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USDA/APHIS

RIN: 0579-AC87

Publication ID: Spring 2009

Title: ●Importation of Ash Plants
Abstract: This rulemaking will amend the regulations governing the importation of nursery stock to prohibit or restrict the importation of ash (Fraxinus spp.) plants for planting, except seed, from all foreign countries except for certain areas in Canada that are not regulated areas for emerald ash borer. This action was necessary to prevent further introductions of emerald ash borer into the United States and to prevent the artificial spread of this destructive plant pest.
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 7 CFR 301
Legal Authority: 7 USC 450 7 USC 7701 to 7772 7 USC 7781 to 7786 21 USC 136 and 136a

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
Interim Final Rule	09/23/2008	73 FR 54665
Interim Final Rule Effective	09/23/2008
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End	11/24/2008
Final Action	12/18/2008	73 FR 76863

Additional Information: Additional information about APHIS and its programs is available on the Internet at http://www.aphis.usda.gov.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State
Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest.
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Arnold T. Tschanz Senior Plant Pathologist, Plant Health Programs, PPQ Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Unit 141, 4700 River Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231 Phone:301 734-0627