Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 27/09/1996

Plant Pest Regulations; Review of Current Provisions

We are soliciting public comment on several issues pertaining to our current regulations regarding the importation and interstate movement of plant pests. Specifically, we are seeking public comment on the criteria used to determine whether an organism is a plant pest; what types of direct and indirect injury or damage to plants and plant products should be regulated; how to facilitate the interstate movement and use of biological control organisms; and how to best evaluate the safety of proposed releases into the environment of organisms with plant pest characteristics. The information gathered through this advance notice of proposed rulemaking will be used by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service as we consider the need for regulatory changes and weigh alternative methods of addressing plant pest risk as it pertains to the importation, interstate movement, and release into the environment of plant pest or potential plant pest organisms.