APS REGULATORY ALERT

USDA APHIS extending comment period citrus canker quarantine and interstate movement, USDA APHIS confirmed Plum Pox Virus in New York and Michigan and has triggered a Declaration of Extraordinary Emergency, EPA announced Reregistration Eligibility Decision for products containing inorganic sulfites
Date: May 31, 2007

The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is extending its comment period on a rule amendment for citrus canker quarantine regulations that explicitly prohibit, with limited exceptions, the interstate movement of regulated nursery stock from a quarantined area. Comments Due By: June 11, 2007. http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E7-9898.htm

The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has confirmed Plum Pox Virus in New York and Michigan and has triggered a Declaration of Extraordinary Emergency by USDA. The eradication program will involve removal of all infected and host trees within 500 meters, conducting delimiting and detection surveys to ensure no additional infestations, and establishing appropriate safeguards to ensure additional spread of plum pox virus does not occur. This declaration is effective May 18, 2007. See the May 23, 2007 Federal Register. http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E7-10044.htm

EPA has announced the availability of the Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED); the EPA has determined that the data base to support reregistration is substantially complete and that products containing inorganic sulfites will be eligible for reregistration, provided the risks are mitigated either in the manner described in the RED or by another means that achieves equivalent risk reduction. Comments Due By: July 23, 2007 See the May 23, 2007 Federal Register. http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E7-9835.htm