We are advising the public that a pest risk assessment and an environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact have been prepared by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service relative to a request to allow the interstate movement of garbage from Hawaii to a landfill in the State of Washington. The pest risk assessment evaluates

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's 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

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are giving notice of a meeting of the General Conference Committee of the National Poultry Improvement Plan.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are extending the comment period for our 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 cottonproducing States. This action will allow interested persons

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 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. This notice identifies potential issues and alternatives that will be studied in the

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are 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. Some of the fruits and vegetables are already eligible for importation under permit, but are not specifically listed in the regulations. All of the fruits and

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are 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. We are taking this action because demand for quarantine services for horses exceeds the space available at existing facilities. This proposed rule replaces a

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are proposing to amend the brucellosis regulations in order to facilitate research to be conducted on brucellosisexposed or infected animals. Under the current regulations, such research could adversely affect a State's brucellosis classification. For example, the criteria for achieving and maintaining Class Free status provide that all cattle

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are 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. As a condition of entry, the oranges would have to be prepared for shipping using packinghouse procedures that include culling of damaged or

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are advising the public of our 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

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are issuing this notice to inform producers and users of veterinary biological products, and other interested individuals, that we will be holding our 14th public meeting to discuss regulatory and policy issues related to the manufacture, distribution, and use of veterinary biological products. We are planning the meeting agenda and are

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 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 our sterile fruit fly programs and emergency needs. APHIS recognizes the need to maintain a

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Correction

In rule document E68465 beginning on page 31069 in the issue of Thursday, June 1, 2006, make the following corrections:

Sec. 94.9 [Corrected]

1. On page 31069, in the third column, in Sec. 94.9(a), in the last line, footnote indicator ``\1\ '' should read ``\10\''.

2. On the same page, in the same column, in the same

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are amending the Karnal bunt regulations to remove certain areas or fields in Maricopa and Pinal Counties, AZ, and Archer, Baylor, Knox, McCulloch, San Saba, Throckmorton, and Young Counties, TX, from the list of regulated areas based on our determination that those fields or areas meet our criteria for release from regulation. This action is

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We 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

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are extending the comment period for our notice that announced the receipt of three petitions requesting that we 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. This action will

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are 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. As a result of this action, the interstate movement of regulated articles from those areas will

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are amending the Oriental fruit fly regulations by adding a portion of San Bernardino County, CA, to the list of quarantined areas and restricting the interstate movement of regulated articles from that area. We are also amending the definitions of the terms core area and day degrees and adding jujube (Ziziphus spp.) to the list of articles

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are proposing to amend the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation into the continental United States of mangoes from India under certain conditions. As a condition of entry, the mangoes would have to undergo irradiation treatment and be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate with additional declarations providing

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 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. Any interested person can register for the electronic discussion, which

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to initiate a new information collection activity associated with the Agency's Animal Care program. The activity involves surveying customers to determine the effectiveness of Animal Care's educational and

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are reopening the comment period for our proposed rule that would remove several restrictions regarding the identification of animals and the processing of ruminant materials from BSE minimalrisk regions, as well as BSEbased restrictions on gelatin derived from bovine hides. This action will allow interested persons additional time to prepare

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has prepared a sitespecific environmental assessment and a pest risk assessment relative to a request to allow the interstate movement of garbage from Hawaii to a landfill in the State of Washington. The environmental assessment contains a general assessment of the

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request a reinstatement of an information collection to support the National Animal Health Monitoring System's national Dairy 2007 Study.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with regulations for the importation of clementines, marndarins, and tangerines from Chile.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service