73 Fed. Reg. 1198 (January 7, 2008) (notice). This notice advises the public that the Agency intends to prepare an environmental impact statement in connection with making a determination on the status of the Monsanto Company and Forage Genetics International alfalfa lines designated as events J101 and J163 as regulated articles. View this document.

73 Fed. Reg. 1200 (January 7, 2008) (notice). The Agency is giving notice of a meeting of the General Conference Committee of the National Poultry Improvement Plan on January 23, 2008. View this document.

73 Fed. Reg. 839 (January 4, 2008) (notice). The agency is advising the public of its decision to begin issuing permits for the importation into the continental United States of arugula leaves with stems from Panama. View this document.

73 Fed. Reg. 413 (January 3, 2008) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Parts 2 and 3). The agency is proposing to amend the Animal Welfare Act regulations regarding transportation of live animals other than marine mammals by removing the current ambient temperature requirements for various stages in the transportation of those animals. It would replace those requirements with a single performance standard under which the animals would be transported under climatic and environmental conditions that are appropriate for their welfare. This proposal replaces a previously published proposed rule. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 72563 (December 21, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 113). The agency is amending the Virus-Serum-Toxin Act regulations for certain live bacterial and viral vaccines by removing the requirement to retest the Master Seeds for immunogenicity 3 years after the initial qualifying immunogenicity test. In addition, it is amending the requirement concerning mouse safety tests prescribed for a biological product recommended for animals other than poultry. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 72233 (December 20, 2007) (direct final rule; correction) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The agency is correcting an error in the amendatory instructions in the direct final rule, published in the Federal Register on June 12, 2007, that added four varieties to the list of rust-resistant Berberis species or cultivars in the black stem rust quarantine and regulations. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 71744 (December 19, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 130). This rule amends the regulations to increase the user fees for the veterinary diagnostic services to reflect changes in operating costs and expenses, and it sets rates for multiple fiscal years. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 71871 (December 19, 2007) (notice). This notice advises the public that a Business Plan to Advance Animal Disease Traceability has been made available for review and comment. It details recommended strategies and actions to enable existing State and Federal regulated and voluntary animal health programs, industry-administered management and marketing programs, and various animal identification methods to work in harmony with the National Animal Identification System. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 71873 (December 19, 2007) (notice). This notice advises the public that a revised version of the National Animal Identification System User Guide, originally released in draft form in November 2006, is available for review and comment. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 70765 (December 13, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 354, 9 C.F.R. Parts 130 and 156). This rule amends the Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection Services user fee regulations to update an address that appears in several places and makes several nonsubstantive changes to the Veterinary Services user fee regulations to correct errors and to clarify the services covered by certain existing user fees. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 70763 (December 13, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). This rule amends the gypsy moth regulations by making editorial and nonsubstantive changes to several terms and providing necessary updates throughout the regulations. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 70817 (December 13, 2007) (notice). This notice advises the public that the agency has received a petition from the Monsanto Company seeking a determination of nonregulated status for insect-resistant corn derived from a transformation event designated as MON 89034. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 70819 (December 13, 2007) (notice). This notice informs producers and users of veterinary biological products, and other interested individuals that the 14th public meeting to discuss regulatory and policy issues related to the manufacture, distribution, and use of veterinary biological products has been scheduled. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 70219 (December 11, 2007) (interim rule; correction) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 305). The agency is correcting an error in the cold treatment regulations that resulted from the publication of an interim rule on July 2, 2007, effective on August 31, 2007, and the publication of a separate final rule on July 18, 2007, effective on August 17, 2007. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 70237 (December 11, 2007) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). This proposed rule would amend the regulations pertaining to the importation of fruits and vegetables to eliminate a treatment requirement for Ya pears imported from Shandong Province, China; to clarify the conditions that apply to the importation of sand pears from the Republic of Korea and Japan; and to clarify the distinction between plant parts that would be considered to be plant litter or debris and those that would not. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 69137 (December 7, 2007) (interim rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). This rule amends the Mediterranean fruit fly regulations by adding portions of Santa Clara and Solano Counties, CA, to the list of quarantined areas and restricting the interstate movement of regulated articles from those areas. It also amends the definitions of the terms core area and day degrees and adds blueberries to the list of articles regulated for Mediterranean fruit fly. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 68554 (December 5, 2007) (notice). This notice advises the public that the agency has made available for review and comment a revised version of the National Animal Identification System Program Standards and Technical Reference document. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 67881 (December 3, 2007) (notice). The agency advises the public that it has prepared a finding of no significant impact relative to a new Federal order that restricts the interstate movement of regulated articles from areas quarantined for citrus greening disease and the Asian citrus psyllid. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 67635 (November 30, 2007) (affirmation of interim rule as final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 78). The agency is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the brucellosis regulations concerning the interstate movement of cattle by changing the classification of Idaho from Class A to Class Free, relieving certain restrictions on the interstate movement of cattle from Idaho. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 67635 (November 30, 2007) (final rule; technical amendment) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). This amendment clarifies the agency's intent that the amended regulations governing the importation of nursery stock only allow the use of agar or agar-like tissue culture medium. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 67227 (November 28, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Parts 92, 93, 94 and 98). The agency is amending the regulations governing the importation of animals and animal products to add the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland to the region of the European Union that is recognized as low risk for classical swine fever. It is also adding the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland to the list of regions considered free from swine vesicular disease and adding Latvia and Lithuania to the list of regions considered free from foot-and-mouth disease and rinderpest. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 65559 (November 21, 2007) (notice). This notice announces that the Secretary has reestablished the Advisory Committee on Foreign Animal and Poultry Diseases for a 2-year period and is soliciting nominations for membership. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 65560 (November 21, 2007) (notice). This notice advises the public that a pest risk analysis has been prepared that evaluates the risks associated with the importation of dropwort leaves with stems from South Korea into the continental United States. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 65171 (November 19, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Parts 301 and 305). This rule amends the citrus canker regulations to modify the conditions under which fruit may be moved interstate from a quarantined area. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 64540 (November 16, 2007) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 331 and 9 C.F.R. Part 121). The agency is reopening the comment period for its proposed rule that would amend and republish the list of select agents and toxins that have the potential to pose a severe threat to animal or plant health, or to animal or plant products. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 64126 (November 15, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 98). The agency is amending the regulations regarding the importation of animal germplasm by removing specific restrictions on sheep semen from regions where scrapie exists and requiring the inclusion of additional information on the international health certificate accompanying sheep and goat semen. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 64163 (November 15, 2007) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Parts 305 and 318). The agency is proposing to amend the Hawaiian fruits and vegetables regulations to allow mangosteen, dragon fruit, melon, pods of cowpea and its relatives, breadfruit, jackfruit, and fresh moringa pods to be moved interstate from Hawaii under certain conditions. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 63796 (November 13, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 94). The agency adopts as a final rule, with one change, its July 2001 interim rule removing Uruguay from the list of areas considered free of rinderpest and foot-and-mouth disease. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 63874 (November 13, 2007) (notice). This notice advises the public that a draft environmental assessment has been prepared by the agency relative to the proposed release into areas quarantined for imported fire ant of five additional species of phorid flies for use as biological control agents. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 62798 (November 7, 2007) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 88). This proposed rule would amend the regulations regarding the commercial transportation of equines to slaughter to add a definition of equine for slaughter and make other changes that will extend the protections afforded by the regulations to equines bound for slaughter but delivered first to an assembly point, feedlot, or stockyard. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 62409 (November 5, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The agency is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the Asian longhorned beetle regulations by expanding the boundaries of the quarantined areas in New Jersey and restricting the interstate movement of regulated articles from those areas. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 62204 (November 2, 2007) (notice). This notice advises the public that an environmental assessment has been prepared relative to a new Federal order that restricts the interstate movement of regulated articles from areas quarantined for citrus greening disease and the Asian citrus psyllid. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 60759 (October 26, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The agency adopts as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the Oriental fruit fly regulations by removing the Santa Ana area of Orange County, CA, from the list of quarantined areas and removing restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from that area. As a result of that action, there are no longer any areas in the continental United States quarantined for the Oriental fruit fly. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 60790 (October 26, 2007) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). The agency is reopening the comment period for the proposed rule that would amend the regulations on importing nursery stock by providing a new option for the postentry quarantine growing period for articles of Chrysanthemum spp., Leucanthemella serotina, and Nipponanthemum nipponicum and amending the definition of from. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 60533 (October 25, 2007) (interim rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The agency is amending the imported fire ant regulations by designating as quarantined areas all or portions of 2 counties in Arkansas, 3 in North Carolina, and 3 in Tennessee, by expanding the quarantined area in 1 county in Arkansas and 15 in Tennessee, and by designating the entire State of South Carolina as a quarantined area. As a result of this action, the interstate movement of regulated articles from those areas will be restricted. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 60537 (October 25, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). The agency is amends the regulations governing the importation of citrus fruit to allow fresh Unshu oranges from the Republic of Korea to be imported into the State of Alaska under certain conditions. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 59239 (October 19, 2007) (notice). The agency advises the public of its decision to begin issuing permits for the importation of eggplant and okra from Ghana into all areas of the United States and the importation of peppers from Ghana into the continental United States. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 59239 (October 19, 2007) (notice). The agency issues permits for the importation into the continental United States of husked, silk-free baby corn from Kenya. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 59240 (October 19, 2007) (notice). The agency issues permits for the importation into the continental United States of peeled baby carrots from Kenya. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 59241 (October 19, 2007) (notice). The agency issues permits for the importation into the continental United States of Ribes species of fruits from South Africa. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 58283 (October 15, 2007) (notice). This notice pertains to user fees charged for agricultural quarantine and inspection services provided in connection with certain commercial vessels, commercial trucks, commercial railroad cars, commercial aircraft, and international airline passengers arriving at ports in the customs territory of the United States. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 58047 (October 12, 2007) (notice). The agency prepared a pest risk analysis that evaluates the risks associated with the importation of sweet cherries from Australia into the continental United States and Hawaii. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 57195 (October 8, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The agency adopts a final rule amending the emerald ash borer regulations by adding Prince George's County, MD, to the list of areas quarantined because of emerald ash borer. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 56981 (October 5, 2007) (notice). The agency advises the public that it has received a petition from Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., seeking a determination of nonregulated status for soybean designated as transformation event 356043, which has been genetically engineered for tolerance to glyphosate and acetolactate synthase-inhibiting herbicides. It is soliciting comments on whether this genetically engineered soybean is or could be a plant pest. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 56719 (October 4, 2007) (notice). The agency is advising the public that it has prepared a pest risk analysis that evaluates the risks associated with the importation of arugula leaves with stems from Panama, which is available for review and comment. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 56720 (October 4, 2007) (notice). The agency advises the public that an environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact have been prepared relative to the release of three insect parasitoid species for the biological control of the emerald ash borer. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 54891 (September 27, 2007) (notice). The agency extends the comment period for our notice of availability and request for comments regarding a draft pest risk assessment that has been prepared relative to our consideration of a request to allow the importation of fresh lemons from Argentina into the continental United States. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 54420 (September 25, 2007) (notice). The agency informs the public of international standard-setting activities of the World Organization for Animal Health. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 54207 (September 24, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The agency amended the regulations by removing a portion of Webb County, TX, from the list of quarantined areas and by removing restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from that area, because the restrictions were no longer necessary to prevent the spread of the Mexican fruit fly into noninfested areas of the United States. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 53101 (September 18, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 94). The agency amends the regulations concerning the importation of animals and animal products by adding the Republic of Georgia to the list of regions where African swine fever exists. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 53314 (September 18, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Parts 93, 94, 95 and 96). The agency amends the regulations that establish conditions for the importation of various commodities from regions that present a minimal risk of introducing bovine spongiform encephalopathy into the United States. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 53171 (September 18, 2007) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Parts 301 and 305). The agency proposes to consolidate the domestic regulations regarding exotic fruit flies. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 52776 (September 17, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 305). The agency allows the importation into the continental United States of fresh blueberries from South Africa and Uruguay under certain conditions, and the agency allows the use of cold treatment for blueberries imported into the United States from Argentina. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 52281 (September 13, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The agency amended the pine shoot beetle regulations by adding Cumberland County in New Jersey to the list of quarantined areas. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 51975 (September 12, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Parts 301 and 305). The agency quarantines Parts of Bingham and Bonneville Counties, ID, due to the discovery of the potato cyst nematode and establishes restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from the quarantined area. View this document.

