Addition of Black Stem Rust-Resistant Barberry Plant Varieties to Regulated Articles List, 104075-104076 [2024-30339]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2023–0050]
Addition of Black Stem Rust-Resistant
Barberry Plant Varieties to Regulated
Articles List
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Rural Housing Service
PO 00000
104075
We are adding 33 varieties to
the list of black stem rust-resistant
barberry species and varieties. This
change will allow for the interstate
movement of these newly developed
varieties without unnecessary
restrictions.
SUMMARY:
Varieties were added to the list
of black stem rust-resistant barberry
species on December 20, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Allen Proxmire, National Policy
Manager, Black Stem Rust, Specialty
Crops and Cotton Pests, Emergency and
Domestic Programs, PPQ, APHIS,
USDA, 4700 River Road Unit 133,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; phone:
(480) 392–8754; email: allen.proxmire@
usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Black
stem rust is a destructive plant disease
caused by a fungus (Puccinia graminis)
that reduces the quality and yield of
infected wheat, oat, barley, and rye
crops. In addition to infecting small
grains, the fungus lives on a variety of
alternate host plants that are species of
the genera Berberis, Mahoberberis, and
Mahonia, known as barberry plants.
The regulations in ‘‘Subpart D—Black
Stem Rust’’ (7 CFR 301.38 through
301.38–8, referred to below as the
regulations), quarantine the
conterminous 48 States and the District
of Columbia for black stem rust, and
govern the interstate movement of
plants of the genera Berberis,
DATES:
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Mahoberberis, and Mahonia, known as
barberry plants.
Species and varieties of these plants
are categorized as either rust-resistant or
rust-susceptible. Rust-susceptible plants
pose a risk of spreading black stem rust
or of contributing to the development of
new races of the rust, and therefore are
prohibited from moving interstate into
or through any protected area listed in
accordance with § 301.38–3. Rustresistant plants do not pose such risks,
and therefore may be moved into or
through protected areas subject to the
requirements in the regulations.
In accordance with § 301.38–2(a), the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) maintains a list of
Berberis species and varieties it has
found to be rust-resistant at
www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/
planthealth/plant-pest-and-diseaseprograms/pests-and-diseases/barberry/
ct_barberry.
Paragraph (c)(1) of § 301.38–2
provides that if the Administrator
determines that an article not already
listed is resistant to black stem rust,
APHIS will publish a notice in the
Federal Register proposing to add the
article to the list of rust-resistant articles
for black stem rust and request public
comment. Following the close of the
comment period, APHIS will review all
comments received and will make a
final determination regarding the
designation that will be published in a
second notice in the Federal Register.
In accordance with that process, on
March 20, 2024, we published in the
Federal Register (89 FR 19796–19797,
Docket No. APHIS–2023–0050), a
notice 1 proposing to add 32 varieties of
Berberis thunbergii (Japanese barberry)
to the list of black stem rust-resistant
barberry species and varieties. The
proposed additions were found, through
testing by the Agricultural Research
Service (ARS) of the United States
Department of Agriculture, to be
resistant to the fungus (Puccinia
graminis) that causes black stem rust.
We solicited comments concerning
our proposal for 60 days ending May 20,
2024. We received two comments, both
from members of the industry involved
in breeding the varieties addressed in
this action.
One commenter asked us to remove
from the cultivar names all language
after the nomenclatures that begin with
‘NCBT’ and ‘SMNBT’.
We will remove this nomenclature
from our list of Berberis species and
1 To view the notice, go to https://
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varieties we have found to be rustresistant.
The other commenter stated that
Berberis thunbergii x B. calliantha
‘NCBX5’, which was confirmed resistant
in 2017, was missing from the listing in
the notice.
The commenter is correct that we
mistakenly excluded Berberis thunbergii
x B. calliantha ‘NCBX5’ from the notice.
This article was found to be resistant to
the fungus (Puccinia graminis) that
causes black stem rust through
testing by ARS in 2017 and should have
been included in the notice. We will
include Berberis thunbergii x B.
calliantha ‘NCBX5’ in our list of
Berberis species and varieties we have
found to be rust-resistant. This article
will bring the number of additions to 33,
rather than 32.
The commenter also stated that, in
our current list of rust-resistant Berberis
species and varieties on the APHIS web
page, the parentage listed for ‘NCBX3’
was incorrect. The variety is listed as B.
thunbergiix calliantha ‘‘NCBX3’, but
should be listed as Berberis thunbergii x
media ‘NCBX3’.
The commenter is correct. We will fix
this error by correctly listing Berberis
thunbergii x media ‘NCBX3’ when we
update our list of rust-resistant Berberis
species and varieties.
