Department of Agriculture October 1, 2012 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

We are adopting as a final rule, with several changes, an interim rule that quarantined the States of Florida and Georgia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, two parishes in Louisiana, and two counties in South Carolina due to the presence of citrus greening and quarantined Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, Puerto Rico, Texas, the U.S. Virgin Islands, three counties in South Carolina, portions of one county in Arizona, and all of three and portions of an additional three counties in California due to the presence of Asian citrus psyllid (ACP), a vector of the bacterial pathogen that causes citrus greening. The rule also established restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from the quarantined areas. In this final rule, we are making several nonsubstantive editorial amendments to the interim rule to improve its clarity and facilitate regulatory compliance. This final rule also provides notice that we have quarantined American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands for ACP, have extended the boundaries of the quarantined area for ACP in California to incorporate all of one and portions of another additional county, and have quarantined portions of one county in Texas and an area comprising portions of two counties in California for citrus greening.

The National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council will meet on November 15, 2012, at 9:45 a.m. to 2:05 p.m. The meeting will be held in Sacramento California at the Sacramento Convention Center Complex. The purpose of this meeting is to convene for its first meeting of the 2013 fiscal year. The Council will discuss the 2013 grant cycle and process, preparation for the 10 year action plan revisions; work plan action items; communications; and accomplishment/ recommendations report.