Comment Letter on APHIS' Withdrawal of its Interim Rule Regarding Agricultural Inspection User Fees

On December 16, 2009, the organizations below sent USDA Secretary Tom Vilsak a consensus letter on USDA APHIS’ withdrawal of its interim rule regarding agricultural quarantine inspection user fees.

• American Forest Foundation
• American Nursery and Landscape Association
• California Association of Nurseries and Garden Centers
• California Forest Pest Council
• The Davey Institute
• California Center for Urban Horticulture, UC Davis
• Florida Nursery, Growers & Landscape Association
• Greenspacethe -  Cambria Land Trust
• National Association of State Departments of Agriculture
• National Association of State Foresters
• National Plant Board
• The Nature Conservancy
• New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
• Department of Entomology, Purdue University
• Society of American Florists
• Union of Concerned Scientists
• Center for Invasive Species & Ecosystem Health, The University of Georgia
• Valent USA Corporation

To view the letter, click here.