72 Fed Reg. 49231 (August 28, 2007) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 331; 9 C.F.R. Part 121). In accordance with the Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002, the agency proposes to amend and republish the list of select agents and toxins that have the potential to pose a severe threat to animal or plant health, or to animal or plant products. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 48225 (August 23, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The agency adopts as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the emerald ash borer regulations by designating the States of Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, in their entirety, as quarantined areas. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 46373 (August 20, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The agency amends the Asian longhorned beetle regulations by expanding the boundaries of the quarantined areas in New York and restricting the interstate movement of regulated articles from these areas. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 45413 (August 14, 2007) (notice). The agency has prepared an environmental assessment for a proposed field test involving two genetically engineered strains of the bacteria, Burkholderia glumae. Burkholderia glumae is a plant pathogen that causes panicle blight in rice (Oryza sativa). View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 45177 (August 13, 2007) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 94). The rule would amend the regulations regarding the importation of animal products in order to modify the requirements concerning the importation of eggs (other than hatching eggs) from regions where exotic Newcastle disease (END) exists. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 45216 (August 13, 2007) (notice). The agency gives notice that the Secretary of Agriculture intends to reestablish the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Foreign Animal and Poultry Diseases for a 2-year period. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 45216 (August 13, 2007) (notice). A draft pest risk assessment has been prepared by the agency relative to its consideration of a request to allow the importation into the continental United States of fresh lemons from Argentina. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 48547 (August 24, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). In a final rule published in the Federal Register on July 18, 2007, the agency revised and reorganized the regulations pertaining to the importation of fruits and vegetables. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 44951 (August 10, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The agency adopts as a final rule, with one change, an interim rule that amended the witchweed regulations by adding or removing areas in North Carolina and South Carolina from the list of regulated areas. Based on information provided by the State of South Carolina, this final rule removes one farm from the list of suppressive areas that appeared in the interim rule. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 44425 (August 8, 2007) (proposed rule) (to be codified at7 C.F.R. Part 319). The agency proposes to amend the regulations on importing nursery stock by providing an option in which the post entry quarantine growing period for articles of Chrysanthemum spp., Leucanthemella serotina, and Nipponanthemum nipponicum that are imported from certain locations would be reduced from 6 months to2 months, provided that the grower of those plants has implemented a systems approach to prevent the imported articles from being infected with chrysanthemum white rust. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 43503 (August 6, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Parts 319, 330, and 340). The agency amends the regulations on importing nursery stock to eliminate various restrictions on the importation of kenaf seed; to establish programs for the importation of approved plants from the Canary Islands and from Israel; to require an additional declaration on the phytosanitary certificate accompanying blueberry plants imported from Canada; to require that phytosanitary certificates include the genus names of the restricted articles they accompany, and the species names when restrictions apply to species within a genus; to change the phytosanitary certificate requirements for several restricted articles; to reduce the post entry quarantine growing period for Hydrangea spp.; and to update the list of ports of entry and Federal plant inspection stations. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 43222 (August 3, 2007) (notice). The agency advises the public that on August 6, 2007, the agency will begin operating a toll-free telephone number for use by conventional and organic alfalfa farmers and prospective alfalfa farmers to inquire about the proximity of their farms or fields to Roundup Ready alfalfa. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 42318 (August 2, 2007) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 93). The agency proposes to amend the regulations to allow noncompetitive entertainment horses from countries affected with contagious equine metritis to be temporarily imported into the United States under certain conditions. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 42373 (August 2, 2007) (notice). The agency advises the public of our determination that a soybean line developed by the MonsantoCompany, designated as transformation event MON 89788, which has been genetically engineered for tolerance to the herbicide glyphosate, is no longer considered a regulated article under our regulations governing the introduction of certain genetically engineered organisms. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 42375 (August 2, 2007) (notice). This notice announces a meeting of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Foreign Animal and Poultry Diseases. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 41611 (July 31, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). On June 12, 2007, the agency published a direct final rule that notified the public of the agency's intention to amend the black stem rust quarantine and regulations by adding four varieties to the list of rust-resistant Berberis species or cultivars in the regulations. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 41611 (July 31, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at7 C.F.R. Part 319). The agency corrects an error in the amendatory instructions in our final rule that revised and reorganized the regulations pertaining to the importation of fruits and vegetables. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 41216 (July 27, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The agency adopts as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the gypsy moth regulations by adding Delaware and Franklin Counties in Ohio and Monroe County in West Virginia to the list of generally infested areas based upon the detection of infestations of gypsy moth in those counties. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 41239 (July 27, 2007) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The agency reopens the comment period for its proposed rule that would amend the citrus canker regulations by modifying the conditions under which fruit may be moved interstate from quarantined areas. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 40270 (July 24, 2007) (notice). This notice announces the availability of a Web site that will list significant guidance documents issued by the agency and provides related information. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 40064 (July 23, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 91). The agency amends the livestock exportation regulations to eliminate the requirement for pre-export tuberculosis and brucellosis testing of certain cattle being exported to countries that do not require such testing. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 40062 (July 23, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 78). The agency amends the brucellosis regulations concerning the interstate movement of cattle by changing the classification of Idaho from Class A to Class Free. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 40061 (July 23, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The agency amends the Oriental fruit fly regulations by removing the Santa Ana area of Orange County, California, from the list of quarantined areas and removing restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from that area. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 40111 (July 23, 2007) (notice). The agency will be holding four public forums to gather public comment on a draft environmental impact statement related to its consideration of revisions to its regulations regarding the importation, interstate movement, and environmental release of genetically engineered organisms. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 39901 (July 20, 2007) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 340). In proposed rule document 07-3474 beginning on page 39021 in the issue of Tuesday, July 17, 2007, make the following correction: On page 39021, in the third column, in the second and third lines, "September 17, 2007" should read "September 11, 2007." View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 39301 (July 18, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Parts 71, 77, 78, 79, and 80). The agency adopts as a final rule, with several changes, an interim rule that, among other things, amended the regulations to allow for the use of additional numbering systems for purposes of animal and premises identification. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 39482 (July 18, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Parts 305, 319, and 352). The agency revises and reorganizes the regulations pertaining to the importation of fruits and vegetables to consolidate requirements of general applicability and eliminate redundant requirements, update terms and remove outdated requirements and references, update the regulations that apply to importations into territories under U.S. administration, make various editorial and nonsubstantive changes to regulations, and to make substantive changes to the regulations. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 39378 (July 18, 2007) (notice). The agency advises the public that an environmental assessment has been prepared for a proposed controlled field release of genetically engineered clones of Populus species and hybrids. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 39379 (July 18, 2007) (notice). The agency advises the public that it has prepared a pest risk analysis that evaluates the risks associated with the importation of eggplant and okra from Ghana into all areas of the United States and the importation of peppers from Ghana into the continental United States. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 39380 (July 18, 2007) (notice). The agency has prepared a pest risk analysis that evaluates the risks associated with the importation into the continental United States of husked, silk-free baby corn from Kenya. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 39381 (July 18, 2007) (notice). The agency advises the public that it has prepared a pest risk analysis that evaluates the risks associated with the importation into the continental United States of peeled baby carrots from Kenya. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 39382 (July 18, 2007) (notice). The agency advises the public that it has prepared a pest risk analysis that evaluates the risks associated with the importation into the continental United States of Ribes species fruits (i.e., currants and gooseberries) from South Africa. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 39025 (July 17, 2007) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 354; 9 C.F.R. Parts 130 and 156). The agency proposes to amend its Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection Services user fee regulations to update an address that appears in several places. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 39021 (July 17, 2007) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 340). The agency evaluates its regulatory program to determine whether it should revise its regulations regarding the importation, interstate movement, and environmental release of genetically engineered organisms. APHIS is seeking public comment on the draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) it prepared relative to the regulatory revisions it is considering. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 36629 (July 5, 2007) (proposed rule) (To be codified at7 C.F.R. Part 305). The agency proposes to amend the regulations for the treatment of plant pests by removing two treatment options that it now believes to be ineffective at neutralizing their target plant pests. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 35915 (July 2, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 353). The agency amends the export certification regulations to clarify that an International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures No. 15 (ISPM 15) quality/treatment mark is an industry-issued certificate within the meaning of 7 C.F.R. Part 353 and thus may only be issued when the organization applying the certification mark has entered into an agreement with the agency. The agency also removes all references to a certificate of heat treatment from the regulations because those certificates have been replaced by the ISPM 15 quality/treatment mark. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 35909 (July 2, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 305). The agency amends the phytosanitary treatment regulations by making several changes to the requirements for cold treatment enclosures and the requirements for conducting cold treatment. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 35909 (July 2, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at7 C.F.R. Part 301). The agency adopts as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended Asian longhorned beetle regulations by removing the Oz Park area in Cook County, Illinois, from the list of quarantined areas and removing restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from those areas. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 35215 (June 27, 2007) (notice). The agency has prepared an environmental assessment for a proposed controlled field release of genetically engineered clones of Eucalyptus hybrids. Based on its finding of no significant impact, the agency has determined that an environmental impact statement need not be prepared for this field release. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 35216 (June 27, 2007) (notice). This notice advises the public of the agency's Record of Decision for the Resident Canada Goose Management Final Environmental Impact Statement. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 34595 (June 25, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The agency amends the Mexican fruit fly regulations by removing a portion of Webb County, Texas, from the list of quarantined areas and by removing restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from this area. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 34664 (June 25, 2007) (notice). An environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact have been prepared by the agency relative to the release of a nonindigenous gall mite, Floracarus perrepae, for the biological control of Old World climbing fern, Lygodium microphyllum, in the continental United States. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 34426 (June 22, 2007) (notice). The agency prepared an environmental assessment for a proposed field release involving a transgenic safflower line that has been genetically engineered to express, within the seeds, human proinsulin fused to an Arabidopsis oleosin molecule. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 34161 (June 21, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The agency amends the pine shoot beetle regulations by adding Cumberland County in New Jersey to the list of quarantined areas. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 34163 (June 21, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 305 and 319). The agency amends the fruits and vegetables regulations to allowthe importation into the United States of litchi, longan, mango, mangosteen, pineapple, and rambutan from Thailand. Additionally, under this final rule, litchi and longan imported from Thailand may not be imported into or distributed to the State of Florida, due to the presence of litchi rust mite in Thailand. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 34180 (June 21, 2007) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The agency proposes to amend the citrus canker regulations to modify the conditions under which fruit may be moved interstate from a quarantined area. The proposed rule would eliminate the requirement that the groves in which the fruit is produced be inspected and found free of citrus canker, and instead require that fruit produced in the quarantined area be treated with a surface disinfectant treatment in a packinghouse operating under a compliance agreement and that each lot of finished fruit be inspected at the packinghouse and found free of visible symptoms of citrus canker. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 33735 (June 19, 2007) (notice). The agency has prepared an environmental assessment for a proposed field trial involving two genetically engineered strains of the bacterium Burkholderia glumae. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 33736 (June 19, 2007) (notice). The agency advises the public that an environmental assessment has been prepared for a proposed field release involving a transgenic safflower line that has been genetically engineered to express, within the seeds, a carp growth hormone fused to an Arabidopsis oleosin. The agency has completed the environmental assessment and have concluded that this field release will not have a significant impact on the quality of the human environment. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 33166 (June 15, 2007) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Parts 305 and 319). The agency corrects an error in its proposed rule to amend the regulations to allow the importation into the continental United States of fresh blueberries from South Africa and Uruguay under certain conditions and to allow the use of cold treatment for blueberries imported into the United States from Argentina. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 32607 (June 13, 2007) (notice). The agency prepared an environmental assessment for a proposed field release involving a Nicotiana hybrid line that has been genetically engineered to produce an antimicrobial antibody that binds to a bacterium (Streptococcus mutans) associated with tooth decay in humans. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 32165 (June 12, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The agency amends the black stem rust quarantine and regulations by adding four varieties to the list of rust-resistant Berberis species or cultivars in the regulations. This action will allow for the interstate movement of these newly developed varieties without unnecessary restrictions. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 32165 (June 12, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). Amended the pine shoot beetle regulations by adding the entire State of Iowa and two counties in New Jersey, Morris and Somerset, to the list of quarantined areas. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 32223 (June 12, 2007) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 354). Proposes to amend the user fee regulations by adjusting the fees charged for export certification of plants and plant products. The agency proposes to increase these user fees for fiscal years 2007 through 2012 to reflect the anticipated costs associated with providing these services during each year. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 32057 (June 11, 2007) (notice). The agency has lifted restrictions placed on Tiffany Creek Preserve in Nassau County, New York. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 30979 (June 5, 2007) (proposed rule) (to be codified 7 C.F.R. Part 981). APHIS is proposing to allow the importation into the continental United States of fresh blueberries from South Africa and Uruguay under certain conditions. APHIS is also proposing to allow the use of cold treatment for blueberries imported into the United States from Argentina. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 30468 (June 1, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 94) The agency amends the regulations for importing animals and animal products by adding the Mexican State of Nayarit to the list of regions considered free of classical swine fever. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 30458 (June 1, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The agency amends the emerald ash borer regulations by adding Prince George's County, MD, to the list of areas quarantined because of emerald ash borer. As a result of this action, the interstate movement of regulated articles from that county is restricted. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 30462 (June 1, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). The agency establishes regulations to prohibit or restrict the importation of certain articles from Canada that present a risk of being infested with emerald ash borer. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 30460 (June 1, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). Agency amends the regulations for the importation of unmanufactured wood articles to bring the methyl bromide treatment schedule into alignment with current international phytosanitary standards. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 29294 (May 25, 2007) (notice). The agency is reopening the comment period for the supplemental environmental impact statement prepared for the Importation of Solid Wood Packing Material Final Environmental Impact Statement. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 28827 (May 23, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). This final rule extends the comment period for the interim rule that amended the citrus canker quarantine regulations to explicitly prohibit, with limited exceptions, the interstate movement of regulated nursery stock from a quarantined area. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 28902 (May 23, 2007) (proposed rule) (to be codified 9 C.F.R. Part 1). This proposed rule extends the comment period for the notice of petition and request for comments concerning the definition of Class "B" licensee in the Animal Welfare Act regulations. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 28947 (May 23, 3007) (notice). APHIS advises the public that an environmental assessment has been prepared relative to the release of three insect parasitoid species for the biological control of the emerald ash borer Agrilus planipennis. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 28948 (May 23, 3007) (notice). Declaration of Extraordinary Emergency Because of Plum Pox Virus. An exotic plant virus, plum pox virus, has been confirmed in New York and Michigan. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 27949 (May 18, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). This final rule amends the Mexican fruit fly regulations by adding a portion of Webb County, Texas, to the existing quarantined area and restricting the interstate movement of regulated articles from that area; and by amending the definitions for core area and day degrees. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 27656 (May 16, 2007) (proposed rule) (to be codified 9 C.F.R. Part 149, 160, and 161). APHIS proposes to establish a voluntary Trichinae Certification Program for U.S. pork that has been produced under disease-prevention conditions. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 27539 (May 16, 2007) (notice). APHIS advises the public that it has prepared an environmental assessment for confined field release of rice plants genetically engineered to express the human proteins lactoferrin, lysozyme, or serum albumin. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 26711 (May 11, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. part 319). The agency is staying a portion of the amended regulations for 30 days from the effective date of a recently published final rule amending the cut flowers regulations to establish specific requirements for the importation of cut flowers that are hosts of chrysanthemum white rust from countries where the disease is known to occur. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 18620 (April 9, 2007) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with regulations for the interstate movement of horses that have tested positive for equine infectious anemia. View this document.

