0579-AE44 201804 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0579 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service APHIS 0500 Department of Agriculture USDA Importation of Peppers From the Republic of Korea; Change in Mesh Screening Size

We are proposing to amend the regulations that allow the importation of peppers from the Republic of Korea to increase the mesh size of the screening over vent openings from 0.6 mm to 1.6 mm, and to require the use of colored sticky traps as an additional measure for pest monitoring. We have determined that, when used alongside other mitigations in the regulations, there is no additional pest risk related to the change in mesh size. This action would modify the conditions under which peppers from the Republic of Korea may be imported into the continental United States while continuing to protect against the introduction of quarantine pests.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No Deregulatory 7 CFR 319 7 U.S.C. 450 7 U.S.C. 7701 to 7772 7 U.S.C. 7781 to 7786 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a No NPRM 05/00/2018 Additional information about APHIS and its programs is available on the Internet at http://www.aphis.usda.gov. Undetermined Federal No No Yes Carol Kreger Regulatory Policy Specialist, PPQ 0579 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service APHIS 301 851-2356 4700 River Road, Unit 133, Riverdale MD 20737