Therefore, in accordance with the
regulations in § 301.38–2(c)(1), we are
announcing our decision to designate
the following articles as rust-resistant:
• Berberis thunbergii ‘Citral’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘Coral Spice’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘Crimson Cutie’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘James Blonde’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘Lemon Cutie®’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘Lemon Glow®’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘Mr. Green Genes
TM’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘Purple Plume’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘NCBT3’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘NCBT4’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘NCBT8’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘NCBT9’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘NCBT10’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘NCBT11’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘NCBT12’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘NCBT13’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘NCBT14’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘Schu20022’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘SMNBTAA’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘SMNBTAB’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘SMNBTAC’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘SMNBTAJ’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘SMNBTAK’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘SMNBTSSR’
• Berberis thunbergii x media ‘NCBX9’
• Berberis thunbergii x B. sieboldii
‘NCBX10’
• Berberis thunbergii x B. sieboldii
‘NCBX11’
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• Berberis thunbergii x B. sieboldii
‘NCBX12’
• Berberis thunbergii x B. sieboldii
‘NCBX13’
• Berberis thunbergii x B. sieboldii
‘NCBX14’
• Berberis thunbergii x B. sieboldii
‘NCBX15’
• Berberis thunbergii x B. sieboldii
‘NCBX16’
• Berberis thunbergii x B. calliantha
‘NCBX5’
These articles will be added to the list
of rust-resistant regulated articles for
black stem rust at https://
www.aphis.usda.gov/plant-pestsdieseases/black-stem-rust-barberry.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701–7772 and
7781–7786; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3.
Section 301.75–15 issued under section
204, title II, Public Law 106–113, 113
Stat. 1501A–293; sections 301.75–15
and 301.75–16 issued under section
203, title II, Public Law 106–224, 114
Stat. 400 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note).
Done in Washington, DC, this 16th day of
December 2024.
Michael Watson,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2024–30339 Filed 12–19–24; 8:45 am]
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Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2023–0040]
Notice of Decision To Authorize the
Importation of Rosemary and Tarragon
From Ethiopia Into the Continental
United States
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
We are advising the public of
our decision to authorize the
importation of fresh leaves and stems of
rosemary and fresh leaves and stems of
tarragon from Ethiopia into the
continental United States. Based on
findings of pest risk analyses, which we
made available to the public for review
and comment through a previous notice,
we have determined 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
importation of rosemary and tarragon
from Ethiopia.
DATES: Imports may be authorized
beginning December 20, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Gina Stiltner, Senior Regulatory Policy
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2023-0050]
Addition of Black Stem Rust-Resistant Barberry Plant Varieties to
Regulated Articles List
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: We are adding 33 varieties to the list of black stem rust-
resistant barberry species and varieties. This change will allow for
the interstate movement of these newly developed varieties without
unnecessary restrictions.
DATES: Varieties were added to the list of black stem rust-resistant
barberry species on December 20, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Allen Proxmire, National Policy
Manager, Black Stem Rust, Specialty Crops and Cotton Pests, Emergency
and Domestic Programs, PPQ, APHIS, USDA, 4700 River Road Unit 133,
Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; phone: (480) 392-8754; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Black stem rust is a destructive plant
disease caused by a fungus (Puccinia graminis) that reduces the quality
and yield of infected wheat, oat, barley, and rye crops. In addition to
infecting small grains, the fungus lives on a variety of alternate host
plants that are species of the genera Berberis, Mahoberberis, and
Mahonia, known as barberry plants.
The regulations in ``Subpart D--Black Stem Rust'' (7 CFR 301.38
through 301.38-8, referred to below as the regulations), quarantine the
conterminous 48 States and the District of Columbia for black stem
rust, and govern the interstate movement of plants of the genera
Berberis,
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Mahoberberis, and Mahonia, known as barberry plants.
Species and varieties of these plants are categorized as either
rust-resistant or rust-susceptible. Rust-susceptible plants pose a risk
of spreading black stem rust or of contributing to the development of
new races of the rust, and therefore are prohibited from moving
interstate into or through any protected area listed in accordance with
Sec. 301.38-3. Rust-resistant plants do not pose such risks, and
therefore may be moved into or through protected areas subject to the
requirements in the regulations.
In accordance with Sec. 301.38-2(a), the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) maintains a list of Berberis species and
varieties it has found to be rust-resistant at www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/planthealth/plant-pest-and-disease-programs/pests-and-diseases/barberry/ct_barberry.
Paragraph (c)(1) of Sec. 301.38-2 provides that if the
Administrator determines that an article not already listed is
resistant to black stem rust, APHIS will publish a notice in the
Federal Register proposing to add the article to the list of rust-
resistant articles for black stem rust and request public comment.