72 Fed Reg. 18621 (April 9, 2007) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with regulations for the commercial transportation of equines to slaughtering facilities. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 17814 (April 10, 2007) (notice). APHIS is notifying the public of its receipt of a petition for rulemaking, and is soliciting public comment on that petition. The petition requests that APHIS replace the definition of Class "B" licensee in the Animal Welfare Act regulations with four new categories of licensees: Pet distributor, exhibitor animal distributor, laboratory animal distributor, and other distributor. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 17476 (April 9, 2007) (notice). 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 export of animal products from the United States. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 14649 (March 29, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 340). This notice describes the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's policy for responding to low-levels of regulated genetically engineered plant materials which may occur in commercial seeds or grain. This notice is intended to provide clarification for the public and developers of genetically engineered plants on APHIS' response to such situations. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 14235 (March 27, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). APHIS is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the regulations by adding the Cities of Roanoke and Salem and the Counties of Craig, Giles, and Roanoke in Virginia to the list of generally infested areas based on the detection of infestations of gypsy moth in those areas. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 13428 (March 22, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 78). APHIS is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the brucellosis regulations concerning the interstate movement of cattle by changing the classification of Wyoming from Class A to Class Free. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 12753 (March 19, 2007) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with regulations for a voluntary control program for the H5/H7 subtypes of low pathogenic avian influenza in poultry and the payment of indemnity for costs associated with eradication of the disease. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 12754 (March 19, 2007) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with regulations for blood and tissue collection at slaughtering and rendering establishments to enhance animal disease surveillance. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 12755 (March 19, 2007) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection related to the export of animals and animal products from the United States. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 11823 (March 13, 2007) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to initiate a new information collection activity for collection of species data by State as part of the National Animal Identification System. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 10902 (March 12, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified as 7 C.F.R. Parts 305 and 319). The agency is amending the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation into the continental United States of mangoes from India under certain conditions. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 10593 (March 9, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified as 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The agency is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the Karnal bunt regulations to remove certain areas or fields in Maricopa and Pinal Counties, Arizona, and Archer, Baylor, Knox, McCulloch, San Saba, Throckmorton, and Young Counties, Texas, from the list of regulated areas based on our determination that those fields or areas meet our criteria for release from regulation. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 10630 (March 9, 2007) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to initiate a new information collection activity for Tribal participants in premises registration for the National Animal Identification System. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 10631 (March 9, 2007) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to initiate a new information collection for Plant Protection and Quarantine Customer Satisfaction Surveys. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 8959 (February 28, 2007) (notice). The agency is advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has prepared an environmental assessment for confined field plantings of rice plants genetically engineered to express the human proteins lactoferrin, lysozyme, or serum albumin. This environmental assessment is available for public review and comment. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 8960 (February 28, 2007) (notice). This is a notice to inform interested stakeholders of upcoming public meetings to discuss the implementation of private/State animal identification number device distribution databases for the animal identification component of the National Animal Identification System, which is a voluntary program. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 8585 (February 27, 2007) (interim rule) (to be codified as 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The agency is amending the Phytophthora ramorum regulations to establish restrictions on the interstate movement of nursery stock from nurseries in nonquarantined areas in California, Oregon, and Washington. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 8634 (February 27, 2007) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Parts 160 and 161). The agency is proposing four changes related to the proposed rule published in the Federal Register on June 1, 2006, that would amend the regulations regarding the National Veterinary Accreditation Program. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 8261 (February 26, 2007) (interim rule) (to be codified as 7 C.F.R. Parts 319 and 354). The agency is further delaying the effective date of amendments to the foreign quarantine and user fee regulations. The amendments remove the exemptions from inspection for imported fruits and vegetables grown in Canada and the exemptions from user feeds for commercial vessels, commercial trucks, commercial railroad cars, commercial aircraft, and international air passengers entering the United States from Canada. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 8087 (February 23, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified as 7 C.F.R. Parts 305 and 318). The agency is amending the regulations to remove vapor heat treatment as an approved treatment for bell pepper, eggplant, Italian squash, and tomato moved interstate from Hawaii. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 7923 (February 22, 2007) (interim rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The agency is amending the list of regulated areas in the witchweed quarantine and regulations by adding or removing areas in North Carolina and South Carolina. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 7934 (February 22, 2007) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 94). The agency is correcting an error in the proposed rule to amend the regulations for importing animals and animal products by adding the Mexican State of Nayarit to the list of regions considered free of classical swine fever (CSF). View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 7952 (February 22, 2007) (notice). The agency is reopening the comment period for a draft environmental assessment prepared with respect to a petition from Syngenta Seeds, Inc., seeking a determination of nonregulated status for corn rootworm-resistant corn derived from a transformation event designated as MIR604. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 7594 (February 16, 2007) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection in support of the Animal Welfare Act regulations for inspection, licensing, and procurement of animals. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 7595 (February 16, 2007) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to initiate a new information collection activity associated with the Agency's Animal Care program. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 7596 (February 16, 2007) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to initiate an information collection associated with the Voluntary Bovine Johne's Disease Control Program. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 7597 (February 16, 2007) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to initiate a new information collection activity associated with the Agency's Animal Care program. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 6433 (February 12, 2007) (interim rule) (to be codified as 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The agency is amending the pine shoot beetle regulations by adding the entire State of Iowa and two counties, Morris and Somerset, in New Jersey to the list of quarantined areas. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 6490 (February 12, 2007) (proposed rule) (to be codified as 9 C.F.R. Parts 92, 93, 94, and 98). The agency is proposing to amend the regulations governing the importation of animals and animal products to add the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland to the region of the European Union that we recognize as low risk for classical swine fever (CSF). APHIS also proposes to add the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland to the list of regions considered free from swine vesicular disease (SVD) and to add Latvia and Lithuania to the list of regions considered free from foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and rinderpest. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 5261 (February 5, 2007) (notice). The agency is advising the public that it has received a petition from Monsanto Company seeking a determination of nonregulated status for soybean designated as MON 89788, which has been genetically engineered for tolerance to the herbicide glyphosate. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 4945 (February 2, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified 7 C.F.R. Part 301). This rule amended the emerald ash borer regulations by adding areas in Michigan to the list of areas quarantined because of emerald ash borer. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 4680 (February 1, 2007) (notice). The agency is advising the public that it is making available for review and comment three documents related to the National Animal Identification System: A Draft User Guide, a Program Standards and Technical Reference document, and a technical specification document for the animal tracking databases. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 4463 (January 31, 2007) (proposed rule). The agency is proposing to amend regulations for importing animals and animal products by adding the Mexican State of Nayarit to the list of regions considered free of classical swine fever. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 4467 (January 31, 2007) (proposed rule). The agency is proposing to amend the Virus-Serum-Toxin Act regulation concerning testing for avian lymphoid leucosis in veterinary biologics. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 4470 (January 31, 2007) (proposed rule). The agency is proposing to amend the Virus-Serum-Toxin Act regulations for certain live bacterial and viral vaccines by removing the requirement to retest the Master Seeds for immunogenicity 3 years after the initial qualifying immunogenicity test. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 3916 (January 26, 2007) (final rule; correction) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). In rule document E7-801 beginning on page 2597 in the issue of Monday, January 22, 2007 APHIS makes the following correction: On page 2597, in the first column, under the DATES heading, in the second line "January 22, 2006" should read "January 22, 2007". View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 2597 (January 23, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the Oriental fruit fly regulations by adding the Santa Ana area of Orange County, California, to the list of quarantined areas and restricting the interstate movement of regulated articles from that area. In addition, APHIS is removing a portion of San Bernardino County, California, from the list of quarantined areas and removing restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from that area. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 1912 (January 17, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the pine shoot beetle regulations by adding counties in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, New Jersey, New York, and Ohio to the list of quarantined areas and by designating the States of Michigan, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania, in their entirety, as quarantined areas based on their decision not to enforce intrastate movement restrictions. View this document.

72 Fed Reg. 1415 (January 12, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). In an interim rule published in the Federal Register on August 1, 2006, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection amended the citrus canker regulations to list the entire State of Florida as a quarantined area for citrus canker and to amend the requirements for the movement of regulated articles from Florida now that the eradication of citrus canker in Florida is no longer being carried out as an objective. APHIS also amended the regulations to allow regulated articles that would not otherwise be eligible for interstate movement to be moved to a port for immediate export. In this amendment, APHIS is clarifying that, if citrus canker is found in any grove during the preharvest inspection or afterward, fruit from that grove will be ineligible to move interstate for that entire shipping season. View this document.

72 Fed Reg. 1416 (January 12, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Parts 145 and 147). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the National Poultry Improvement Plan and its auxiliary provisions by providing new or modified sampling and testing procedures for Plan participants and participating flocks. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 1135 (January 10, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the Mediterranean fruit fly regulations by removing portions of Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and Santa Clara Counties, California, from the list of quarantined areas and by removing restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from those areas. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 1192 (January 10, 2007) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 91). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to amend the livestock exportation regulations to eliminate the requirement for pre-export tuberculosis and brucellosis testing of certain cattle being exported to countries that do not require such testing. This action would facilitate the exportation of certain cattle by eliminating the need to conduct pre- export tuberculosis and brucellosis testing when the receiving country does not require such testing. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 1212 (January 10, 2007) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that it has received a petition from Syngenta Seeds, Inc., seeking a determination of nonregulated status for corn rootworm-resistant corn derived from a transformation event designated as MIR604. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 1102 (January 9, 2007) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Parts 93, 94, 95, and 96). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to amend the regulations regarding the importation of animals and animal products to establish conditions for the importation of the following commodities from regions that present a minimal risk of introducing bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) into the United States: Live bovines for any use born on or after a date determined by APHIS to be the date of effective enforcement of a ruminant-to-ruminant feed ban in the region of export; blood and blood products derived from bovines; and casings and part of the small intestine derived from bovines. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 475 (January 5, 2007) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 945). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to amend the regulations to add that portion of the Patagonia region of Argentina located south of latitude 42[deg] south (Patagonia South) to the list of regions considered free of rinderpest and foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 471 (January 5, 2007) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 94). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to amend the regulations for importing animal products to allow the importation of uncooked pork and pork products from regions where classical swine fever (CSF) is considered to exist if the uncooked pork and pork products originate in a region free of CSF and meet certain other conditions with respect to processing and shipping. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 525 (January 5, 2007) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is extending the submission period for our notice that requests information from interested persons regarding potential sites for the production of sterile fruit flies or alternates sources of those flies. View this document.

72 Fed. Reg. 247 (January 4, 2007) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 77). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the bovine tuberculosis regulations regarding State and zone classifications by raising the designation of Texas from modified accredited advanced to accredited-free. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 76961 (December 22, 2006) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that its Veterinary Services program will host four public meetings to present current information about the outbreaks of viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) and actions taken to prevent the spread of this fish disease, and to discuss issues concerning possible regulation of VHS by the Agency. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 76633 (December 22, 2006) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is giving notice of a meeting of the General Conference Committee of the National Poultry Improvement Plan. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 76244 (December 20, 2006) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is extending the comment period for its proposed rule that would establish domestic boll weevil regulations that would restrict the interstate movement of regulated articles within regulated areas and from regulated areas into or through nonregulated areas in commercial cotton-producing States. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 75933 (December 19, 2006) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that it intends to prepare an environmental impact statement relative to the proposed use of genetically engineered fruit flies and pink bollworm in certain plant pest control programs. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 75649 (December 18, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the regulations to list a number of fruits and vegetables from certain parts of the world as eligible, under specified conditions, for importation into the United States. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 74827 (December 13, 2006) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 93). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to amend the regulations pertaining to the importation of horses to establish standards for the approval of permanent, privately owned quarantine facilities for horses. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 74826 (December 13, 2006) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 78). Thr Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to amend the brucellosis regulations in order to facilitate research to be conducted on brucellosis-exposed or infected animals. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 70330 (December 4, 2006) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to amend the regulations governing the importation of citrus fruit to allow fresh Unshu oranges from the Republic of Korea to be imported into the State of Alaska under certain conditions. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 70360 (December 4, 2006) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public of its decision to extend a determination of nonregulated status to a rice line developed by Bayer CropScience, which has been genetically engineered to be tolerant to the herbicide glufosinate. Therefore, APHIS no longer considers the rice line to be a regulated article under Agency regulations governing the introduction of certain genetically engineered organisms. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 69530 (December 1, 2006) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that it is exploring options for the construction of a multispecies exotic fruit fly facility and/or the privatization of sterile fly production to provide backup capacity for its sterile fruit fly programs and emergency needs. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 67958 (November 24, 2006) (final rule; correction) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 94). This final rule corrects a previously issued final rule pertaining to the importation of swine and swine products from the European Union. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 67432 (November 22, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the Karnal bunt regulations to remove certain areas or fields in Arizona and Texas from the list of regulated areas based on its determination that those fields or areas meet its criteria for release from regulation. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 67436 (November 22, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Parts 319 and 354). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service recently published an interim rule amending the foreign quarantine and user fee regulations by removing the exemptions from inspection for imported fruits and vegetables grown in Canada and the exemptions from user fees for commercial vessels, commercial trucks, commercial railroad cars, commercial aircraft, and international air passengers entering the United States from Canada. That interim rule had an effective date of November 24, 2006. APHIS is delaying the effective date of the removal of the user fee exemption for international air passengers until January 1, 2007, and the effective date for the remaining provisions of the rule, including the removal of the exemption from user fees for commercial vessels, commercial trucks, commercial railroad cars, and commercial aircraft entering the United States from Canada, until March 1, 2007. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 67313 (November 23, 2006) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Parts 55 and 81). APHIS is extending the comment period for its notice that announced the receipt of three petitions requesting that it delay implementation of, and reconsider provisions in, a recent final rule establishing a herd certification program and interstate movement restrictions for cervids to control the spread of chronic wasting disease. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 66829 (November 17, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the gypsy moth regulations by adding the Cities of Roanoke and Salem and the Counties of Craig, Giles, and Roanoke in Virginia to the list of generally infested areas based on the detection of infestations of gypsy moth in those areas. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 66831 (November 17, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the Oriental fruit fly regulations by adding a portion of San Bernardino County, California, to the list of quarantined areas and restricting the interstate movement of regulated articles from that area. APHIS is also amending the definitions of the terms core area and day degrees and adding jujube (Ziziphus spp.) to the list of articles regulated for Oriental fruit fly. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 66829 (November 17, 2006) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Parts 305 and 319). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to amend the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation into the continental United States of mangoes from India under certain conditions. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 66156 (November 14, 2006) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that it is hosting an electronic public discussion on methods that can be used to evaluate the potential of imported plants to become invasive species if they are introduced into the United States. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 65758 (November 9, 2006) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Parts 93, 94, and 95). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is reopening the comment period for its proposed rule that would remove several restrictions regarding the identification of animals and the processing of ruminant materials from BSE minimal-risk regions, as well as BSE-based restrictions on gelatin derived from bovine hides. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 65772 (November 9, 2006) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to initiate a new information collection activity associated with the Agency's Animal Care program. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 65451 (November 8, 2006) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with regulations for the importation of live swine, pork, and pork products from Chile into the United States. View this document.

