Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service October 2022 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Case-Control Study on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Poultry
Document Number: 2022-23537
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-10-28
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with the case-control study on highly pathogenic avian influenza in U.S. commercial poultry flocks.
Notice of Withdrawal of Select Agent Regulatory Exclusions for Two Strains of African Swine Fever Virus
Document Number: 2022-23446
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-10-27
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has withdrawn the select agent regulatory exclusions for two African swine fever virus strains, ASFV-G-[Delta]MGF and ASFV-G-[Delta]9GL/[Delta]MGF. Possession, use, and transfer of these strains must now comply with APHIS' select agent and toxin regulations. APHIS withdrew the select agent regulatory exclusions for these strains because it has evaluated new information and determined that they have the potential to pose a severe threat to animal health or animal products.
Notice of Proposed Revision to Requirements for the Importation of Grapes From Chile Into the United States
Document Number: 2022-22518
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-10-17
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
We are advising the public that we have prepared a pest risk assessment (PRA) and a commodity import evaluation document (CIED) relative to the importation into the United States of fresh table grapes from regions of Chile where European grapevine moth (Lobesia botrana, EGVM) is either absent or at very low prevalence. Chile grapes are currently subject to methyl bromide fumigation for EGVM and Chilean false red mite (Brevipalpus chilensis). Based on the PRA and the findings of the CIED, we are also proposing to authorize the importation of grapes from Chile under a systems approach or irradiation for EGVM and B. chilensis; current mitigation measures for Ceratitis capitata, or Medfly, would remain unchanged. We are making the PRA and CIED available to the public for review and comment.
Concurrence With World Organization for Animal Health's Risk Designation for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy for Ireland
Document Number: 2022-21729
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-10-06
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
We are advising the public of our decision to concur with the World Organization for Animal Health's (WOAH's) bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) risk designation for Ireland. The WOAH recognizes Ireland as being of negligible risk for BSE. We are taking this action based on our review of information supporting the WOAH's risk designation for Ireland.
Notice of Decision To Authorize the Importation of Pummelo From Vietnam Into the United States
Document Number: 2022-21509
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-10-04
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
We are advising the public of our decision to authorize the importation into the United States of fresh pummelo fruit from Vietnam. Based on the findings of a pest risk analysis, 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 fresh pummelo fruit from Vietnam.
Process for Establishing Rates for Veterinary Services User Fees
Document Number: 2022-21030
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2022-10-03
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
We are proposing to amend the regulations concerning user fees that we charge for veterinary diagnostic services and for certain import-related and export-related services for live animals, animal products and byproducts, birds, germplasm, organisms, and vectors. We are proposing to remove the tables providing the individual fees from the regulations and post them on an Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) website instead. The regulations would instead specify the methodology (formula) used to calculate the fees (including imputed costs), and APHIS would update the fees using a notice-based process. Replacing the current user fee listings with a standardized methodology would increase transparency in the process of setting fee rates, align the regulations with other Departmental practices, and allow us to streamline processes and reduce the number of rules needed in order to update the fees.
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