The Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to remove entirely any restrictions on the importation of cut flowers of the genera Chrysanthemum, Leucanthemella, and Nipponanthemum from countries in which chrysanthemum white rust is known to exist. APHIS has prepared an analysis that evaluates the effectiveness of the current regulatory requirements in addressing the spread of CWR and examines possible economic impacts associated with removing these requirements.
In addition, APHIS is proposing to adopt a notice-based process for changes to the import requirements for cut flowers that it says would quicken response time to emerging or changing pest situations regarding such imports. Under this proposal APHIS would remove requirements for the importation of specific types of cut flowers from its regulations and instead list them in the Agricultural Commodity Import Requirements database. Any updates to these requirements would then occur through a noticed-based process rather than rulemaking.
Finally, APHIS is proposing to allow (1) Chrysanthemum spp. and synonymous species cuttings and in vitro plantlets imported under a systems approach from 20 countries into the continental U.S. and (2) Chrysanthemum spp. and synonymous species cuttings, in vitro plantlets, and plants with roots imported from Canada.
Comments on these proposals are due by June 16.
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