71 Fed. REG. 65452 (November 8, 2006) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with regulations for the importation of clementines, marndarins, and tangerines from Chile. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 65453 (November 8, 2006) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request a reinstatement of an information collection to support the National Animal Health Monitoring System's national Dairy 2007 Study. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 65068 (November 7, 2006) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with regulations for untreated oranges, tangerines, and grapefruit from Mexico transiting the United States to foreign countries. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 64650 (November 3, 2006) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Parts 55 and 81). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that it has received three petitions requesting that it delay implementation of, and reconsider provisions in, a recent final rule establishing a herd certification program and interstate movement restrictions for cervids to control the spread of chronic wasting disease. APHIS is soliciting public comments on the petitions and the potential impacts of the actions they recommend. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 64767 (November 3, 2006) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). This proposed rule contains a correction to a previously issued proposed rule regarding quarantine and regulation of boll weevils. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 63707 (October 31, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to establish domestic boll weevil regulations that would restrict the interstate movement of regulated articles within regulated areas and from regulated areas into or through nonregulated areas in commercial cotton-producing States. The proposed regulations would help prevent the artificial spread of boll weevil into noninfested areas of the United States and the reinfestation of areas from which the boll weevil has been eradicated. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 62988 (October 27, 2006) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with regulations that provide for the payment of compensation to owners of commercial stone fruit orchards and fruit tree nurseries whose trees or nursery stock were destroyed to eradicate plum pox. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 62198 (October 24, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 94). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the regulations to add Namibia, except the portion of the country north of the Veterinary Cordon Fence (VCF), to the list of regions that are considered free of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), and to add the entire country to the list of regions that are considered free of rinderpest. APHIS is also adding Namibia, except the region north of the VCF, to the list of FMD- and rinderpest-free regions that are subject to certain import restrictions on meat and other animal products because of their proximity to or trading relationships with rinderpest- or FMD-affected regions. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 62197 (October 24, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation of shelled garden peas from Kenya into the continental United States. In order to be eligible for importation, the peas will have to be shelled, washed, and inspected and accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued by the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 62215 (October 24, 2006) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 3). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is extending the comment period for our notice of petition and request for comments concerning the handling, care, treatment, and transport of elephants covered by the Animal Welfare Act. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 62239 (October 24, 2006) (notice) This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with regulations for the importation of fruits and vegetables. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 62241 (October 24, 2006) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that it has prepared a final Exotic Fruit Fly Strategic Plan for fiscal years 2006 through 2010 and is making it available for review. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 61373 (October 18, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the imported fire ant regulations by designating as quarantined areas all of 2 counties in Arkansas and all or portions of 21 counties in Tennessee. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 61373 (October 18, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). In a final rule published in the Federal Register on November 30, 2004, we amended the fruits and vegetables regulations to expand the number of States in which fresh Hass avocado fruit grown in approved orchards in approved municipalities in Michoacan, Mexico, may be distributed and to allow the distribution of the avocados during all months of the year. The final rule contained an error in the rule portion. This document corrects that error. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 60461 (October 13, 2006) (notice). In accordance with legislation implementing the results of the Uruguay Round of negotiations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is informing the public of international standard- setting activities of the World Organization for Animal Health, the Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention, and the North American Plant Protection Organization, and is soliciting public comment on the standards to be considered. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 59649 (October 13, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the Asian longhorned beetle regulations by expanding the boundaries of the quarantined areas in New Jersey and restricting the interstate movement of regulated articles from these areas. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 59694 (October 13, 2006) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Parts 305 and 318). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to remove vapor heat treatment as an approved treatment for bell pepper, eggplant, Italian squash, and tomato moved interstate from Hawaii. This action is necessary because these four commodities can serve as hosts for the solanum fruit fly, which has been detected in Hawaii. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 58735 (October 5, 2006) (affirmation of interim rule as final rule) (7 C.F.R. Parts 360 and 361). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the noxious weed and imported seed regulations by adding South African ragwort (Senecio inaequidens DC.) and Madagascar ragwort (Senecio madagascariensis Poir.) to the list of terrestrial noxious weeds and to the list of seeds with no tolerances applicable to their introduction. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 58784 (October 5, 2006) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is giving notice that the Secretary of Agriculture is soliciting nominations for the election of regional membership and a member-at-large for the General Conference Committee of the National Poultry Improvement Plan. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 58784 (October 5, 2006) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is giving notice that the Secretary of Agriculture has reestablished the General Conference Committee of the National Poultry Improvement Plan for a 2-year period. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 58252 (October 3, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 77). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the bovine tuberculosis regulations regarding State and zone classifications by raising the designation of Texas from modified accredited advanced to accredited-free. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 58243 (October 3, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the pine shoot beetle regulations by adding counties in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, New Jersey, New York, and Ohio to the list of quarantined areas. In addition, APHIS is designating the States of Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania, in their entirety, as quarantined areas based on their decision not to enforce intrastrate movement restrictions. Finally, APHIS is adding the States of Connecticut and Rhode Island, in their entirety, to the list of quarantined areas based on projections of the natural spread of pine shoot beetle that make it reasonable to believe that the pest is present in those States. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 57871 (October 2, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the emerald ash borer regulations by adding areas in Michigan to the list of areas quarantined because of emerald ash borer. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 57383 (September 29, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adopting as a final rule, with one change, an interim rule that amended the regulations by restricting the importation of pine shoot beetle host material into the United States from Canada. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 56338 (September 27, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 93). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service recently amended the regulations to restrict the importation into the United States of live fish, fertilized eggs, and gametes of fish species that are susceptible to spring viremia of carp, a serious contagious viral disease of carp. That interim rule was scheduled to become effective on September 29, 2006. APHIS is delaying that effective date by 30 days in order to give importers and foreign exporters additional time to meet requirements of the rule. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 56337 (September 27, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the Japanese beetle quarantine and regulations by adding the State of Iowa to the list of quarantined States. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 56302 (September 26, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 CFR Parts 53, 56, 145, 146 and 147). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the regulations to establish a voluntary program for the control of the H5/H7 subtypes of low pathogenic avian influenza in commercial poultry under the auspices of the National Poultry Improvement Plan. APHIS is also providing for the payment of indemnity for costs associated with eradication of the H5/H7 subtypes of low pathogenic avian influenza in poultry. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 55087 (September 21, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 305 and 319). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation into the United States of fresh table grapes from Namibia under certain conditions. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 54402 (September 15, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 78). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the brucellosis regulations concerning the interstate movement of cattle by changing the classification of Wyoming from Class A to Class Free. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 53963 (September 13, 2006) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the Mediterranean fruit fly regulations by removing portions of Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and Santa Clara Counties, California, from the list of quarantined areas and by removing restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from those areas. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 53546 (September 12, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the gypsy moth regulations by adding Delaware and Franklin Counties in Ohio and Monroe County in West Virginia to the list of generally infested areas based on the detection of infestations of gypsy moth in those counties. As a result of this action, the interstate movement of regulated articles from those areas will be restricted. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 52983 (September 8, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Parts 55 and 81). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service recently amended the regulations to establish a herd certification program and interstate movement restrictions for cervids to control the spread of chronic wasting disease. That final rule had an effective date of October 19, 2006. APHIS is delaying that effective date until further notice, to give the agency time to consider several petitions it recently received that asked for the rule not to take effect as scheduled. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 52982 (September 8, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the regulations by adding a portion of Middlesex and Union Counties, New Jersey, to the list of quarantined areas and restricting the interstate movement of regulated articles from those areas. The interim rule also removed the areas within Hudson County, New Jersey, from the list of quarantined areas and removed restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from those areas. These actions were necessary, respectively, to prevent the artificial spread of the Asian longhorned beetle to noninfested areas of the United States and to remove quarantine restrictions that were no longer necessary. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 52981 (September 8, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the pine shoot beetle regulations by designating the State of Wisconsin, in its entirety, as a quarantined area based on the detection of new pine shoot beetle infested areas in the State, as well as its decision to no longer enforce intrastate movement restrictions. The interim rule was necessary to prevent the spread of pine shoot beetle, a pest of pine trees, into noninfested areas of the United States. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 53076 (September 8, 2006) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that it has prepared an environmental assessment for a preliminary decision to extend a determination of nonregulated status. The original determination and the requested extension involve rice lines genetically engineered to be tolerant to the herbicide glufosinate. We have received a petition from Bayer CropScience requesting the extension for a rice line, designated as LLRICE601, based on its similarity to previously deregulated rice lines, LLRICE62 and LLRICE06. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 51249 (August 30, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 93). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is establishing regulations to restrict the importation into the United States of live fish, fertilized eggs, and gametes of fish species that are susceptible to spring viremia of carp, a serious contagious viral disease of carp. Cases of spring viremia of carp confirmed in the United States in 2002 and 2004, and since eradicated, have been linked to the unregulated importation of fish infected with the virus. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 51248 (August 30, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 77). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the bovine tuberculosis regulations regarding State and zone classifications by removing Minnesota from the list of accredited-free States and adding it to the list of modified accredited advanced States. The interim rule was necessary to help prevent the spread of tuberculosis because Minnesota no longer met the requirements for accredited-free State status. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 51241 (August 30, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the emerald ash borer regulations by adding areas in Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio to the list of areas quarantined because of emerald ash borer. As a result of the interim rule, the interstate movement of regulated articles from those areas is restricted. The interim rule was necessary to prevent the artificial spread of the emerald ash borer from infested areas in the States of Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio into noninfested areas of the United States. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 50837 (August 28, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the regulations governing the importation of fruits and vegetables in order to allow pink and red tomatoes grown in approved registered production sites in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama to be imported into the United States. The conditions to which the importation of tomatoes will be subject, including trapping, pre-harvest inspection, and shipping procedures, are designed to prevent the introduction of quarantine pests into the United States. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 50882 (August 28, 2006) (notice). Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Actm the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is giving notice of a meeting of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Foreign Animal and Poultry Diseases. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 50320 (August 25, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Parts 319 and 354). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the foreign quarantine and user fee regulations by removing the exemptions from inspection for imported fruits and vegetables grown in Canada and the exemptions from user fees for commercial vessels, commercial trucks, commercial railroad cars, commercial aircraft, and international air passengers entering the United States from Canada. As a result of this action, all agricultural products imported from Canada will be subject to inspection, and commercial conveyances, as well as airline passengers arriving on flights from Canada, will be subject to inspection and user fees. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 49319 (August 23, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 352). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the regulations to allow untreated oranges, tangerines, and grapefruit from Mexico to be moved overland by truck or rail to Corpus Christi and Houston, Texas, for export to another country by water. APHIS is also requiring that untreated oranges, tangerines, and grapefruit from Mexico transiting the United States for export to another country be shipped in sealed, refrigerated containers and insect-proof packaging and via routes that avoid citrus production areas. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 454390 (August 9, 2006) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Parts 93, 94, and 95). In a final rule published in the Federal Register on January 4, 2005, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) amended the regulations regarding the importation of animals and animal products to establish a category of regions that present a minimal risk of introducing bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) into the United States via live ruminants and ruminant products and byproducts, and added Canada to this category. APHIS also established conditions for the importation of certain live ruminants and ruminant products and byproducts from such regions. In this document, APHIS is proposing to remove several restrictions regarding the identification of animals and the processing of ruminant materials from BSE minimal-risk regions, as well as BSE-based restrictions on gelatin derived from bovine hides. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 45444 (August 9, 2006) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 98). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to amend the regulations regarding the importation of animal germplasm by removing specific restrictions on sheep semen from regions where scrapie exists and requiring the inclusion of additional information on the international health certificate accompanying sheep and goat semen. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 44234 (August 4, 2006) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 95). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to amend the regulations governing the importation of animal byproducts to require that untanned swine hides and skins from regions with African swine fever and bird trophies from regions with exotic Newcastle disease go directly to an approved establishment upon importation into the United States. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 43345 (August 1, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the citrus canker regulations to list the entire State of Florida as a quarantined area for citrus canker and to amend the requirements for the movement of regulated articles from Florida now that the eradication of citrus canker in Florida is no longer being carried out as an objective. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 43385 (August 1, 2006) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Parts 305, 319, and 352). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is reopening the comment period for its proposed rule to revise and reorganize the regulations pertaining to the importation of fruits and vegetables to consolidate requirements of general applicability and eliminate redundant requirements, update terms and remove outdated requirements and references, update the regulations that apply to importations into territories under U.S. administration, and make various editorial and nonsubstantive changes to regulations to make them easier to use. APHIS also proposes to make substantive changes to the regulations. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 42795 (July 28, 2006) (notice). This notice announces the availability of a revised cooperative agreement that organizations may enter into with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service in order to participate in the animal tracking database component of the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). This revised cooperative agreement is intended to facilitate the integration of private and State animal tracking databases into the NAIS, which remains a voluntary program. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 42348 (July 26, 2006) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that we have supplemented with an addendum the environmental assessment for a proposed field trial of pink bollworm genetically engineered to express green fluorescence as a marker. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 41682 (July 21, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Parts 55 and 81). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is establishing a herd certification program to eliminate chronic wasting disease (CWD) from farmed or captive cervids in the United States. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 39655 (July 13, 2006) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with regulations for the introduction of organisms and products altered or produced through genetic engineering. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 39390 (July 12, 2006) (notice). This notice corrects a previous agency issuance pertaining to plant protections and quarantine export services and procedures. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 38259 (July 6, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 94). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the regulations to add Denmark to the list of regions considered free of exotic Newcastle disease. This final rule follows an interim rule that removed Denmark from that list due to an outbreak of exotic Newcastle disease in that region. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 38302 (July 6, 2006) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to amend the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation of shelled garden peas from Kenya into the continental United States. