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USDA/APHIS RIN: 0579-AD01 Publication ID: Fall 2010 
Title: Wood-Packaging Material Used in Domestic Commerce 
Abstract: This document solicited public comment on regulatory options that could be applied to wood-packaging material (e.g., crates, dunnage, wooden spools, pallets, packing blocks) used in domestic commerce to decrease the risk of the artificial spread of plant pests such as the emerald ash borer and the Asian longhorned beetle. These and other plant pests that could be transported interstate by wood-packaging material pose a serious threat to U.S. agriculture and to natural, cultivated, and urban forests. We also announced our intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) on various potential pest mitigation measures and opened a public scoping period for the EIS. 
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously 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 7701 to 7772    7 USC 7781 to 7786   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
ANPRM  08/27/2009  74 FR 43643   
ANPRM Comment Period End  10/26/2009    
Withdrawn: No Action Anticipated Within the Next 12 Months  08/18/2010    
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: None 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Paul Chaloux
National Program Manager, Emergency and Domestic Programs, PPQ
Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
4700 River Road, Unit 137,
Riverdale, MD 20737-1236
Phone:301 851-2064