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Respondents: Operators of
nongovernment facilities who wish to
be accredited to perform laboratory
testing or phytosanitary inspection
services in connection with APHIS’
export certification program and certain
employees of such nongovernment
facilities.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 15.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 5.8.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 87.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 300 hours. (Due to
averaging, the total annual burden hours
may not equal the product of the annual
number of responses multiplied by the
reporting burden per response.)
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
also become a matter of public record.
Done in Washington, DC, this 8th day of
August 2007.
Cindy Smith,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E7–15804 Filed 8–10–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2007–0059]
Secretary’s Advisory Committee on
Foreign Animal and Poultry Diseases
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We are giving notice that the
Secretary of Agriculture intends to
reestablish the Secretary’s Advisory
Committee on Foreign Animal and
Poultry Diseases for a 2-year period. The
Secretary of Agriculture has determined
that the Committee is necessary and in
the public interest.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Bethany O’Brien, Acting Director of
Outreach and Liaisons, Emergency
Management and Diagnostics, VS,
APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 41,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; (301) 734–
8073.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of the Secretary’s Advisory
Committee on Foreign Animal and
Poultry Diseases is to advise the
Secretary of Agriculture regarding
program operations and measures to
suppress, control, or eradicate an
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outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, or
other destructive foreign animal or
poultry disease, in the event these
diseases should enter the United States.
The Committee also advises the
Secretary of Agriculture of means to
prevent these diseases.
Done in Washington, DC, this 7th day of
August 2007.
Gilbert Smith,
Acting Assistant Secretary for
Administration.
[FR Doc. E7–15819 Filed 8–10–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2007–0112]
Availability of a Draft Pest Risk
Assessment for Lemons From
Argentina
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of availability and
request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We are advising the public
that a draft pest risk assessment has
been prepared by the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service relative to our
consideration of a request to allow the
importation into the continental United
States of fresh lemons from Argentina.
We are making this draft pest risk
assessment available to the public for
review and comment.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before October 12,
2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov, select
‘‘Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service’’ from the agency drop-down
menu, then click ‘‘Submit.’’ In the
Docket ID column, select APHIS–2007–
0112 to submit or view public
comments and to view supporting and
related materials available
electronically. Information on using
Regulations.gov, including instructions
for accessing documents, submitting
comments, and viewing the docket after
the close of the comment period, is
available through the site’s ‘‘User Tips’’
link.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Please send four copies of your
comment (an original and three copies)
to Docket No. APHIS–2007–0112,
Regulatory Analysis and Development,
PPD, APHIS, Station 3A–03.8, 4700
PO 00000
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River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD
20737–1238. Please state that your
comment refers to Docket No. APHIS–
2007–0112.
Reading Room: You may read any
comments that we receive on the draft
pest risk assessment in our reading
room. The reading room is located in
room 1141 of the USDA South Building,
14th Street and Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC. Normal reading
room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except
holidays. To be sure someone is there to
help you, please call (202) 690–2817
before coming.
Other Information: Additional
information about APHIS and its
programs is available on the Internet at
https://www.aphis.usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Juan Roman, Import Specialist, PPQ,
APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1237; (301) 734–
8758.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The regulations in ‘‘Subpart-Fruits
and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56 through
319.56–46, referred to below as the
regulations) prohibit or restrict the
importation of fruits and vegetables into
the United States from certain parts of
the world to prevent the introduction
and dissemination of plant pests that are
new to or not widely distributed within
the United States.
The Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) is
considering a request to amend the
regulations to allow the importation of
fresh lemons from Argentina into the
continental United States. We have
prepared a draft pest risk assessment
entitled ‘‘Risk Assessment for the
Importation of Fresh Lemon (Citrus
limon (L.) Burm. F.) Fruit from
Northwest Argentina into the
Continental United States’’ (August
2007) in order to consider the pest risks
associated with the importation of fresh
lemons from Argentina into the
continental United States. We are
making the draft pest risk assessment
available to the public for review and
comment.
The draft pest risk assessment may be
viewed on the Regulations.gov Web site
or in our reading room (see ADDRESSES
above for instructions for accessing
Regulations.gov and information on the
location and hours of the reading room).
You may request paper copies of the
draft pest risk assessment by calling or
writing to the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Please
refer to the title of the draft pest risk
assessment when requesting copies.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2007-0059]
Secretary's Advisory Committee on Foreign Animal and Poultry
Diseases
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: We are giving notice that the Secretary of Agriculture intends
to reestablish the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Foreign Animal and
Poultry Diseases for a 2-year period. The Secretary of Agriculture has
determined that the Committee is necessary and in the public interest.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Bethany O'Brien, Acting Director
of Outreach and Liaisons, Emergency Management and Diagnostics, VS,
APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 41, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 734-
8073.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Secretary's Advisory
Committee on Foreign Animal and Poultry Diseases is to advise the
Secretary of Agriculture regarding program operations and measures to
suppress, control, or eradicate an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease,
or other destructive foreign animal or poultry disease, in the event
these diseases should enter the United States. The Committee also
advises the Secretary of Agriculture of means to prevent these
diseases.
Done in Washington, DC, this 7th day of August 2007.
Gilbert Smith,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-15819 Filed 8-10-07; 8:45 am]
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