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 36983 (June 29, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 78). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the brucellosis regulations concerning interstate movement of cattle by changing the classification of Idaho from Class Free to Class A. That action was necessary to prevent the interstate spread of brucellosis. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 37032 (June 29, 2006) (notice). The Plant Protection and Quarantine program of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service provides, among other things, certain technical services to businesses and individuals to help them successfully export live plants or plant products. This notice provides information concerning trade-related international agreements and organizations and details PPQ's role in facilitating the export of plants and plant products from the United States. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 36221 (June 26, 2006) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Parts 305 and 319). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to amend the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation into the United States of fresh table grapes from Namibia under certain conditions. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 36315 (June 26, 2006) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is giving notice of meetings of the General Conference Committee of the National Poultry Improvement Plan and of the Biennial Conference. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 35203 (June 19, 2006) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Parts 145 and 147). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to amend the National Poultry Improvement Plan and its auxiliary provisions by providing new or modified sampling and testing procedures for Plan participants and participating flocks. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 34870 (June 16, 2006) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with regulations for a certification program for imported articles of Pelargonium spp. and Solanum spp. to prevent the introduction of potato brown rot. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 34517 (June 15, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 93). On April 27, 2006, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service published a direct final rule. The direct final rule notified the public of our intention to amend the animal importation regulations by adding Indiana to the lists of States approved to receive certain stallions and mares imported into the United States from regions affected with contagious equine metritis. APHIS did not receive any written adverse comments regarding the addition of Indiana to those lists or written notice of intent to submit adverse comments in response to the direct final rule. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 34537 (June 15, 2006) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 94). APHIS is proposing to amend the regulations to add Namibia, except the portion of the country north of the Veterinary Cordon Fence, to the list of regions that are considered free of foot-and- mouth disease, and to add the entire country to the list of regions that are considered free of rinderpest. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 33168 (June 8, 2006) (interim final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the citrus canker regulations to establish provisions under which eligible commercial citrus nurseries may, subject to the availability of appropriated funds, receive payments for certified citrus nursery stock destroyed to eradicate or control citrus canker. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 33172 (June 8, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the fruits and vegetables regulations to provide for the importation of untreated citrus (grapefruit, sweet oranges, and tangerines) from Mexico for processing under certain conditions. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 33278 (June 8, 2006) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with regulations for the use of irradiation as a phytosanitary treatment of imported fruits and vegetables. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 35203 (June 5, 2006) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Parts 145 and 147). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to amend the National Poultry Improvement Plan and its auxiliary provisions by providing new or modified sampling and testing procedures for Plan participants and participating flocks. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 31069 (June 1, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Parts 93 and 94). In a final rule published in the Federal Register on May 19, 2006, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service amended the regulations governing the importation of animals and animal products into the United States to apply a uniform set of importation requirements related to classical swine fever to a region consisting of all of the 15 Member States of the European Union that comprised the EU as of April 30, 2004 (the EU-15) and prohibit for a specified period of time the importation of live swine and swine products from any area in the EU-15 that is identified by the veterinary authorities of the region as a restricted zone. The final rule contained an error in the rule portion in the list of CSF-free regions and an error regarding the designation of a section being amended. This document corrects those errors. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 30563 (May 30, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is establishing regulations governing the submission of requests for changes in our regulations that restrict the importation of plants, plant parts, and plant products. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 30368 (May 26, 2006) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with regulations for tuberculosis testing of imported cattle. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 30368 (May 26, 2006) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to initiate a new information collection activity to support the National Animal Health Monitoring System's national Swine 2006 Study. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 30370 (May 26, 2006) (notice). Tthis notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to initiate a new information collection activity, titled Beetle Busters Survey, associated with the Asian longhorned beetle cooperative eradication program. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 30372 (May 26, 2006) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with regulations for importation of breeding swine, pork and pork products, and swine semen from a specified region of the European Union. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 30113 (May 25, 2006) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that a draft pest risk assessment has been prepared by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service relative to a proposed rule currently under consideration that would allow the importation into the continental United States of fresh Hass avocados from Peru. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 29769 (May 24, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 93). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the regulations for the importation of ruminants into the United States to establish standards for privately owned quarantine facilities. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 29762 (May 24, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the emerald ash borer regulations by adding areas in Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio to the list of areas quarantined because of emerald ash borer. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 29761 (May 24, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the pine shoot beetle regulations by designating the State of Wisconsin, in its entirety, as a quarantined area based on the detection of new pine shoot beetle infested areas in the State, as well as its decision to no longer enforce intrastate movement restrictions. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 29766 (May 24, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation into the continental United States of fresh, dehusked immature (baby) sweet corn and fresh baby carrots from Zambia. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 29846 (May 24, 2006) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that it has prepared a risk assessment relative to a previously published proposal to require imported fruits and vegetables to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 29606 (May 23, 2006) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that an environmental assessment has been prepared for a proposed field trial using two transgenic grass lines. The trial consists of Argentine bahiagrass plants that are genetically engineered to express resistance to the herbicide glufosinate and resistance to the antibiotic kanamycin. View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 29061 (May 19, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Parts 93, 94, and 98). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the regulations governing the importation of animals and animal products into the United States to apply a uniform set of importation requirements related to classical swine fever to a region consisting of all of the 15 Member States of the European Union (EU) that comprised the EU as of April 30, 2004 (the EU-15) and prohibit for a specified period of time the importation of live swine and swine products from any area in the EU-15 that is identified by the veterinary authorities of the region as a restricted zone.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 28763 (May 18, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 94). The Anmal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the regulations concerning the importation of animals and animal products by adding Kazakhstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine to the list of regions in which highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype H5N1 is considered to exist.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 28655 (May 17, 2006) (notice). Tthis notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with regulations restricting the importation of products of poultry and birds into the United States in order to prevent the introduction of poultry disease.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 28656 (May 17, 2006) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with regulations requiring permits for the interstate movement of certain animals.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 27665 (May 12, 2006) (notice). 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 animal identification number management system, a component of the National Animal Identification System.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 27666 (May 12, 2006) (notice). 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 integration of private and State animal tracking databases with the National Animal Identification System.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 27221 (May 10, 2006) (notice). This notice is intended to provide background information about, and solicit public comments on, the use of bilateral workplans by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's Plant Protection and Quarantine program.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 26920 (May 9, 2006) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with livestock disease surveillance programs.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 26677 (May 8, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). This final rule sets forth corrections to the Foreign Quarantine Notices located in Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations, parts 300 to 399, revised as of January 1, 2006, make the following corrections.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 26733 (May 8, 2006) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Servce is extending the comment period for our scientific evaluation titled, "Evaluation of asymptomatic citrus fruit (Citrus spp.) as a pathway for the introduction of citrus canker disease (Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri)."     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 30368 (May 26, 2006) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with regulations for tuberculosis testing of imported cattle.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 30368 (May 26, 2006) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to initiate a new information collection activity to support the National Animal Health Monitoring System's national Swine 2006 Study.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 30370 (May 26, 2006) (notice). Tthis notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to initiate a new information collection activity, titled Beetle Busters Survey, associated with the Asian longhorned beetle cooperative eradication program.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 30372 (May 26, 2006) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with regulations for importation of breeding swine, pork and pork products, and swine semen from a specified region of the European Union.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 30113 (May 25, 2006) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that a draft pest risk assessment has been prepared by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service relative to a proposed rule currently under consideration that would allow the importation into the continental United States of fresh Hass avocados from Peru.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 29769 (May 24, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 93). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the regulations for the importation of ruminants into the United States to establish standards for privately owned quarantine facilities.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 29762 (May 24, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the emerald ash borer regulations by adding areas in Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio to the list of areas quarantined because of emerald ash borer.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 29761 (May 24, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the pine shoot beetle regulations by designating the State of Wisconsin, in its entirety, as a quarantined area based on the detection of new pine shoot beetle infested areas in the State, as well as its decision to no longer enforce intrastate movement restrictions.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 29766 (May 24, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation into the continental United States of fresh, dehusked immature (baby) sweet corn and fresh baby carrots from Zambia.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 29846 (May 24, 2006) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that it has prepared a risk assessment relative to a previously published proposal to require imported fruits and vegetables to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 29606 (May 23, 2006) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that an environmental assessment has been prepared for a proposed field trial using two transgenic grass lines. The trial consists of Argentine bahiagrass plants that are genetically engineered to express resistance to the herbicide glufosinate and resistance to the antibiotic kanamycin.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 29061 (May 19, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Parts 93, 94, and 98). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the regulations governing the importation of animals and animal products into the United States to apply a uniform set of importation requirements related to classical swine fever to a region consisting of all of the 15 Member States of the European Union (EU) that comprised the EU as of April 30, 2004 (the EU-15) and prohibit for a specified period of time the importation of live swine and swine products from any area in the EU-15 that is identified by the veterinary authorities of the region as a restricted zone.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 28763 (May 18, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 94). The Anmal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the regulations concerning the importation of animals and animal products by adding Kazakhstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine to the list of regions in which highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype H5N1 is considered to exist.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 28655 (May 17, 2006) (notice). Tthis notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with regulations restricting the importation of products of poultry and birds into the United States in order to prevent the introduction of poultry disease.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 28656 (May 17, 2006) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with regulations requiring permits for the interstate movement of certain animals.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 28296 (May 16, 2006) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that it has received a petition from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service seeking a determination of nonregulated status for plum designated as transformation event C5, which has been genetically engineered to resist infection by plum pox virus.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 27665 (May 12, 2006) (notice). 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 animal identification number management system, a component of the National Animal Identification System.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 27666 (May 12, 2006) (notice). 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 integration of private and State animal tracking databases with the National Animal Identification System.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 27221 (May 10, 2006) (notice). This notice is intended to provide background information about, and solicit public comments on, the use of bilateral workplans by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s Plant Protection and Quarantine program.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 26920 (May 9, 2006) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with livestock disease surveillance programs.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 26677 (May 8, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). This final rule sets forth corrections to the Foreign Quarantine Notices located in Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations, parts 300 to 399, revised as of January 1, 2006, make the following corrections.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 26733 (May 8, 2006) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Servce is extending the comment period for our scientific evaluation titled, "Evaluation of asymptomatic citrus fruit (Citrus spp.) as a pathway for the introduction of citrus canker disease (Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri)."     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 30368 (May 26, 2006) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with regulations for tuberculosis testing of imported cattle.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 30368 (May 26, 2006) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s intention to initiate a new information collection activity to support the National Animal Health Monitoring System’s national Swine 2006 Study.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 30370 (May 26, 2006) (notice). Tthis notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s intention to initiate a new information collection activity, titled Beetle Busters Survey, associated with the Asian longhorned beetle cooperative eradication program.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 30372 (May 26, 2006) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with regulations for importation of breeding swine, pork and pork products, and swine semen from a specified region of the European Union.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 30113 (May 25, 2006) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that a draft pest risk assessment has been prepared by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service relative to a proposed rule currently under consideration that would allow the importation into the continental United States of fresh Hass avocados from Peru.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 29769 (May 24, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 93). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the regulations for the importation of ruminants into the United States to establish standards for privately owned quarantine facilities.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 29762 (May 24, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the emerald ash borer regulations by adding areas in Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio to the list of areas quarantined because of emerald ash borer.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 29761 (May 24, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the pine shoot beetle regulations by designating the State of Wisconsin, in its entirety, as a quarantined area based on the detection of new pine shoot beetle infested areas in the State, as well as its decision to no longer enforce intrastate movement restrictions.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 29766 (May 24, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation into the continental United States of fresh, dehusked immature (baby) sweet corn and fresh baby carrots from Zambia.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 29846 (May 24, 2006) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that it has prepared a risk assessment relative to a previously published proposal to require imported fruits and vegetables to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 29606 (May 23, 2006) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that an environmental assessment has been prepared for a proposed field trial using two transgenic grass lines. The trial consists of Argentine bahiagrass plants that are genetically engineered to express resistance to the herbicide glufosinate and resistance to the antibiotic kanamycin.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 25100 (April 28, 2006) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 2). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to amend the Animal Welfare Act regulations concerning the handling of animals to require that shift cages be used for handling certain species.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 24806 (April 27, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 93). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the animal importation regulations by adding Indiana to the lists of States approved to receive certain stallions and mares imported into the United States from regions affected with contagious equine metritis.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 24803 (April 27, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 77). