporting or recordkeeping requirements under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Lists of Subjects 7 CFR Part 305 Agricultural commodities, Imports, Plant diseases and pests, Quarantine, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Transportation. 7 CFR Part 319 Coffee, Cotton, Fruits, Honey, Imports, Nursery stock, Plant diseases and pests, Plants, Quarantine, Reporting E:\FR\FM\01OCR1.SGM 01OCR1 79734 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 190 / Tuesday, October 1, 2024 / Rules and Regulations and recordkeeping requirements, Rice, Sugar, Vegetables. Accordingly, we are amending 7 CFR parts 305 and 319 as follows: PART 305—PHYTOSANITARY TREATMENTS 1. The authority citation for part 305 continues to read as follows: ■ 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. § 319.56–4 [Amended] 6. In § 319.56–4(c)(1), remove the web address ‘‘https://epermits.aphis. usda.gov/manual’’ and add the web address ‘‘https://acir.aphis.usda.gov/s/’’ in its place. ■ Done in Washington, DC, this 16th day of September 2024. Michael Watson, Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. [FR Doc. 2024–21619 Filed 9–30–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 2. In § 305.1, revise the definition of ‘‘PPQ Treatment Manual’’ to read as follows: SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION § 305.1 13 CFR Part 120 ■ Definitions. * * * * * PPQ Treatment Manual. A document that contains treatment schedules that are approved by the Administrator for use under this part. The Treatment Manual is available on the internet at https://acir.aphis.usda.gov/s/treatmenthub, or by contacting the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Information Services and Manuals Unit, 4700 River Road, Riverdale, MD 20737. * * * * * PART 319—FOREIGN QUARANTINE NOTICES 3. The authority citation for part 319 continues to read as follows: ■ 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. § 319.5 [Amended] 4. In § 319.5(c), remove the text ‘‘Commodity Import Analysis and Operations,’’. ■ 5. In § 319.37–2, revise the definition of ‘‘Plants for Planting Manual’’ to read as follows: ■ § 319.37–2 Definitions. khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with RULES * * * * * Plants for Planting Manual. The document that contains restrictions on the importation of specific types of plants for planting, as provided in § 319.37–20, and other information about the importation of plants for planting as provided in this subpart. The Plants for Planting Manual is available on the internet at https://acir. aphis.usda.gov/s/plants-for-plantinghub, or by contacting the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Information Services and Manuals Unit, 4700 River Road, Riverdale, MD 20737. * * * * * VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:06 Sep 30, 2024 Jkt 265001 RIN 3245–AI15 504 Debt Refinancing SBA will post all comments on https://www.regulations.gov. If you wish to submit confidential business information (CBI) as defined in the User Notice at https://www.regulations.gov, please submit the information via email to Gregorius.Suryadi@sba.gov. Highlight the information that you consider to be CBI and explain why you believe SBA should hold this information as confidential. SBA will review the information and make the final determination whether it will publish the information. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregorius Suryadi, Senior Financial and Loan Specialist, 504 Program Branch, Office of Financial Assistance, Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street SW, Washington, DC 20416; telephone: (202) 205–6806; email: gregorius.suryadi@sba.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: U.S. Small Business Administration. ACTION: Direct final rule. I. Background Information The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA or Agency) is amending regulations governing SBA’s 504 Loan Program for debt refinancing with expansion and debt refinancing without expansion with this direct final rule. The changes will streamline the loan application process, expand eligibility criteria for small businesses borrowers, and make minor corrections. The amendments include: removing the 50% cap on debt refinance without expansion to conform with current legislation; raising the loan to value requirement on debt refinancing without expansion projects that include other business expenses to 90% and eliminating the cap on Eligible Business Expenses; aligning the ‘‘substantially all’’ standard for 504 debt refinancing with expansion so it is consistent with the debt refinancing without expansion standard of 75%; eliminating the 10% substantial benefit test on 504 debt refinancing with expansion and 504 debt refinancing without expansion on refinancing other government debt; and allowing certain ‘‘other secured debt’’ to be included as an Eligible Business Expense. DATES: The direct final rule is effective November 15, 2024. SBA must receive comments on this direct final rule on or before October 31, 2024. If adverse comment is received, SBA will publish a timely withdrawal of the rule in the Federal Register. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by RIN 3245–AI15, through the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. The 504 Loan Program is an SBA financing program authorized under title V of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, 15 U.S.C. 695 et seq. The core mission of the 504 Loan Program is to provide long-term financing to small businesses for the purchase or improvement of land, buildings, and major equipment, in an effort to facilitate the creation or retention of jobs and local economic development. Under the 504 Loan Program, loans are made to small business applicants by Certified Development Companies (‘‘CDCs’’), which are certified and regulated by SBA to promote economic development within their community. In general, a project in the 504 Loan Program (a ‘‘504 Project’’) includes: A loan obtained from a private sector lender with a senior lien covering at least 50 percent of the project cost; a loan obtained from a CDC (a ‘‘504 Loan’’) with a junior lien covering up to 40 percent of the total cost (backed by a 100 percent SBAguaranteed debenture); and a contribution from the Borrower of at least 10 percent equity. In addition, the 504 Loan Program may be used to refinance debt under two options authorized under section 502(7)(B) and (C) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958. First, if a 504 Project involves the expansion of the small business, any amount of existing indebtedness that does not exceed 100 percent of the project cost of the expansion may be refinanced and added to the project’s cost (Debt Refinancing with Expansion) under the conditions set forth in section 502(7)(B) and the implementing regulations. See 13 CFR 120.882(e) and (f). 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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 190 (Tuesday, October 1, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 79733-79734]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21619]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

