Senior Agriculturalist, Permitting and Compliance Coordination, PPQ

0579-AD44 201804 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0579 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service APHIS 0500 Department of Agriculture USDA Lacey Act Implementation Plan: De Minimis Exception

The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 amended the Lacey Act to provide, among other things, that importers submit a declaration at the time of importation for certain plants and plant products. The declaration requirements of the Lacey Act became effective on December 15, 2008, and enforcement of those requirements is being phased in. We are proposing to establish an exception to the declaration requirement for products containing a minimal amount of plant materials.

]]> Other Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No Deregulatory 7 CFR 357 16 U.S.C. 3371 et seq. Yes ANPRM 06/30/2011 76 FR 38330 ANPRM Comment Period End 08/29/2011 NPRM 05/00/2018 Additional information about APHIS and its programs is available on the Internet at http://www.aphis.usda.gov. No None No No No Yes 0579-AE36 Related to Parul Patel Senior Agriculturalist, Permitting and Compliance Coordination, PPQ 0579 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service APHIS 301 851-2351 4700 River Road, Unit 60, Riverdale MD 20737-1231