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the regulations regarding tuberculosis in captive cervids by extending, from 2 years to 3, the term for which accredited herd status is valid and increasing by 12 months the interval for conducting the reaccreditation test required to maintain the accredited tuberculosis-free status of cervid herds. APHIS is also reducing, from three tests to two, the number of consecutive negative official tuberculosis tests required of all eligible captive cervids in a herd before a herd can be eligible for recognition as an accredited herd. In addition, APHIS is amending the regulations by removing references to the blood tuberculosis test for captive cervids, as that test is no longer used in the tuberculosis eradication program for captive cervids.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 25010 (April 27, 2006) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Parts 305, 319, and 352). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to revise and reorganize the regulations pertaining to the importation of fruits and vegetables. APHIS is also proposing to make other substantive changes to the regulations, including establishing criteria within the regulations that, if met, would allow APHIS to approve certain new fruits and vegetables for importation into the United States and to acknowledge pest-free areas in foreign countries more effectively and expeditiously; doing away with the practice of listing specific commodities that may be imported subject to certain types of phytosanitary measures; and providing for the issuance of special use permits for fruits and vegetables.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 20383 (April 20, 2006) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that its Animal Care program will host four additional meetings to present current information on the enforcement of the Horse Protection Act and provide a forum for horse industry members and other interested persons to comment on the Horse Protection Program, development of the Horse Protection Act Operating Plan for 2007 and beyond, and other Horse Protection matters.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 20030 (April 19, 2006) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R Part 300 and 9 C.F.R. Part 94). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to amend the regulations pertaining to certain garbage to provide for the interstate movement of garbage from Hawaii subject to measures designed to protect against the dissemination of plant pests into noninfested areas of the continental United States.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 20068 (April 19, 2006) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that an environmental assessment has been prepared for a proposed field trial of pink bollworm genetically engineered to express green fluorescence as a marker. APHIS proposes to use this marked strain to assess the effectiveness of lower doses of radiation to create sterile insects for its pink bollworm sterile insect program.     View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 17805 (April 7, 2006) (notice). This notice announces the availability of three documents related to the National Animal Identification System (NAIS): A document that provides an update on the implementation plans, including operational milestones and participation goals; a document describing how private and State animal tracking databases may be integrated into the NAIS to provide animal health officials with animal movement information on an as-needed basis; and, in connection with the animal tracking databases document, a template for a cooperative agreement that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service may enter into with organizations that wish to participate in the animal tracking database component of the NAIS.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 17806 (April 7, 2006) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is informing producers and other stakeholders who plan to participate in the distribution of animal identification number (AIN) tags of the availability of additional training, via Web conferences, so that they can prepare to participate in this component of the National Animal Identification System by becoming AIN managers or resellers.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 17434 (April 6, 2006) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that it has prepared a document titled, "Evaluation of asymptomatic citrus fruit (Citrus spp.) as a pathway for the introduction of citrus canker disease (Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri)." The evaluation concludes that it is highly unlikely that citrus canker could be introduced on asymptomatic, commercially produced citrus fruit that has been treated with disinfectant dips and subject to other mitigations.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 16973 (April 6, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 330). This document gives notice that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service intends to begin consistently and routinely requiring that a permit must accompany all aquatic snails that are imported into the United States or that are moving interstate. APHIS also intends to consistently require that shipments of aquatic snails, as with all other plant pests imported under permit, be subject to inspection and to begin routinely and consistently inspecting shipments of aquatic supplies or plants that may contain aquatic snails.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 16711 (April 4, 2006) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to amend its domestic quarantine regulations to establish a process by which a State or political subdivision of a State could request approval to impose prohibitions or restrictions on the movement in interstate commerce of specific articles that are in addition to the prohibitions and restrictions imposed by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 16193 (March 31, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the regulations governing the importation of plants and plant products by adding Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera spp.) and Easter cactus (Rhipsalidopsis spp.) from the Netherlands and Denmark to the list of plants that may be imported in an approved growing medium subject to specified growing, inspection, and certification requirements.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 15047 (March 27, 2006) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Parts 82 and 94). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to make several changes to the exotic Newcastle disease domestic quarantine regulations, including adding an option for the movement of pet birds; adding restrictions on the interstate movement of live ratites out of quarantined areas; harmonizing the domestic and foreign regulations regarding the movement of dressed carcasses of dead birds and dead poultry, including one change to the importation regulations; providing for the use of alternative procedures for treating manure and litter and for composting; and adding an additional surveillance period after the conditions for removing quarantine are met before quarantine is removed.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 14795 (March 24, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adopting as a final rule, without change, three interim rules regarding emerald ash borer.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 13926 (March 21, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 77). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the tuberculosis regulations to reduce, from 6 months to 60 days, the period following a whole herd test during which animals may be moved interstate from a modified accredited State or zone or from an accreditation preparatory State or zone without an individual tuberculin test.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 13923 (March 21, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the pine shoot beetle regulations to allow pine bark products to be moved interstate from quarantined areas during the shoot feeding stage (July 1 through October 31) of the pine shoot beetle’s life cycle without treatment.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 13525 (March 16, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the emerald ash borer regulations by adding areas in Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio to the list of areas quarantined because of emerald ash borer.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 12994 (March 14, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Parts 93 and 95). In a final rule published in the Federal Register on January 4, 2005, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) amended the regulations regarding the importation of animals and animal products to establish a category of regions that present a minimal risk of introducing bovine spongiform encephalopathy into the United States via live ruminants and ruminant products and byproducts, and added Canada to this category. APHIS also established conditions for the importation of certain live ruminants and ruminant products and byproducts from such regions. In this document, APHIS is clarifying its intent with regard to certain provisions in the final rule and is correcting several inconsistencies within the rule. These technical amendments will clarify the regulations.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 12991 (March 15, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the Karnal bunt regulations regarding the requirements that must be met in order for a field or area to be removed from the list of regulated areas.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 12992 (March 15, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the pine shoot beetle regulations by adding counties in Illinois, Indiana, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin to the list of quarantined areas. In addition, the interim rule designated the States of New Hampshire and Vermont, in their entirety, as quarantined areas based on their decision to no longer enforce intrastate movement restrictions.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 12994 (March 14, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Parts 93 and 95). In a final rule published in the Federal Register on January 4, 2005, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) amended the regulations regarding the importation of animals and animal products to establish a category of regions that present a minimal risk of introducing bovine spongiform encephalopathy into the United States via live ruminants and ruminant products and byproducts, and added Canada to this category. APHIS also established conditions for the importation of certain live ruminants and ruminant products and byproducts from such regions. In this document, APHIS is clarifying its intent with regard to certain provisions in the final rule and is correcting several inconsistencies within the rule. These technical amendments will clarify the regulations.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 12991 (March 15, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the Karnal bunt regulations regarding the requirements that must be met in order for a field or area to be removed from the list of regulated areas.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 12992 (March 15, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the pine shoot beetle regulations by adding counties in Illinois, Indiana, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin to the list of quarantined areas. In addition, the interim rule designated the States of New Hampshire and Vermont, in their entirety, as quarantined areas based on their decision to no longer enforce intrastate movement restrictions.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 11175 (March 6, 2006) (notice). The United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, is announcing a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 12302 (March 10, 2006) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 2). The Conference Committee Report accompanying the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006, directed the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to develop appropriate regulations that allow for an open radio frequency identification technology microchip system that would enable a scanner to read all microchips used for the identification of pets. In addition, APHIS has received a petition from the Coalition for Reuniting Pets and Families requesting that it consider establishing a national identification standard for pets and publish a notice soliciting comments on the need for the adoption of ISO 11784 and 11785 as the national radio frequency technology standard for pets. APHIS is currently considering the direction given in the congressional report and the petitioners' request. This notice solicits public comment on potential changes to its regulations that would address the use of microchips for identifying animals covered under the Animal Welfare Act and advises the public that APHIS is hosting a series of informational meetings on that subject and the issues raised in the conference committee report and the petition.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 11288 (March 7, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the Karnal bunt regulations by adding certain areas in Maricopa and Pinal Counties, Arizona, to the list of regulated areas and by removing certain areas or fields in Maricopa County, Arizona, from the list of regulated areas. Those actions were necessary to prevent the spread of Karnal bunt into noninfected areas of the United States and to relieve restrictions on certain areas that were no longer necessary.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 11288 (March 7, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the regulations governing the importation of fruits and vegetables in order to allow certain types of peppers grown in approved registered production sites in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua to be imported, under certain conditions, into the United States without treatment.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 11373 (March 7, 2006) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s Animal Care program will host a meeting to present current information on the enforcement of the Horse Protection Act and provide a forum for horse industry members and other interested persons to comment on the Horse Protection Program, development of the HPA Operating Plan for 2007 and beyond, and other Horse Protection matters. This notice provides the meeting’s agenda, location, and date.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 10924 (March 3, 2006) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is reopening the comment period for our proposed rule that would amend the fruits and vegetables regulations to list a number of fruits and vegetables from certain parts of the world as eligible, under specified conditions, for importation into the United States.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 10951 (March 3, 2006) (notice). This notice makes available a document describing how an animal identification number (AIN) may be used in conjunction with official identification devices in the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). The document includes performance and printing requirements for visual identification tags with AINs and provides an explanation of the process by which these AIN tags will be authorized for use in the NAIS. Performance standards for radio frequency identification tags or devices that may be used on cattle or bison to supplement visual AIN tags are also presented. Finally, the document describes the AIN Management System, a Web-based system for distributing and administering AINs in the NAIS, and discusses the roles and responsibilities of key participants in the system.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 10605 (March 2, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is correcting an error in the amendatory instructions in its final rule that removed the Plant Protection and Quarantine Treatment Manual from the list of materials incorporated by reference and added treatment schedules and related requirements from that document to our phytosanitary treatments regulations.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 71634 (March 2, 2006) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that it has prepared an environmental assessment concerning authorization to ship for the purpose of field testing, and then to field test, an unlicensed Marek’s Disease-Newcastle Disease Vaccine, Serotypes 2 and 3, Live Virus, Live Marek’s Disease Vector.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 9978 (February 28, 2006) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Parts 319, 330, and 340). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is reopening the comment period for its proposed rule that would make several changes to the nursery stock regulations.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 8563 (February 17, 2006) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that it has prepared a draft Exotic Fruit Fly Strategic Plan for fiscal years 2006 through 2010.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 8201 (February 16, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the Oriental fruit fly regulations by removing a portion of Los Angeles County, California, from the list of quarantined areas and removing restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from that area.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 7401 (February 13, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 94). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the regulations concerning the importation of animals and animal products by adding Kazakhstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine to the list of regions in which highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) subtype H5N1 is considered to exist.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 7393 (February 13, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the Mediterranean fruit fly regulations by adding portions of Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and Santa Clara Counties, California, to the list of quarantined areas and restricting the interstate movement of regulated articles from those areas.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 7503 (February 13, 2006) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that an environmental assessment has been prepared for a proposed field trial of pink bollworm genetically engineered to express green fluorescence as a marker.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 7104 (February 13, 2006) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that an environmental assessment has been prepared for a proposed field trial using three transgenic grass lines. The trial consists of tall fescue plants that are genetically engineered for hygromycin resistance and that express the marker beta-glucuronidase, Italian ryegrass plants that are genetically engineered for hygromycin resistance, and Italian ryegrass plants that are genetically engineered to lower the expression of the pollen allergen gene, Lol p1, and that are also hygromycin resistant and express the marker beta-glucuronidase.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 6011 (February 6, 2006) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to amend the regulations governing the importation of fruits and vegetables in order to allow pink and red tomatoes grown in approved registered production sites in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama to be imported into the United States without treatment.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 5777 (February 3, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending the black stem rust quarantine and regulations by changing the movement restrictions in order to allow clonally propagated offspring of rust-resistant Berberis cultivars to move into or through a protected area without completing a 2-year growth period. APHIS is also adding 13 varieties to the list of rust-resistant Berberis species.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 4810 (January 30, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 94). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the regulations by adding Argentina to the list of regions considered free of exotic Newcastle disease. APHIS is also adding Argentina to the list of regions that, although declared free of exotic Newcastle disease, must provide an additional certification to confirm that any poultry or poultry products offered for importation into the United States originate in a region free of exotic Newcastle disease and that, prior to importation into the United States, such poultry or poultry products were not commingled with poultry or poultry products from regions where exotic Newcastle disease exists.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 4808 (January 30, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 77). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the bovine tuberculosis regulations regarding State and zone classifications by removing Minnesota from the list of accredited-free States and adding it to the list of modified accredited advanced States. This action is necessary to help prevent the spread of tuberculosis because Minnesota no longer meets the requirements for accredited-free State status.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 4451 (January 27, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Parts 301, 305, 318, and 319). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending its regulations by revising the approved doses for irradiation treatment of imported fruits and vegetables.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 2991 (January 19, 2006) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 78). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the brucellosis regulations concerning interstate movement of cattle by changing the classification of Idaho from Class Free to Class A.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 2902 (January 18, 2006) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that its Animal Care program will host a meeting to present current information on the enforcement of the Horse Protection Act and provide a forum for horse industry members and other interested persons to comment on the Horse Protection Program, development of the HPA Operating Plan for 2007 and beyond, and other Horse Protection matters.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 1985 (January 12, 2006) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 77). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to amend the regulations regarding tuberculosis in captive cervids by extending, from 2 years to 3, the term for which accredited herd status is valid and increasing by 12 months the interval for conducting the reaccreditation test required to maintain the accredited tuberculosis-free status of cervid herds. APHIS is also proposing to reduce, from three tests to two, the number of consecutive negative official tuberculosis tests required of all eligible captive cervids in a herd before a herd can be eligible for recognition as an accredited herd.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 1700 (January 11, 2006) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to amend the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation into the continental United States of fresh, dehusked immature (baby) sweet corn and fresh baby carrots from Zambia.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 1506 (January 10, 2006) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has prepared an environmental assessment for a field trial of genetically engineered strains of a bacterium, Erwinia carotovora, the causal agent of tuber soft rot disease in potato.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 905 (January 6, 2006) (notice). This notice announces that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service intends to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with requirements for recognizing the animal health status of foreign regions.       View this document.

