By the way, they have an email address for comment. If you don't comment, better not complain if it doesn't meet your expectations.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Davis Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 9:00 AM To: 'the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD)' Subject: RE: [OGD] RE: seeds/phytosanitary changes Hi, I followed your link and low and behold, look, the US gov. is asking for input on a rules change. SUMMARY: We are proposing to amend the nursery stock regulations to allow the importation of small lots of seed under an import permit with specific conditions, as an alternative to the current phytosanitary certificate requirement. This proposed change is necessary because several entities that import small lots of seed-individual importers, horticultural societies, arboreta, and small businesses--have had difficulty obtaining the necessary certificates and have been adversely affected by the phytosanitary certificate requirement. The proposed change would make it feasible for those entities to import small lots of seed and would ensure prompt and consistent service for such importers while continuing to protect against the introduction of plant pests into the United States and providing the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service with necessary information about the quality, quantity, and diversity of the imported material. DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before June 28, 2004. We blast the gov. all the time. Looks like it's not all stupid, unhearing and uncaring. Frankly I've been amazed that something so big works at all. I've been in tiny companies that have imploded because they couldn't handle the growth to a few hundred people. Stephen Davis www.carnivorousplants.homestead.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of K Barrett Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 8:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [OGD] RE: seeds/phytosanitary changes Before we start yammering about phytosanitary regulations and seeds remember: Tell the USDA! No one here has any power to change *anything*! Weighing in on this issue here without also telling the USDA is no better than flapping your gums on one of those TV pundit shows. Sound and fury signifying nothing. The .pdf file on this subject can be read at: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/webrepor/ppq.html and LO AND BEHOLD! They have an email address for you to address your concerns. Used to be that you had to write them, now they'll take an email as long as you put the docket # in the subject line. (yes, you have to use the subject line...) AND you have to sign your email. So read the freaking file and tell the USDA what you think. Then come back here and tell us how you gave them what for in your email to them, not the reverse. Better yet, CC the ogd in your email to the government. I'd love to read what you said. K Barrett N Calif, USA _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar get it now! http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/
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