[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 251 (Tuesday, December 31, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 79660]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-31192]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. APHIS-2013-0047]


Enhancing Agricultural Coexistence; Extension of Comment Period

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: We are extending the comment period for a request for 
information soliciting comments on ways to foster communication and 
collaboration among those involved in diverse agricultural production 
systems in order to further agricultural coexistence. This action will 
allow interested persons additional time to prepare and submit 
comments.

DATES: The comment period for the notice published on November 4, 2013 
(78 FR 65960) is extended. We will consider all comments that we 
receive on or before March 4, 2014.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0047-0001.
     Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to 
Docket No. APHIS-2013-0047, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, 
APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-
1238.
    Supporting documents and any comments we receive on this docket may 
be viewed at http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2013-
0047 or in our reading room, which 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) 799-7039 before coming.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Meghan Klingel, Acting Advisor for 
State and Stakeholder Relations, Office of the Deputy Administrator, 
LPA, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 51, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 
851-4055, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 4, 2013, we published in the 
Federal Register (78 FR 65960-65962, Docket No. APHIS-2013-0047) a 
notice seeking comment on how the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 
can best foster communication and collaboration among those involved in 
diverse agricultural systems on the topic of coexistence as well as how 
USDA can best communicate and collaborate with those entities.
    Comments on the notice were required to be received on or before 
January 3, 2014. We are extending the comment period on Docket No. 
APHIS-2013-0047 for an additional 60 days. This action will allow 
interested persons additional time to prepare and submit comments.

    Done in Washington, DC, this 23rd day of December 2013.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-31192 Filed 12-30-13; 8:45 am]
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