71 Fed. Reg. 906 (January 6, 2006) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public of its determination that the Monsanto corn line designated as transformation event MON 88017, which has been genetically engineered for resistance to a corn rootworm complex and for tolerance to the herbicide glyphosate, is no longer considered a regulated article under our regulations governing the introduction of certain genetically engineered organisms.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 77069 (December 29, 2005) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to amend the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation into the continental United States of peppers from the Republic of Korea under certain conditions.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 76133 (December 23, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation of fragrant pears from China under certain conditions. This action will allow fragrant pears to be imported from China while continuing to provide protection against the introduction of plant pests into the United States.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 75967 (December 22, 2005) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service proposes to amend the fruits and vegetables regulations to list a number of fruits and vegetables from certain parts of the world as eligible, under specified conditions, for importation into the United States.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 74215 (December 15, 2005) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Parts 319, 330, and 340). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to amend the regulations on importing nursery stock to eliminate various restrictions on the importation of plants in vitro and kenaf seed; to establish programs for the importation of approved plants from the Canary Islands and from Israel; to require an additional declaration on the phytosanitary certificate accompanying blueberry plants imported from Canada; to require that phytosanitary certificates include the genus and species names of the restricted articles they accompany; to change the phytosanitary certificate requirements for several restricted articles; to reduce the postentry quarantine growing period for Hydrangea spp. and for certain chrysanthemums; and to update the list of ports of entry and Federal plant inspection stations, in addition to several other changes to update and clarify the regulations and improve their effectiveness.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 73905 (December 14, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 94). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the regulations governing the importation of meat and other edible animal products by allowing, under certain conditions, the importation of whole cuts of boneless beef from Japan.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 70553 (December 13, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the Karnal bunt regulations to make changes to the list of areas or fields regulated because of Karnal bunt, a fungal disease of wheat.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 72881 (December 8, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Parts 305 and 319). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the fruits and vegetables regulations to list a number of fruits and vegetables from certain parts of the world as eligible, under specified conditions, for importation into the United States.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 72068 (December 2, 2005) (final rule; correction) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is correcting an error in the amendatory instructions in its final rule that amended the provisions of a certification program for articles of Pelargonium spp. and Solanum spp. imported from countries where the bacterium Ralstonia solanacearum race 3 biovar 2 is known to occur.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 71213 (November 28, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Parts 93, 94, and 95). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending its regulations to broaden who is authorized to break seals on means of conveyances carrying certain ruminants of Canadian origin. Additionally, APHIS is amending the regulations regarding the transiting through the United States of certain ruminant products from Canada to allow for direct transloading of the products from one means of conveyance to another in the United States under Federal supervision.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 71211 (November 28, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the regulations regarding the importation of wheat and related articles by removing the prohibitions related to flag smut.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 67933 (November 9, 2005) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 93). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service proposes to amend the regulations regarding the importation of cattle from Mexico by adding San Luis, Arizona, as a port through which cattle that have been infested with fever ticks or exposed to fever ticks or tick-borne diseases may be imported into the United States. A new facility for the handling of animals is to be constructed on the Mexican side of the border at the port of San Luis, Arizona, that will be equipped with facilities necessary for the proper chute inspection, dipping, and testing that are required for such cattle under the regulations. APHIS also proposes to amend the regulations to remove provisions that limit the admission of cattle that have been infested with fever ticks or exposed to fever ticks or tick-borne diseases to the State of Texas and that prohibit the movement of such cattle into areas of Texas quarantined because of fever ticks.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 67375 (November 7, 2005) (proposed rule; correction) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is correcting two errors in a proposed rule that would amend the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow certain types of peppers grown in approved registered production sites in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua to be imported into the United States without treatment. The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on October 12, 2005 (70 FR 59283-59290, Docket No. 05- 003-1).       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 62230 (October 31, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the emerald ash borer regulations by adding areas in Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio to the list of areas quarantined because of emerald ash borer. This action is necessary to prevent the artificial spread of the emerald ash borer from infested areas in the States of Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio into noninfested areas of the United States.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 61935 (October 27, 2005) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request approval of a new information collection activity associated with a national animal identification system.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 61578 (October 25, 2005) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 94). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to amend the animal and animal product import regulations by adding provisions for the importation of cured or cooked shelf-stable meat derived from ruminants or swine that originate in a region where rinderpest or foot-and-mouth disease exists if the meat is cured or cooked in another region. This action would provide for the importation of these commodities while continuing to protect the U.S. ruminant and swine populations against incursions of rinderpest and foot-and-mouth disease.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 70649 (October 24, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the Asian longhorned beetle regulations by adding a portion of Middlesex and Union Counties, New Jersey, to the list of quarantined areas and restricting the interstate movement of regulated articles from those areas. APHIS is also removing the areas within Hudson County, New Jersey, from the list of quarantined areas and removing restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from those areas.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 61351 (October 24, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adopting as a final rule, with changes, an interim rule that amended the regulations by establishing a certification program for articles of Pelargonium spp. and Solanum spp. imported from countries where the bacterium Ralstonia solanacearum race 3 biovar 2 (R3B2) is known to occur. This certification program is necessary to prevent the introduction of this bacterial strain into the United States.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 61423 (October 24, 2005) (notice). In accordance with legislation implementing the results of the Uruguay Round of negotiations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is informing the public of international standard- setting activities of the World Organization for Animal Health, the Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention, and the North American Plant Protection Organization, and is soliciting public comment on the standards to be considered.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 61226 (October 21, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 77). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the bovine tuberculosis regulations regarding State and zone classifications by removing New Mexico from the list of modified accredited advanced States, adding portions of two counties in New Mexico to the list of modified accredited advanced zones, and adding the remainder of the State to the list of accredited-free zones.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 61025 (October 20, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 77). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the regulations by removing the two different definitions of affected herd and replacing them with a single, updated definition. This action is necessary to provide more clarity in the regulations and because the current definitions are out-of-date and inconsistent.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 59280 (October 11, 2005) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to amend the black stem rust quarantine and regulations by changing the movement restrictions in order to allow clonally propagated offspring of rust-resistant Berberis cultivars to move into or through a protected area without completing the currently required 2-year growth period.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 59283 (October 11, 2005) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to amend the regulations governing the importation of fruits and vegetables in order to allow certain types of peppers grown in approved registered production sites in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua to be imported into the United States without treatment.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 59312 (October 11, 2005) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that it is seeking information to develop an environmental impact statement as part of its consideration of a petition received from Monsanto Company and The Scotts Company. The petition requests a determination of nonregulated status for engineered creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera) that is glyphosate tolerant.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 58663 (October 7, 2005) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public of its determination that the Mycogen Seeds/Dow AgroSciences LLC and Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. corn designated as corn line DAS-59122-7, which has been genetically engineered for resistance to a corn rootworm complex and for tolerance to the herbicide glufosinate, is no longer considered a regulated article under its regulations governing the introduction of certain genetically engineered organisms.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 58664 (October 7, 2005) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service advising the public that it has prepared an environmental assessment for a field trial of genetically engineered strains of an endophytic fungus of perennial ryegrass, Neotyphodium sp. isolate Lp1. The fungi have been genetically engineered to disrupt the ergovaline synthesis pathway.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 58291 (October 6, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 77). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the bovine tuberculosis regulations to designate the Upper Peninsula of the State of Michigan as an accredited-free zone.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 97933 (October 5, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Parts 300, 301, 302, 305, 318, 319, 322, 330, 340, 351, 352, 353, 354, 360, 371, and 380; 9 C.F.R. Part 94). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the authority citations in title 7, chapter III, and title 9, part 94, to reflect the enactment of the Noxious Weed Control and Eradication Act of 2004 (Pub. L. 108-412, 118 Stat. 2320, 7 U.S.C. 7781-7786), which amended the Plant Protection Act.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 57994 (October 5, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 355). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the endangered species regulations concerning terrestrial plants by replacing all references to "general permits" with references to "protected plant permits."       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 58084 (October 5, 2005) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to amend the Karnal bunt regulations regarding the requirements that must be met in order for a field or area to be removed from the list of regulated areas.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 57486 (October 3, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 93). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the regulations regarding the importation of horses into the United States by requiring persons who cancel reservations for stall space at import quarantine facilities to notify APHIS earlier and by increasing the fee for canceling reservations.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 57122 (September 30, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the Mexican fruit fly regulations to provide for the use of irradiation as a treatment for fruits listed as regulated articles. APHIS is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended those regulations by removing a portion of San Diego County, California, from the list of quarantined areas.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 57121 (September 30, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the West Indian fruit fly regulations by removing grapefruit, sweet lime, sour orange, and sweet orange from the list of regulated articles.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 57206 (September 30, 2005) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to amend the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation, under certain conditions, of fresh commercial citrus fruit from approved areas of Peru into the United States.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 56641 (September 27, 2005) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that it has received a petition from Monsanto Company, seeking a determination of nonregulated status for corn designated as transformation event LY038, which has been genetically engineered to express a lysine-insensitive dihydrodipicolinate synthase (cDHDPS) enzyme, which allows for the accumulation of higher levels of lysine in the germ of the seed.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 55705 (September 23, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 371). This document delegates the authority given to the Secretary of Agriculture under the Noxious Weed Control and Eradication Act of 2004 to establish a program to provide financial and technical assistance to control or eradicate noxious weeds.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 55036 (September 20, 2005) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). This proposed rule reopens the comment period for the proposed rule that would amend the cut flowers regulations to establish specific requirements for the importation of cut flowers that are hosts of chrysanthemum white rust from countries where the disease is known to occur. APHIS also proposes to amend the nursery stock regulations to update lists of countries where CWR is known to occur. This action will allow interested persons additional time to prepare and submit comments.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 55101 (September 20, 2005) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will hold a public meeting concerning the animal movement tracking database component for the National Animal Identification System. The purpose of the meeting is to initiate dialogue about this initiative with industry stakeholders, including representatives of national organizations that represent livestock and poultry production sectors, livestock producers, and other interested individuals. This notice provides information on the discussion topics as well as the date, time, and place of the meeting.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 53313 (September 8, 2005) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 94). In a proposed rule published in the Federal Register on August 23, 2005, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service proposed to amend the regulations by adding Argentina to the list of regions considered free of exotic Newcastle disease and announced the availability of a qualitative evaluation regarding the exotic Newcastle disease status of Argentina. The proposed rule contained an incorrect Internet address and incomplete instructions on how to access the qualitative evaluation. This document corrects those errors.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 49200 (August 23, 2005) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 94). This Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to amend the regulations by adding Argentina to the list of regions considered free of exotic Newcastle disease.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 52158 (September 1, 2005) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 94). This proposed rule contains a correction to a previously issued proposed rule regarding the importation of whole cuts of boneless beef from Japan.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 48494 (August 18, 2005) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 94). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to amend the regulations governing the importation of meat and other edible animal products by allowing, under certain conditions, the importation of whole cuts of boneless beef from Japan. APHIS is proposing this action in response to a request from the Government of Japan and after conducting an analysis of the risk that indicates that such beef can be safely imported from Japan under the conditions described in this proposal.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 48517 (August 18, 2005) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection in support of the regulations issued under the Animal Welfare Act governing the humane handling, care, treatment, and transportation of certain animals by dealers, research institutions, exhibitors, carriers, and intermediate handlers.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 47784 (August 15, 2005) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection in support of the National Poultry Improvement Plan.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 47078 (August 12, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 78). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the brucellosis regulations concerning the interstate movement of swine by adding Florida to the list of validated brucellosis-free States.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 47078 (August 12, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 77). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is correcting an error in an interim rule that amended the bovine tuberculosis regulations regarding State and zone classifications. This interim rule was published in the Federal Register on July 22, 2005 (70 FR 42259-42261, Docket No. 04-068-1).       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 47168 (August 12, 2005) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that it has received a petition from Monsanto Company seeking a determination of nonregulated status for corn designated as transformation event MON 88017, which has been genetically engineered for resistance to a corn rootworm complex and for tolerance to the herbicide glyphosate.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 47169 (August 12, 2005) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that it has prepared an environmental assessment for a field trial of genetically engineered strains of an endophytic fungus of perennial ryegrass, Neotyphodium sp. isolate Lp1.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 47170 (August 12, 2005) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that it has prepared an environmental assessment for a field trial of genetically engineered strains of a bacterium, Erwinia carotovora, the causal agent of tuber soft rot disease in potato.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 45322 (August 5, 2005) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 3). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is notifying the public that it has received a petition requesting that specific standards be promulgated for the humane handling, care, treatment, and transportation of domestic ferrets.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 44222 (August 2, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the Karnal bunt regulations by adding certain areas in La Paz, Maricopa, and Pinal Counties, AZ, and Riverside County, CA, to the list of regulated areas and by removing certain areas or fields in Maricopa and Pinal Counties, AZ, and Imperial County, CA, from the list of regulated areas.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 43741 (July 29, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 77). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the bovine tuberculosis regulations regarding State and zone classifications by raising the designation of California from modified accredited advanced to accredited-free.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 43837 (July 29, 2005) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service advising the public that it is holding a public meeting to introduce, and obtain feedback on, one portion of our proposed ePermits system. This meeting will focus on applications and permits for transiting and importing plants and plant products, including propagative material, fruits and vegetables, logs and lumber, and material listed in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 43838 (July 29, 2005) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service advising the public that it is finalizing, with minor changes, a draft document that had been prepared by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to identify the smallest administrative jurisdictions within 11 Member States of the European Union that we would consider "regions" in the event of future animal disease outbreaks. The draft document referred to these jurisdictions as "administrative units" and also reevaluated the administrative units already identified for Italy.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 42259 (July 22, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 77). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the bovine tuberculosis regulations regarding State and zone classifications by removing New Mexico from the list of modified accredited advanced States, adding portions of two counties in New Mexico to the list of modified accredited advanced zones, and adding the remainder of the State to the list of accredited-free zones. View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 41608 (July 20, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Parts 93, 94, and 95). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the regulations concerning the importation of animals and animal products to prohibit or restrict the importation of birds, poultry, and unprocessed birds and poultry products from regions that have reported the presence of the H5N1 subtype of highly pathogenic avian influenza and to establish additional permit and quarantine requirements for U.S. origin pet birds and performing or theatrical birds and poultry returning to the United States.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 41679 (July 20, 2005) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public of its determination that cotton designated as transformation Event COT102, which has been genetically engineered for insect resistance, is no longer considered a regulated article under our regulations governing the introduction of certain genetically engineered organisms.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 41092 (July 15, 2005) (final rule; correction) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Parts 305 and 319). This final sets forth corrections to a previously published final rule regarding phytosanitary treatments.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 40879 (July 15, 2005) (final rule; correction) (7 C.F.R. Part 318 and 319). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is correcting errors in the amendatory instructions in our final rule that removed the Plant Protection and Quarantine Treatment Manual from the list of materials incorporated by reference and added treatment schedules and related requirements from that document to our phytosanitary treatments regulations. The final rule was effective and published in the Federal Register on June 7, 2005 (70 FR 33263-33326, Docket No. 02-019-1).       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 38091 (July 1, 2005) (notice). This notice announces that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service intends to request an extension of approval of an information collection in support of the regulations for the importation of pork-filled pasta products from regions affected with swine vesicular disease.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 38093 (July 1, 2005) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service intends to request an extension of approval of an information collection in support of the regulations for the interstate movement of animals affected with Johne's disease.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 38094 (July 1, 2005) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service advising the public that it has received a petition from Mycogen Seeds/Dow AgroScience LLC and Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc seeking a determination of nonregulated status for corn designated as corn line DAS-59122-7, which has been genetically engineered for resistance to a corn rootworm complex and for tolerance to the herbicide glufosinate.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 37429 (June 30, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending the Mexican fruit fly regulations by removing a provision that allows regulated articles to be moved interstate from a regulated area without a certificate or limited permit if they are moved into States other than commercial citrus-producing States. Additionally, APHIS is amending the regulations to remove references to quarantined States and to refer to regulated areas as quarantined areas, as well as other regulatory changes.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 37077 (June 28, 2005) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that it has prepared an environmental assessment and reached a finding of no significant impact for confined field tests of rice plants genetically engineered to express the protein lysozyme.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 37079 (June 28, 2005) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that it has prepared an environmental assessment and reached a finding of no significant impact for confined field tests of rice plants genetically engineered to express the protein lactoferrin.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 36809 (June 28, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service adopting as a final rule, without change, two interim rules regarding the Oriental fruit fly.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 36917 (June 28, 2005) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public of its determination that the Monsanto Company and Forage Genetics International alfalfa lines designated as events J101 and J163, which have been genetically engineered for tolerance to the herbicide glyphosate, are no longer considered regulated articles under its regulations governing the introduction of certain genetically engineered organisms.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 36322 (June 23, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 94). In an interim rule published in the Federal Register on May 10, 2004, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) amended the regulations concerning the importation of animals and animal products to prohibit or restrict the importation of birds, poultry, and bird and poultry products from regions that have reported the presence of the H5N1 subtype of highly pathogenic avian influenza and to establish additional permit and quarantine requirements for U.S. origin pet birds and performing or theatrical birds and poultry returning to the United States. In the preamble of the interim rule, APHIS specified that the additional restrictions in part 94 would apply only to unprocessed bird and poultry products, but mistakenly omitted the word "unprocessed" in the rule portion; in this document, APHIS is correcting this error.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 36330 (June 23, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Parts 301 and 305). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the phytosanitary treatments regulations to allow leaves of the California bay laurel to be treated with vacuum heat before being moved interstate from any area quarantined because of Phytophthora ramorum.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 36328 (June 23, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the citrus canker regulations by updating the list of areas in the State of Florida quarantined because of citrus canker.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 35617 (June 21, 2005) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is giving notice that the Secretary has renewed the Advisory Committee on Foreign Animal and Poultry Diseases for a 2-year period. The Secretary is soliciting nominations for membership for this Committee.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 35617 (June 21, 2005) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that the Plant Protection and Quarantine program of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will hold a meeting to exchange information and receive input on the proposed Phytosanitary Certificate Issuance and Tracking System, which will improve the efficiency of the Federal phytosanitary certificate issuance process.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 33803 (June 10, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 94). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the regulations concerning the importation of animals and animal products by adding Malaysia to the list of regions in which highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) subtype H5N1 is considered to exist.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 33857 (June 10, 2005) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Parts 301, 305, 318, and 319). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to amend the regulations to revise the approved doses for irradiation treatment of imported fruits and vegetables.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 33264 (June 7, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Parts 300, 301, 305, et al.) This final rule amends the plant health regulations by adding to 7 C.F.R. Part 305 treatment schedules and related requirements that now appear in the Plant Protection and Quarantine Treatment Manual and by removing the Plant Protection and Quarantine Treatment Manual from the list of material that is incorporated by reference into the regulations.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 32733 (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to amend the pine shoot beetle regulations to allow pine bark products to be moved interstate from quarantined areas during the shoot feeding stage (July 1 through October 31) of the pine shoot beetle's life cycle without treatment.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 31412 (June 1, 2005) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is giving notice that the Secretary of Agriculture has renewed the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Foreign Animal and Poultry Diseases for a 2-year period.       View this document.

