[pbs] Fwd: Importation of Plants for Planting; Establishing a Category of Plants for Planting Not Authorized for Importation Pending Pest Risk Analysis - Proposed rule
Adam Fikso
adam14113 at ameritech.net
Thu Jul 23 17:39:01 EDT 2009
It surely could be a problem. A plant that's invasive ihn Florida can
barely survive in the Chicago area, or be grown only in a greenhouse., If
this isn't taken account of --the effort is stupid--example: Bomarea
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee Poulsen" <wpoulsen at pacbell.net>
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs at lists.ibiblio.org>;
<IBSMEMBERS at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 2:03 PM
Subject: [pbs] Fwd: Importation of Plants for Planting; Establishing a
Category of Plants for Planting Not Authorized for Importation Pending Pest
Risk Analysis - Proposed rule
>I just got this notice. Is this proposed new category and rules
> something we should be worried about? It kind of sounds like a good
> effort to control the entry of potential new weeds or pests. On the
> other hand, would it make it inordinately difficult to import something
> that we all know is perfectly safe?
>
> --Lee Poulsen
> Pasadena, California, USDA Zone 10a
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Importation of Plants for Planting; Establishing a Category of
> Plants for Planting Not Authorized for Importation Pending Pest Risk
> Analysis - Proposed rule
> Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:31:24 -0400
> From: PPQ_Stakeholder_Registry at aphis.usda.gov
> To: wpoulsen at pacbell.net
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> Greetings PPQ Stakeholders,
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> You are receiving this email alert because you signed up
> with USDA-APHIS-PPQ's Stakeholders' Registry to receive
> information related to the importation of plants. If you
> would like to have your name removed from the
> Stakeholders Registry list please send an email to
> Linda.Toran at aphis.usda.gov. If you would like to make a
> change in your topics of interest please go to:
> https://web01.aphis.usda.gov/PPQStakeWeb2.nsf.
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> We are proposing to establish a new category of regulated
> articles in the regulations governing the importation of
> nursery stock, also known as plants for planting. This
> category would list taxa of plants for planting whose
> importation is not authorized pending pest risk analysis.
> If scientific evidence indicated that the taxon of plants
> for planting is a potential quarantine pest or a
> potential host of a quarantine pest, we would publish a
> notice that would announce our determination that the
> taxon is a potential quarantine pest or a potential host
> of a quarantine pest, cite the scientific evidence we
> considered in making this determination, and give the
> public an opportunity to comment on our determination.
> If we received no comments that changed our
> determination, the taxon would subsequently be added to
> the new category.
>
> APHIS will consider all comments received on this Docket
> No. APHIS-2006-0011 on or before October 21, 2009.
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> For additional information go to:
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> http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2006-0011
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