Comments on small lot seed imports - U. S.

From: "G. D. M." <doji at interpac.net> on 2004.05.01 at 07:10:54(11462) ----------------------------------------------- We are proposing to amend the nursery stock regulations to allow the importation of small lots of seed under an import permit with specific conditions, as an alternative to the current phytosanitary certificate requirement. This proposed change is necessary because several entities that import small lots of seed-individual importers, horticultural societies, arboreta, and small businesses have had difficulty obtaining the necessary certificates and have been adversely affected by the phytosanitary certificate requirement. +More We will consider all comments that we receive on or before June 28, 2004. -------------------------------------------------------- USDA-APHIS RIN: 0579-AB78 Importation of Small Lots of Seed Without Phytosanitary Certificates -- APHIS Docket No. 02-119-1 STAGE: Proposed Rule ECONOMICALLY SIGNIFICANT: No RECEIVED: 02/23/2004 LEGAL DEADLINE: None COMPLETED: 04/19/2004 Consistent w/no change http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/library/OMBREGSC.html#USDA Please write with your opinion. Obscure items such as this often go the way that people on the staff think for lack of public input. Gary

From: Betsy Feuerstein <ecuador at midsouth.rr.com> on 2004.05.01 at 16:55:00(11464) Just a suggestion. When you wish for someone to send a response to the Department of Agriculture...... an address might be the stimulus to a greater response, along with to the attention of whom. Issue certainly has warrant for most of us. If someone comes up with an address, please post it. +More "G. D. M." wrote: > >From the Pacific Bulb Society's mailing lists that I received today is the following letter that could be of benefit to us all in the U. S. > > ----------------------------------------------- > We are proposing to amend the nursery stock regulations to allow the > importation of small lots of seed under an import permit with specific > conditions, as an alternative to the current phytosanitary certificate > requirement. This proposed change is necessary because several entities > that import small lots of seed-individual importers, horticultural > societies, arboreta, and small businesses have had difficulty obtaining the > necessary certificates and have been adversely affected by the phytosanitary > certificate requirement. > > We will consider all comments that we receive on or before June 28, 2004. > -------------------------------------------------------- > USDA-APHIS RIN: 0579-AB78 > Importation of Small Lots of Seed Without Phytosanitary > Certificates -- APHIS Docket No. 02-119-1 > STAGE: Proposed Rule ECONOMICALLY SIGNIFICANT: No > RECEIVED: 02/23/2004 LEGAL DEADLINE: None > COMPLETED: 04/19/2004 Consistent w/no change > > > http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/library/OMBREGSC.html#USDA > > Please write with your opinion. Obscure items such as this often go the way that people on the staff think for lack of public input. > > Gary

From: "G. D. M." <doji at interpac.net> on 2004.05.01 at 18:18:18(11465) > >From the Pacific Bulb Society's mailing lists that I received today is the following letter that could be of benefit to us all in the U. S. In the above reference, I did not mean to say that the new regulation would only be a benefit, there are also down sides to the way it is written. As I stated on another list "this looks like it was written by bean counters, not bean growers". +More I have also wallowed through all of the references contained in the proposal, and if you would like, I can post their web addresses to save others time. To go directly to the proposal: http://www.regulations.gov/freddocs/04-09716.htm Sorry if I gave the impression that we all should approve this proposal. There is another, now permanent regulation, involving Japanese beetles that was adopted because of only ONE comment in agreement, no opposition, with the proposal and that was made by a state agency. We are heard, and maybe listened to, when we do comment. Gary

From: "Tropical Plant Resource" <Tropicals at SolutionsAnalysis.net> on 2004.05.01 at 20:46:41(11466) THANK YOU GARY. Well worth the read...Christian AlterNative Solutions Tropical / Desert Plant Resource http://www.solutionsanalysis.net/cgi-bin/store/agora.cgi +More -----Original Message----- Behalf Of G. D. M. Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 2:18 PM To: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu Subject: [aroid-l] Comments on small lot seed imports - U. S. ----- Original Message ----- To: Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 9:10 PM Subject: [aroid-l] Comments on small lot seed imports - U. S. > >From the Pacific Bulb Society's mailing lists that I received today is the following letter that could be of benefit to us all in the U. S. In the above reference, I did not mean to say that the new regulation would only be a benefit, there are also down sides to the way it is written. As I stated on another list "this looks like it was written by bean counters, not bean growers". I have also wallowed through all of the references contained in the proposal, and if you would like, I can post their web addresses to save others time. To go directly to the proposal: http://www.regulations.gov/freddocs/04-09716.htm Sorry if I gave the impression that we all should approve this proposal. There is another, now permanent regulation, involving Japanese beetles that was adopted because of only ONE comment in agreement, no opposition, with the proposal and that was made by a state agency. We are heard, and maybe listened to, when we do comment. Gary

From: "G. D. M." <doji at interpac.net> on 2004.05.01 at 20:50:48(11467) Dear Betsy, You are absolutely correct. Thanks for the suggestion. Another reference in the proposal gives this address for a form to submit comments. No particular name is given, but at the bottom of the proposal is the name Bill Hawks, Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs. I doubt he has ever seen or read the document, just assigns to his staff and then signs for the hundreds of papers that pass over his desk every year. Comments form http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/cominst.html Original proposal http://www.regulations.gov/freddocs/04-09716.htm Gary

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