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New rules for importing Nursery Stock

From: "Marge Talt" mtalt at hort.net> on 2005.02.25 at 08:36:22(12728)
> For those of you not on Alpine-L, I'm taking the liberty of
> forwarding this message from Joyce Fingerut, past president of
NARGS
+More
> Anybody who is interested in importing plants needs to go wade
> through this document and comment on it, either via email, on the
web
> site and/or via snail mail to USDA and, if you're in the US, your
> local congressional/senate representatives.
>
> Not much time left...cut off date for comments is March 10.
>
> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> mtalt@hort.net
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> > From: Joyce Fingerut
> >
> > Just a gentle nudge, for those of you interested in ever bringing
> > plants, bulbs or seeds into the US. The deadline for comments on
> the
> > proposed changes in the import regulations is March 10th. The
USDA
> is
> > considering major changes to the import regs, including possibly
> adding
> > a requirement for Pest Risk Assessments (PRAs) before new taxa
can
> be
> > imported.
> >
> > Go to:
> > http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/webrepor/ppq.html
> > and then scroll down to the Nursery Stock Regulations [Docket No.
> > 03-069-1] dated December 10, 2004.
> >
> > Please take the time to read their proposals carefully and
respond
> to
> > their requests for comments and suggestions. Plant lovers need to
> make
> > their concerns known! The Agency can't know what you want unless
> you
> > tell them; APHIS is waiting to hear from you.
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