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OGC-99-2 1 (1998-10-02)

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GAO            United States
               General Accounting Office
               Washington, D.C. 20548

               Office of the General Counsel


               B-281084



               October 2, 1998

               The Honorable Richard G. Lugar
               Chairman
               The Honorable Tom Harkin
               Ranking Minority Member
               Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
               United States Senate

               The Honorable Robert F. Smith
               Chairman
               The Honorable Charles W. Stenholm
               Ranking Minority Member
               Committee on Agriculture
               House of Representatives

               Subject: Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service:
                         Solid Wood Packing Material From China

                Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on
                a major rule promulgated by the Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant
                Health Inspection Service (APHIS), entitled Solid Wood Packing Material From
                China (RIN: 0579-AB01). We received the rule on September 18, 1998. It was
                published in the Federal Register as a interim rule on September 18, 1998. 63 Fed.
                Reg. 50100.

                The interim rule amends the APHIS rules for importing logs, lumber, and other
                unmanufactured wood articles by adding treatment and document requirements for
                solid wood packing material imported from China. The rule requires that wooden
                pallets, crating, dunnage, and other wood packing material imported into the United
                States from China will have to be heat-treated, fumigated, or treated with
                preservatives prior to departure from China. According to APHIS, the action is
                necessary to control the risk that such material could introduce dangerous plant
                pests into the United States.


GAO/OGC-99-2

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