[APWG] REQUEST: New APHIS category NAPRA announced in Federal Register (comments requested)

[Wayne Tyson]

In those halcyon days of the future, perhaps there will be a total ban on 
importation of alien plants and animals.

WT


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Olivia Kwong" <plant at plantconservation.org>
To: <native-plants at lists.plantconservation.org>; 
<apwg at lists.plantconservation.org>
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 6:03 AM
Subject: [APWG] REQUEST: New APHIS category NAPRA announced in Federal 
Register (comments requested)


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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>
> Attached please find the 2009 Federal Register notice for "Importation
> of Plants for Planting; Establishing a Category of Plants for Planting
> not Authorized for Importation Pending Pest Risk Analysis."  The
> regulation will alter what can and cannot be brought into the US from
> offshore by adding a new category of plants for planting: Not authorized
> pending pest risk assessment (NAPRA).
>
> Most on this distribution list are aware that  USDA APHIS has been in
> the process of rewriting Q-37 rules for several years. This new
> category, NAPRA, was a concept they have discussed for a long time as a
> means to allow them to tighten regulations around 1) problem plants
> (read potential invasives) and 2) plants that may serve as a host for or
> harbor quarantine pests (insect/disease). The how's and whys of NAPRA
> are included in the Federal Register notice that appeared yesterday and
> is attached.  Comments will be accepted through October 21.


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