Following the close of the comment period, APHIS will review all
comments received and will make a final determination regarding the
designation that will be published in a second notice in the Federal
Register.
In accordance with that process, on March 20, 2024, we published in
the Federal Register (89 FR 19796-19797, Docket No. APHIS-2023-0050), a
notice \1\ proposing to add 32 varieties of Berberis thunbergii
(Japanese barberry) to the list of black stem rust-resistant barberry
species and varieties. The proposed additions were found, through
testing by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) of the United States
Department of Agriculture, to be resistant to the fungus (Puccinia
graminis) that causes black stem rust.
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\1\ To view the notice, go to https://www.regulations.gov/document/APHIS-2023-0050-0001.
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We solicited comments concerning our proposal for 60 days ending
May 20, 2024. We received two comments, both from members of the
industry involved in breeding the varieties addressed in this action.
One commenter asked us to remove from the cultivar names all
language after the nomenclatures that begin with `NCBT' and `SMNBT'.
We will remove this nomenclature from our list of Berberis species
and varieties we have found to be rust-resistant.
The other commenter stated that Berberis thunbergii x B. calliantha
`NCBX5', which was confirmed resistant in 2017, was missing from the
listing in the notice.
The commenter is correct that we mistakenly excluded Berberis
thunbergii x B. calliantha `NCBX5' from the notice. This article was
found to be resistant to the fungus (Puccinia graminis) that causes
black stem rust through testing by ARS in 2017 and should have been
included in the notice. We will include Berberis thunbergii x B.
calliantha `NCBX5' in our list of Berberis species and varieties we
have found to be rust-resistant. This article will bring the number of
additions to 33, rather than 32.
The commenter also stated that, in our current list of rust-
resistant Berberis species and varieties on the APHIS web page, the
parentage listed for `NCBX3' was incorrect. The variety is listed as B.
thunbergiix calliantha ``NCBX3', but should be listed as Berberis
thunbergii x media `NCBX3'.
The commenter is correct. We will fix this error by correctly
listing Berberis thunbergii x media `NCBX3' when we update our list of
rust-resistant Berberis species and varieties.
Therefore, in accordance with the regulations in Sec. 301.38-
2(c)(1), we are announcing our decision to designate the following
articles as rust-resistant:
Berberis thunbergii `Citral'
Berberis thunbergii `Coral Spice'
Berberis thunbergii `Crimson Cutie'
Berberis thunbergii `James Blonde'
Berberis thunbergii `Lemon Cutie[supreg]'
Berberis thunbergii `Lemon Glow[supreg]'
Berberis thunbergii `Mr. Green Genes TM'
Berberis thunbergii `Purple Plume'
Berberis thunbergii `NCBT3'
Berberis thunbergii `NCBT4'
Berberis thunbergii `NCBT8'
Berberis thunbergii `NCBT9'
Berberis thunbergii `NCBT10'
Berberis thunbergii `NCBT11'
Berberis thunbergii `NCBT12'
Berberis thunbergii `NCBT13'
Berberis thunbergii `NCBT14'
Berberis thunbergii `Schu20022'
Berberis thunbergii `SMNBTAA'
Berberis thunbergii `SMNBTAB'
Berberis thunbergii `SMNBTAC'
Berberis thunbergii `SMNBTAJ'
Berberis thunbergii `SMNBTAK'
Berberis thunbergii `SMNBTSSR'
Berberis thunbergii x media `NCBX9'
Berberis thunbergii x B. sieboldii `NCBX10'
Berberis thunbergii x B. sieboldii `NCBX11'
Berberis thunbergii x B. sieboldii `NCBX12'
Berberis thunbergii x B. sieboldii `NCBX13'
Berberis thunbergii x B. sieboldii `NCBX14'
Berberis thunbergii x B. sieboldii `NCBX15'
Berberis thunbergii x B. sieboldii `NCBX16'
Berberis thunbergii x B. calliantha `NCBX5'
These articles will be added to the list of rust-resistant
regulated articles for black stem rust at https://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant-pests-dieseases/black-stem-rust-barberry.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701-7772 and 7781-7786; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and
371.3. Section 301.75-15 issued under section 204, title II, Public Law
106-113, 113 Stat. 1501A-293; sections 301.75-15 and 301.75-16 issued
under section 203, title II, Public Law 106-224, 114 Stat. 400 (7
U.S.C. 1421 note).
Done in Washington, DC, this 16th day of December 2024.
Michael Watson,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-30339 Filed 12-19-24; 8:45 am]
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