7 CFR Parts 305 and 319

[Docket No. APHIS-2024-0034]


Web Links for Plant Commodity Import Requirements

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: We are revising the phytosanitary treatment and quarantine 
import regulations to reflect our relocation of import and treatment 
requirements for agricultural commodities to the Agricultural Commodity 
Import Requirements online database. This change will ensure that the 
regulations provide the latest web links for accessing current import 
and treatment requirements for all agricultural commodities.

DATES: Effective October 1, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Jenna Edwards, Assistant Director, 
Information Services and Manuals Unit, PPQ-PEIP-IRM, APHIS, 4700 River 
Road, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (970) 305-2501; 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The regulations in 7 CFR part 305, ``Phytosanitary Treatments,'' 
set out phytosanitary treatment requirements for certain plants, 
fruits, vegetables, and other articles before they may be imported or 
moved interstate to prevent the spread of agricultural pests into or 
within the United States. In 7 CFR part 319, subpart H, Sec. Sec.  
319.37-1 through 319.37-23, sets out requirements for importation of 
live plants intended to be planted or replanted. Subpart L, Sec. Sec.  
319.56-1 through 319.56-12, provides requirements for importation of 
fruits and vegetables into the United States.
    The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) maintains a 
publicly searchable database, ``Agricultural Commodity Import 
Requirements,'' or ACIR,\1\ that allows users to find import and 
treatment requirements for all agricultural commodities. APHIS intends 
ACIR eventually to be the official location for import and treatment 
requirements for all agricultural commodities.
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    \1\ https://acir.aphis.usda.gov/s/.
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    Prior to development of the ACIR database, APHIS' Plant Protection 
and Quarantine (PPQ) import and treatment requirements were maintained 
across several manuals and the Fruits and Vegetables Import 
Requirements (FAVIR) database. In September 2022, FAVIR was retired and 
all information about specific fruit and vegetable import requirements 
were relocated to ACIR. PPQ import requirements for cut flowers and 
greenery, seeds not for planting, miscellaneous and processed products, 
and later in 2022, plants for planting, were also relocated from their 
respective manuals to ACIR. In early 2023, treatment schedules and 
other information from the PPQ Treatment Manual were relocated to ACIR.
    Parts 305 and 319 of the current regulations contain web links to 
FAVIR, PPQ's Plants for Planting Manual, and the PPQ Treatment Manual. 
These links either redirect persons to the ACIR database or to manuals 
that are no longer to be updated, as the information in these sources 
has been moved to ACIR. In order to provide updated web links to direct 
readers to the ACIR database, it is necessary to amend the regulations 
through rulemaking.
    In Sec.  305.1, the definition of PPQ Treatment Manual contains a 
link that currently directs readers to the manual. We are removing that 
web link and replacing it with one that links directly to the 
treatments section within ACIR. We are also amending the definition by 
removing the current mailing address for requesting a hard copy of the 
PPQ Treatment Manual and adding an updated mailing address.\2\ In 
accordance with our legal obligations, we maintain this service for 
persons who may not have access to the internet.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \2\ Information Services and Manuals Unit, 4700 River Road, 
Riverdale, MD 20737.
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    We are also amending Sec.  319.5(c) by removing ``Commodity Import 
Analysis and Operations'' from the address to which information about 
export commodities is to be sent. This amendment reflects an internal 
administrative change.
    In Sec.  319.37-2, we are revising the definition of Plants for 
Planting Manual by replacing the web link currently in the definition 
with one that links directly to the plants for planting section of the 
ACIR database. We are also updating the mailing address in the 
definition for persons requesting a hard copy of the manual.
    As noted above, the import requirements for fruits and vegetables 
have been moved from FAVIR to ACIR. Accordingly, we are updating Sec.  
319.56-4(c)(1) by replacing the current web link with a link directly 
to the ACIR database.

