APS LEGISLATIVE ALERT EMAIL

Date: March 25, 2004

To: U.S. APS Members

From: APS Public Policy Board

Subject: APHIS Seeks Comments

The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Seeks Public Comments by April 12, 2004 on a draft document entitled “Status of Scientific Evidence on Risks Associated with the Introduction into the Continental United States of Phakopsora pachyrhizi with Imported Soybean Grain, Seed and Meal.” An electronic copy of the draft is posted at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/ep/soybean_rust/sbr_riskevidoc2_23_04.pdf. Complete information can be found at
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/14mar20010800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/04-5628.htm.