[Federal Register: October 12, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 196)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 60567]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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Proposed Rules
Federal Register
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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.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
7 CFR Part 304
[Docket No. 02-086-2]
RIN 0579-AB54
Methyl Bromide; Official Quarantine Uses
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: We are extending the comment period for our proposed rule that
would establish regulations to provide for the submission of requests
by State, local, or tribal authorities for a determination whether
methyl bromide treatments or applications required by the State, local,
or tribal authorities to prevent the introduction, establishment, or
spread of plant pests or noxious weeds should be authorized as official
quarantine uses. This action will allow interested persons additional
time to prepare and submit comments.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
November 12, 2004.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Please send four copies
of your comment (an original and three copies) to Docket No. 02-086-1,
Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 3C71, 4700
River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. Please state that your
comment refers to Docket No. 02-086-1.
E-mail: Address your comment to
regulations@aphis.usda.gov. Your comment must be contained in the body
of your message; do not send attached files. Please include your name
and address in your message and ``Docket No. 02-086-1'' on the subject
line.
Agency Web site: Go to http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/cominst.html
for a form you can use to submit an e-mail comment through
the APHIS Web site.
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov
and follow the instructions for locating this
docket and submitting comments.
Reading Room: You may read any comments that we receive on Docket
No. 02-086-1 in our reading room. The reading room is located in room
1141 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.,
Monday through Friday, except holidays. To be sure someone is there to
help you, please call (202) 690-2817 before coming.
Other Information: You may view APHIS documents published in the
Federal Register and related information, including the names of groups
and individuals who have commented on APHIS dockets, on the Internet at
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/webrepor.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Inder P. Gadh, Treatment
Specialist, Phytosanitary Issues Management, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River
Road Unit 140, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 734-6799.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 12, 2004, we published in the
Federal Register (69 FR 49824-49829, Docket No. 02-086-1) a proposal to
establish regulations to provide for the submission of requests by
State, local, or tribal authorities for a determination whether methyl
bromide treatments or applications required by the State, local, or
tribal authorities to prevent the introduction, establishment, or
spread of plant pests or noxious weeds should be authorized as official
quarantine uses. The proposed rule would establish a process by which
State, local, or tribal authorities could request and, if warranted,
receive, a determination that their methyl bromide requirements should
be authorized as official quarantine uses.
Comments on the proposed rule were required to be received on or
before October 12, 2004. We are extending the comment period on Docket
No. 02-086-1 for an additional 30 days, ending November 12, 2004. This
action will allow interested persons additional time to prepare and
submit comments
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7719; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3.
Done in Washington, DC, this 6th day of October 2004.
Elizabeth E. Gaston,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 04-22790 Filed 10-8-04; 8:45 am]
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