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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2008–0058]
Notice of Request for Extension of
Approval of an Information Collection;
Importation of Fruits and Vegetables
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Extension of approval of an
information collection; comment
request.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service’s intention to
request an extension of approval of an
information collection associated with
regulations for the importation of fruits
and vegetables.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before July 8,
2008.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/
component/
main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS2008-0058 to submit or view comments
and to view supporting and related
materials available electronically.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Please send two copies of your comment
to Docket No. APHIS–2008–0058,
Regulatory Analysis and Development,
PPD, APHIS, Station 3A–03.8, 4700
River Road, Unit 118, Riverdale, MD
20737–1238. Please state that your
comment refers to Docket No. APHIS–
2008–0058.
Reading Room: You may read any
comments that we receive on this
docket 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: For
information on regulations for the
importation of fruits and vegetables,
contact Ms. Donna L. West, Senior
Import Specialist, Commodity Import
Analysis and Operations, PPQ, APHIS,
4700 River Road, Unit 133, Riverdale,
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MD 20737–1231; (301) 734–8758. For
copies of more detailed information on
the information collection, contact Mrs.
Celeste Sickles, APHIS’ Information
Collection Coordinator, at (301) 734–
7477.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Importation of Fruits and
Vegetables.
OMB Number: 0579–0264.
Type of Request: Extension of
approval of an information collection.
Abstract: As authorized by the Plant
Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.)
(PPA), the Secretary of Agriculture may
prohibit or restrict the importation,
entry, exportation, or movement in
interstate commerce of any plant, plant
product, biological control organism,
noxious weed, means of conveyance, or
other article if the Secretary determines
that the prohibition or restriction is
necessary to prevent a plant pest or
noxious weed from being introduced
into or disseminated within the United
States. This authority has been
delegated to the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS),
which administers regulations to
implement the PPA.
The regulations in Subpart—Fruits
and Vegetables (7 CFR 319.56–1 through
319.56–47) allow a number of fruits and
vegetables to be imported into the
United States, under specified
conditions, from certain parts of the
world. Importation of a variety of fruits
and vegetables from Central America,
South America, Belgium, China, the
Dominican Republic, Jamaica,
Jerusalem, Mexico, the Netherlands, and
Trinidad and Tobago requires the use of
certain information collection activities,
including phytosanitary certificates,
fruit fly monitoring records, and
cooperative agreements.
We are asking the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve our use of these information
collection activities for an additional 3
years.
The purpose of this notice is to solicit
comments from the public (as well as
affected agencies) concerning this
information collection activity. These
comments will help us:
(1) Evaluate whether the information
collection is necessary for the proper
performance of our agency’s functions,
including whether the information will
have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our
estimate of the burden of the
information collection, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
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(4) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, through use, as
appropriate, of automated, electronic,
mechanical, and other collection
technologies, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Estimate of burden: The public
reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average
0.2557172 hours per response.
Respondents: Growers, shippers, and
national plant protection organizations.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 15.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 32.06666.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 481.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 123 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 5th day of
May 2008.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2008–0065]
Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk
Analysis for Importation of Dragon
Fruit From Vietnam Into the
Continental United States
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We are advising the public
that we have prepared a pest risk
analysis that evaluates the risks
associated with the importation into the
continental United States of dragon fruit
from Vietnam. Based on that analysis,
we believe that the application of one or
more designated phytosanitary
measures will be sufficient to mitigate
the risks of introducing or disseminating
plant pests or noxious weeds via the
importation of dragon fruit from
Vietnam. We are making the pest risk
analysis available to the public for
review and comment.
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We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before July 8,
2008.
DATES:
You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/
component/
main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS2008-0065 to submit or view comments
and to view supporting and related
materials available electronically.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Please send two copies of your comment
to Docket No. APHIS–2008–0065,
Regulatory Analysis and Development,
PPD, APHIS, Station 3A–03.8, 4700
River Road, Unit 118, Riverdale, MD
20737–1238. Please state that your
comment refers to Docket No. APHIS–
2008–0065.
Reading Room: You may read any
comments that we receive on this
docket 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.
