Notice2023-12295
Notice of Decision To Authorize the Importation of Phalaenopsis spp. Orchid Plants for Planting in Approved Growing Media From the Republic of Costa Rica Into the United States
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Published
June 8, 2023
Issuing agencies
Agriculture DepartmentAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Abstract
We are advising the public of our decision to authorize the importation into the United States, including territories, of Phalaenopsis spp. orchid plants for planting in approved growing media from the Republic of Costa Rica. As a condition of entry, Phalaenopsis spp. orchid plants in approved growing media from the Republic of Costa Rica will have to meet all relevant requirements included in the U.S. Department of Agriculture Plants for Planting Manual and detailed in a bilateral workplan. This action will allow for the importation of Phalaenopsis spp. orchid plants for planting from the Republic of Costa Rica in approved growing media while providing protection against the introduction of plant pests.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 110 (Thursday, June 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37506-37507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12295]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2019-0015]
Notice of Decision To Authorize the Importation of Phalaenopsis
spp. Orchid Plants for Planting in Approved Growing Media From the
Republic of Costa Rica Into the United States
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: We are advising the public of our decision to authorize the
importation into the United States,
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including territories, of Phalaenopsis spp. orchid plants for planting
in approved growing media from the Republic of Costa Rica. As a
condition of entry, Phalaenopsis spp. orchid plants in approved growing
media from the Republic of Costa Rica will have to meet all relevant
requirements included in the U.S. Department of Agriculture Plants for
Planting Manual and detailed in a bilateral workplan. This action will
allow for the importation of Phalaenopsis spp. orchid plants for
planting from the Republic of Costa Rica in approved growing media
while providing protection against the introduction of plant pests.
DATES: The plants for planting covered by this notice may be authorized
for importation after June 8, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Indira Singh, Agriculturist, Pest
Exclusion and Import Programs, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133,
Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; (301) 851-2020; <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#630a0d070a11024d100a0d040b23161007024d040c15"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="deb7b0bab7acbff0adb7b0b9b69eabadbabff0b9b1a8">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Under the regulations in ``Subpart H--Plants for Planting'' (7 CFR
319.37-1 through 319.37-23, referred to below as the regulations), the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits or restricts the importation
of plants for planting (including living plants, plant parts, seeds,
and plant cuttings) to prevent the introduction of quarantine pests
into the United States. Quarantine pest is defined in Sec. 319.37-2 as
a plant pest or noxious weed that is of potential economic importance
to the United States and not yet present in the United States, or
present but not widely distributed and being officially controlled. In
accordance with Sec. 319.37-20, APHIS may impose quarantines and other
restrictions on the importation of specific types of plants for
planting. These restrictions are listed in the USDA Plants for Planting
Manual.\1\
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\1\ <a href="https://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plants/manuals/ports/downloads/plants_for_planting.pdf">https://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plants/manuals/ports/downloads/plants_for_planting.pdf</a>.
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Section 319.37-10 restricts the importation of plants for planting
in approved growing media, with exceptions. Paragraph (d) of Sec.
319.37-10 states that certain types of plants for planting, as listed
in the USDA Plants for Planting Manual, may be imported when they are
established in a growing medium approved by the Administrator and
produced in accordance with additional requirements specified in the
manual.
On March 3, 2020, we published in the Federal Register (85 FR
12441-12442, Docket No. APHIS-2019-0015) a notice \2\ proposing to
authorize the importation of Phalaenopsis spp. orchid plants from the
Republic of Costa Rica in approved growing media into the United
States, including territories, subject to all relevant requirements
included in the USDA Plants for Planting Manual and in a bilateral
workplan agreed to between APHIS and the national plant protection
organization (NPPO) of the Republic of Costa Rica.
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\2\ To view the notice and supporting documents, go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/docket/APHIS-2019-0015">https://www.regulations.gov/docket/APHIS-2019-0015</a>.
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We solicited comments concerning our proposal for 60 days ending
May 4, 2020. We did not receive any comments.
Therefore, in accordance with the regulations in Sec. 319.37-
10(d), we are announcing our decision to authorize the importation into
the United States, including territories, of Phalaenopsis spp. orchid
plants for planting in approved growing media from the Republic of
Costa Rica subject to the phytosanitary measures listed in the risk
management document that accompanied the initial notice. We are adding
these phytosanitary measures to the USDA Plants for Planting Manual.
Paperwork Reduction Act
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), the burden requirements included in this notice are
covered under the Office of Management and Budget control number 0579-
0049.
E-Government Act Compliance
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is committed to
compliance with the E-Government Act to promote the use of the internet
and other information technologies, to provide increased opportunities
for citizen access to Government information and services, and for
other purposes. For information pertinent to E-Government Act
compliance related to this notice, please contact Mr. Joseph Moxey,
APHIS' Paperwork Reduction Act Specialist, at (301) 851-2483.
Congressional Review Act
Pursuant to the Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.),
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs designated this rule
as not a major rule, as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1633, 7701-7772, and 7781-7786; 21 U.S.C. 136
and 136a; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3.
Done in Washington, DC, this 5th day of June 2023.
Michael Watson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-12295 Filed 6-7-23; 8:45 am]
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