Effective Date

    This rule updates APHIS' regulations in order to ensure that 
references to manuals, web addresses, postal addresses, and 
nomenclature are accurate. Therefore, APHIS considers there to be good 
cause pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553 to find that an opportunity for public 
comment is unnecessary and contrary to the public interest, and this 
rule may be made effective less than 30 days after publication in the 
Federal Register. Further, since this rule ensures that regulations 
will refer to the correct web addresses and postal addresses used by 
the Agency, APHIS considers the rule to relate to internal agency 
management within the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and it is, 
accordingly, exempt from the provisions of Executive Orders 12866 and 
12988. Finally, this action is not a rule as defined by the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 501), and as such is exempt from the 
provisions of that Act.

Executive Order 12372

    This program/activity is listed in the Catalog of Federal Domestic 
Assistance under No. 10.025 and is subject to Executive Order 12372, 
which requires intergovernmental consultation with State and local 
officials. (See 2 CFR chapter IV.)

Paperwork Reduction Act

    This rule contains no reporting or recordkeeping requirements under 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

Lists of Subjects

7 CFR Part 305

    Agricultural commodities, Imports, Plant diseases and pests, 
Quarantine, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Transportation.

7 CFR Part 319

    Coffee, Cotton, Fruits, Honey, Imports, Nursery stock, Plant 
diseases and pests, Plants, Quarantine, Reporting

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and recordkeeping requirements, Rice, Sugar, Vegetables.

    Accordingly, we are amending 7 CFR parts 305 and 319 as follows:

PART 305--PHYTOSANITARY TREATMENTS

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1. The authority citation for part 305 continues to read as follows:

    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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2. In Sec.  305.1, revise the definition of ``PPQ Treatment Manual'' to 
read as follows:


Sec.  305.1   Definitions.

* * * * *
    PPQ Treatment Manual. A document that contains treatment schedules 
that are approved by the Administrator for use under this part. The 
Treatment Manual is available on the internet at https://acir.aphis.usda.gov/s/treatment-hub, or by contacting the Animal and 
Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine, 
Information Services and Manuals Unit, 4700 River Road, Riverdale, MD 
20737.
* * * * *

PART 319--FOREIGN QUARANTINE NOTICES

0
3. The authority citation for part 319 continues to read as follows:

    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.


Sec.  319.5   [Amended]

0
4. In Sec.  319.5(c), remove the text ``Commodity Import Analysis and 
Operations,''.

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5. In Sec.  319.37-2, revise the definition of ``Plants for Planting 
Manual'' to read as follows:


Sec.  319.37-2   Definitions.

* * * * *
    Plants for Planting Manual. The document that contains restrictions 
on the importation of specific types of plants for planting, as 
provided in Sec.  319.37-20, and other information about the 
importation of plants for planting as provided in this subpart. The 
Plants for Planting Manual is available on the internet at https://acir.aphis.usda.gov/s/plants-for-planting-hub, or by contacting the 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and 
Quarantine, Information Services and Manuals Unit, 4700 River Road, 
Riverdale, MD 20737.
* * * * *


Sec.  319.56-4   [Amended]

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6. In Sec.  319.56-4(c)(1), remove the web address ``https://
epermits.aphis.usda.gov/manual'' and add the web address ``https://acir.aphis.usda.gov/s/'' in its place.

    Done in Washington, DC, this 16th day of September 2024.
Michael Watson,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-21619 Filed 9-30-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-34-P


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