[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 85 (Friday, May 2, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 23425]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-10875]
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Proposed Rules
Federal Register
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these
notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.
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Federal Register / Vol. 68, No. 85 / Friday, May 2, 2003 / Proposed
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
7 CFR Part 360
[Docket No. 02-067-2]
Noxious Weeds; Cultivars of Kikuyu Grass
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking; reopening of comment
period.
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SUMMARY: We are reopening the comment period for our advance notice of
proposed rulemaking in which we solicited data regarding research or
studies on cultivars of kikuyu grass, especially data concerning
potential invasiveness in the United States of cultivars of kikuyu
grass. This action will allow interested persons additional time to
prepare and submit comments.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive regarding Docket
No. 02-067-1 on or before May 16, 2003.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by postal mail/commercial delivery
or electronically. If you use postal mail/commercial delivery, please
send four copies of your comment (an original and three copies) to:
Docket No. 02-067-1, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS,
Station 3C71, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238.
Please state that your comment refers to Docket No. 02-067-1. If you
wish to submit electronic comments, please visit the Internet Web site
http://comments.aphis.usda.gov and follow the instructions there.
You may read any comments that we receive on this docket in our
reading room, or online at http://comments.aphis.usda.gov. Electronic
comments will be posted to this Web site immediately after receipt, and
postal mail/commercial delivery comments will be scanned and posted to
the Web site within a few days after receipt. The reading room is
located in room 1141 of the USDA South Building, 14th Street and
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC. Normal reading room hours are
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. To be sure
someone is there to help you, please call (202) 690-2817 before coming.
APHIS documents published in the Federal Register, and related
information, including the names of organizations and individuals who
have commented on APHIS dockets, are available on the Internet at
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/webrepor.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Michael A. Lidsky, Esq., Assistant
Director, Regulatory Coordination, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit
141, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; (301) 734-5762.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 10, 2003, we published in the Federal Register (68 FR
6653-6655, Docket No. 02-067-1) an advance notice of proposed
rulemaking in which we announced that we are considering whether we
should remove Whittet and AZ-1, two cultivars of kikuyu grass, from the
list of noxious weeds. In that document, we solicited data regarding
research or studies on cultivars of kikuyu grass, especially data
concerning potential invasiveness in the United States of cultivars of
kikuyu grass, in order to help us make a scientifically sound decision.
Comments on the advance notice of proposed rulemaking were required
to be received on or before April 11, 2003. We are reopening the
comment period for Docket No. 02-067-1 for an additional 14 days from
the date of this notice. This action will allow interested persons
additional time to prepare and submit comments. We will also consider
all comments received between April 12, 2003 (the day after the close
of the original comment period) and the date of this notice.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7711-7714, 7718, 7731, 7751, and 7754; 7 CFR
2.22, 2.80, and 371.3.
Done in Washington, DC, this 29th day of April 2003.
Peter Fernandez,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 03-10875 Filed 5-1-03; 8:45 am]
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