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Instructions for Commenting on Rules

You may submit comments by postal mail/commercial delivery ro by e-mail.

• If you use postal mail or commercial delivery, please send four copies of your comment (an original and three copies). Please address the envelope with the number of the docket you wish to comment on. Send it to:

  Docket No. XX-XXX-X
  Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS
  Station 3C71
  4700 River Road, Unit 118
  Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

• You may click here to fill out a form that will be submitted by e-mail as well. Please remember to fill out all the fields in the form or the comment will not be submitted.
  

• Alternatively, comments may be submitted through the Regulations.gov website.

Reading Room

You may read the comments that we receive on APHIS dockets 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, at the Independence Ave. exit of the Smithsonian Metro station. 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.

APHIS documents published in the Federal Register are available on our Recently Published Rules and Notices pages. The names of organizations and individuals who have commented on recently published APHIS dockets are available on our Lists of Commenters page.