69 Fed. Reg. 30329 (May 26, 2005) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending the pine shoot beetle regulations by adding counties in Illinois, Indiana, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. In addition, APHIS is designating the States of New Hampshire and Vermont, in their entirety, as quarantined areas based on their decision to no longer enforce intrastrate movement restrictions.       View this document.

69 Fed. Reg. 30410 (May 26, 2005) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with a national animal identification system.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 29579 (May 24, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 77). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending the regulations concerning tuberculosis in cattle and bison by reducing, from 6 months to 60 days, the period following a whole herd test during which animals may be moved interstate from a modified accredited State or zone or from an accreditation preparatory State or zone without an individual tuberculin test.       View this document.

69 Fed. Reg. 29212 (May 20, 2005) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is proposing to amend the regulations regarding the importation of wheat and related articles by removing the prohibitions related to flag smut. Based on a number of considerations, APHIS has concluded that U.S. wheat would not be at risk if those prohibitions were removed.       View this document.

69 Fed. Reg. 29629 (May 20, 2005) (notice). Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is extending the comment period for its notice of availability of a Draft Strategic Plan and a Draft Program Standards document for the National Animal Identification System.       View this document.

69 Fed. Reg. 25521 (May 13, 2005) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that it has revised an environmental assessment for confined field tests of rice plants genetically engineered to express the protein lactoferrin and has included information on an additional field test site.       View this document.

69 Fed. Reg. 22522 (May 13, 2005) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that it has revised an environmental assessment for confined field tests of rice plants genetically engineered to express the protein lysozyme and has included information on an additional field test site.       View this document.

69 Fed. Reg. 24498 (May 10, 2005) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that it has prepared an environmental assessment concerning authorization to ship for the purpose of field testing, and then to field test, an unlicensed Escherichia Coli Vaccine, Live Culture for use in chickens.       View this document.

69 Fed. Reg. 24297 (May 9, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adopting as a final rule, with changes, an interim rule that amended the Karnal bunt regulations to provide for the payment of compensation to custom harvesters for losses they incurred due to the requirement that their equipment be cleaned and disinfected after four counties in northern Texas were declared regulated areas for Karnal bunt during the 2000-2001 crop season.       View this document.

69 Fed. Reg. 23961 (May 6, 2005) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that a Draft Strategic Plan and a Draft Program Standards document for the National Animal Identification System are being made available for public review and comment.       View this document.

69 Fed. Reg. 23809 (May 5, 2005) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 94). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is advising the public that a risk analysis has been prepared by APHIS concerning the exotic Newcastle disease status of Denmark, and the related disease risks associated with importing poultry carcasses, parts or products of poultry carcasses, and eggs (other than hatching eggs) of poultry, game, or other birds from Denmark.       View this document.

69 Fed. Reg. 23009 (May 4, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 340). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended its regulations regarding genetically engineered organisms to require that introductions of plants genetically engineered to encode compounds for industrial use be conducted only under permit.       View this document.

69 Fed. Reg. 22588 (May 2, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 78). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending the brucellosis regulations concerning the interstate movement of swine by adding Florida to the list of validated brucellosis-free States.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg 21325 (April 26, 2005) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the West Indian fruit fly regulations by removing grapefruit, sweet lime, sour orange, and sweet orange from the list of regulated articles.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg 20733 (April 21, 2005)(notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that it has prepared a draft document that identifies the smallest administrative jurisdictions within 11 Member States of the European Union that it would consider "regions" in the event of future animal disease outbreaks.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg 20515 (April 20, 2005) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s intention to request approval of a new information collection activity, the National Chronic Wasting Disease 2005 Study.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg 20516 (April 20, 2005) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with proposed regulations for the payment of compensation in the event of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the United States.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg 20271 (April 19, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the Asian longhorned beetle regulations by adding portions of Middlesex and Union Counties, New Jersey, to the list of quarantined areas and restricting the interstate movement of regulated articles from those areas.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg 20347 (April 19, 2005) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with regulations to prevent the interstate spread of plant pests from Hawaii and U.S. territories.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg 20348 (April 19, 2005) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with regulations to prevent the interstate spread of plant diseases within the United States.       View this document.

69 Fed. Reg. 18352 (April 11, 2005) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that it will be holding two public scoping forums to promote further public involvement in the development of an environmental impact statement as part of our consideration of a petition received from Monsanto Company and The Scotts Company for a determination of nonregulated status for a glyphosate-tolerant creeping bentgrass.       View this document.

69 Fed. Reg. 19877 (April 15, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 77). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending the bovine tuberculosis regulations regarding State and zone classifications by raising the designation of California from modified accredited advanced to accredited-free. APHIS has determined that California meets the criteria for designation as an accredited-free State.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 17928 (April 8, 2005) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Parts 93, 94, and 98). APHIS is proposing to amend the regulations for importing animals and animal products into the United States to apply a uniform set of importation requirements related to classical swine fever to a region consisting of all of the 15 Member States of the European Union that comprised the EU as of April 30, 2004 and prohibit for a specified period of time the importation of live swine and swine products from any area in the EU-15 that is identified by the veterinary authorities of the region as a restricted zone.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 16341 (March 31, 2005) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). APHIS is proposing to amend the fruits and vegetables regulations to list a number of fruits and vegetables from certain parts of the world as eligible, under specified conditions, for importation into the United States.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 15563 (March 28, 2005) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 94). APHIS is amending the regulations by adding the Mexican States of Campeche, Quintana Roo, Sonora, and Yucatan to the lists of regions considered free of classical swine fever.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 15553 (March 28, 2005) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 94). APHIS is amending the Karnal bunt regulations to make changes to the list of areas or fields regulated because of Karnal bunt, a fungal disease of wheat.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 14437 (March 22, 2005) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with regulations for pork and poultry products from Mexico transiting the United States.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 13242 (March 18, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 331). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adopting as a final rule, with changes, an interim rule that established regulations governing the possession, use, and transfer of biological agents and toxins that have been determined to have the potential to pose a severe threat to public health and safety, to animal health, to plant health, or to animal or plant products.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 13159 (March 18, 2005) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request emergency approval of an information collection in support of a final rule published in today's issue of the Federal Register regarding the possession, use, and transfer of select agents and toxins.      View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 13007 (March 17, 2005) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public of its determination that the Monsanto and KWS SAAT AG sugar beet designated as event H7-1, which has been genetically engineered for tolerance to the herbicide glyphosate, is no longer considered a regulated article under its regulations governing the introduction of certain genetically engineered organisms.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 12814 (March 16, 2005) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 113). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is withdrawing a proposed rule to amend the Virus-Serum-Toxin Act regulations concerning Standard Requirements for Bovine Virus Diarrhea Vaccine, Killed Virus, and Bovine Rhinotracheitis Vaccine, Killed Virus.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 12813 (March 16, 2005) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 113). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is withdrawing a proposed rule to amend the Virus-Serum-Toxin Act regulations by adding a Standard Requirement for Escherichia coli bacterins.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 12438 (March 14, 2005) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s intention to initiate a new information collection activity to support the National Animal Health Monitoring System's national Equine 2005 study.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 12439 (March 14, 2005) (notice). 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 payment of indemnity due to infectious salmon anemia.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 12440 (March 14, 2005) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with regulations to prohibit the importation of used farm equipment from regions affected with foot-and-mouth disease unless the equipment has been steam-cleaned prior to export to the United States.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 12112 (March 11, 2005) (final rule )(to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Parts 94 and 95). The amendments in this final rule delay until further notice the applicability of certain provisions of the rule entitled "Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; Minimal-Risk Regions and Importation of Commodities," published in the Federal Register on January 4, 2005, 70 FR 460-553. That rule was scheduled to amend the regulations in 9 CFR parts 93, 94, 95, and 96, effective March 7, 2005, to establish a category of regions that present a minimal risk of introducing bovine spongiform encephalopathy into the United States via live ruminants and ruminant products and byproducts and to add Canada to this category. That rule included conditions for the importation of certain live ruminants and ruminant products from such regions.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 11886 (March 10, 2005) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 319). APHIS is extending the comment period for its advance notice of proposed rulemaking that solicited public comment on whether and how it should amend the regulations that govern the importation of nursery stock, also known as plants for planting.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 11886 (March 10, 2005) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with regulations for the importation of poultry meat and other poultry products from certain parts of Mexico into the United States.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 11111 (March 8, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the Oriental fruit fly regulations by removing a portion of Orange County, California, from the list of quarantined areas and by removing restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from that area.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 10861 (March 8, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the Oriental fruit fly regulations by removing a portion of Los Angeles County, California, from the list of quarantined areas and by removing restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from this area.       View this document.

70 Fed. Reg. 10337 (March 3, 2005) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). APHIS is amending the emerald ash borer regulations by adding areas in Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio to the list of areas quarantined because of emerald ash borer.

70 Fed. Reg. 8762 (February 23, 2005) (notice). APHIS is advising the public that it has prepared an environmental assessment for a confined field planting of rice plants genetically engineered to express the protein lysozyme. This environmental assessment is available for public review and comment.

70 Fed. Reg. 8763 (February 23, 2005) (notice). APHIS is advising the public that it has prepared an environmental assessment for a confined field planting of rice plants genetically engineered to express the protein lactoferrin. This environmental assessment is available for public review and comment.

70 Fed. Reg. 5601(February 3, 2005) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is is advising the public that it is reopening the comment period for a petition from Monsanto Company and Forage Genetics International that seeks a determination of nonregulated status for alfalfa designated as events J101 and J163, which have been genetically engineered for tolerance to the herbicide glyphosate.

70 Fed. Reg. 5043 (February 1, 2005) (proposed rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 94). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the regulations concerning the importation of animals and animal products by adding Malaysia to the list of regions in which highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype H5N1 is considered to exist. APHIS is taking this action because there has been an outbreak of HPAI subtype H5N1 in Malaysia. This action is necessary to prevent the introduction of HPAI subtype H5N1 into the United States.

70 Fed. Reg. 4003 (January 28, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 7 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services is amending the Asian longhorned beetle regulations by adding portions of Middlesex and Union Counties, New Jersey, to the list of quarantined areas and restricting the interstate movement of regulated articles from those areas. This action is necessary to prevent the artificial spread of the Asian longhorned beetle into noninfested areas of the United States.

70 Fed. Reg. 4085 (January 28, 2005) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has received a petition from Syngenta Seeds, Inc., seeking a determination of nonregulated status for cotton designated as transformation Event COT102, which has been genetically engineered for insect resistance.

70 Fed. Reg. 3507 (January 25, 2005) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's Animal Care program will host a meeting to present current information on the enforcement of the Horse Protection Act and provide a forum for listening to concerns from horse industry members and other interested persons about the Horse Protection Program.

70 Fed. Reg. 2602 (January 14, 2005) (notice). This notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with regulations regarding the issuance of phytosanitary certificates for plants or plant products being exported to foreign countries.

70 Fed. Reg. 2603 (January 14, 2005) (notice). 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 Application for Inspection and Certification of Animal Byproducts.

70Fed. Reg. 460 (January 4, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Parts 93, 94, 95, and 96). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the regulations regarding the importation of animals and animal products to establish a category of regions that present a minimal risk of introducing bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) into the United States via live ruminants and ruminant products and byproducts, and is adding Canada to this category. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is also establishing conditions for the importation of certain live ruminants and ruminant products and byproducts from such regions. These actions will continue to protect against the introduction of BSE into the United States while removing unnecessary prohibitions on the importation of certain commodities from minimal-risk regions for BSE, currently only Canada.

70 Fed. Reg. 249 (January 4, 2005) (final rule) (to be codified at 9 C.F.R. Part 301). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the emerald ash borer regulations by adding areas in Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio to the list of areas quarantined because of emerald ash borer.

70 Fed. Reg. 554 (January 4, 2005) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that it has prepared an environmental assessment relative to a final rule published in today's issue of the Federal Register to amend the regulations regarding the importation of animals and animal products to recognize, and add Canada to, a category of regions that present a minimal risk of introducing bovine spongiform encephalopathy into the United States via live ruminants and ruminant products. The rule also sets out conditions under which certain live ruminants and ruminant products and byproducts may be imported from such regions.

70 Fed. Reg. 701 (January 4, 2005) (notice). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public of our determination that the Monsanto Company cotton designated as MON 88913, which has been genetically engineered for tolerance to the herbicide glyphosate, is no longer considered a regulated article under our regulations governing the introduction of certain genetically engineered organisms.