Re: [aroid-l] Comments on small lot seed imports - U. S.

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

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