Alex Belano, Import Specialist,
Commodity Import Analysis and
Operation Staff, PPQ, APHIS, 4700
River Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD
20737–1231; (301) 734–5333.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
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Background
Under the regulations in ‘‘SubpartFruits and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56
through 319.56–47, referred to below as
the regulations), the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of
the U.S. Department of Agriculture
prohibits or restricts the importation of
fruits and vegetables into the United
States from certain parts of the world to
prevent plant pests from being
introduced into and spread within the
United States.
Section 319.56–4 contains a
performance-based process for
approving the importation of
commodities that, based on the findings
of a pest risk analysis, can be safely
imported subject to one or more of the
designated phytosanitary measures
listed in paragraph (b) of that section.
These measures are:
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• The fruits or vegetables are subject
to inspection upon arrival in the United
States and comply with all applicable
provisions of § 319.56–3;
• The fruits or vegetables are
imported from a pest-free area in the
country of origin that meets the
requirements of § 319.56–5 for freedom
from that pest and are accompanied by
a phytosanitary certificate stating that
the fruits or vegetables originated in a
pest-free area in the country of origin;
• The fruits or vegetables are treated
in accordance with 7 CFR part 305;
• The fruits or vegetables are
inspected in the country of origin by an
inspector or an official of the national
plant protection organization of the
exporting country, and have been found
free of one or more specific quarantine
pests identified by the risk analysis as
likely to follow the import pathway;
and/or
• The fruits or vegetables are a
commercial consignment.
APHIS received a request from the
Government of Vietnam to allow the
importation of dragon fruit from
Vietnam into the continental United
States. We have completed a pest risk
assessment to identify pests of
quarantine significance that could
follow the pathway of importation into
the United States and, based on that
pest risk assessment, have prepared a
risk management analysis to identify
phytosanitary measures that could be
applied to the commodity to mitigate
the pest risk. We have concluded that
dragon fruit can be safely imported into
the continental United States from
Vietnam using one or more of the five
designated phytosanitary measures
listed in § 319.56–4(b). Therefore, in
accordance with § 319.56–4(c), we are
announcing the availability of our pest
risk analysis for public review and
comment. The pest risk analysis 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
pest risk analysis by calling or writing
to the person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT. Please refer to the
subject of the pest risk analysis when
requesting copies.
After reviewing the comments we
receive, we will announce our decision
regarding the import status of dragon
fruit from Vietnam in a subsequent
notice. If the overall conclusions of the
analysis and the Administrator’s
determination of risk remain unchanged
following our consideration of the
comments, then we will begin issuing
permits for importation of dragon fruit
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from Vietnam into the continental
United States subject to the
requirements specified in the risk
management analysis.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450, 7701–7772, and
7781–7786; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 7 CFR
2.22, 2.80, and 371.3.
Done in Washington, DC, this 5th day of
May 2008.
Cindy Smith,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Natural Resources Conservation
Service
Conservation Security Program;
Correction
Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS) and
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC),
USDA.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice; Extension
SUMMARY: NRCS and CCC published in
the Federal Register on April 10, 2008,
(73 FR 19456), a document stating
‘‘Notice of the Conservation Security
Program, (CSP–08–01) sign up.’’ This
notice extends the sign-up period end
date from May 16, 2008, to May 30,
2008, in the SUMMARY and
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION sections of
the previously published document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dwayne Howard, Branch Chief—
Stewardship Programs, Financial
Assistance Programs Division, NRCS,
Post Office Box 2890, Washington, DC
20013–2890; telephone: (202) 720–1845;
fax: (202) 720–4265. Submit via e-mail
to: dwayne.howard@wdc.usda.gov, with
subject line of ‘‘Attention: Conservation
Security Program.’’
Signed in Washington, DC, on April 30,
2008.
Arlen L. Lancaster,
Chief, Natural Resources Conservation
Service, Vice President, Commodity Credit
Corporation.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2008-0065]
Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk Analysis for Importation of
Dragon Fruit From Vietnam Into the Continental United States
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: We are advising the public that we have prepared a pest risk
analysis that evaluates the risks associated with the importation into
the continental United States of dragon fruit from Vietnam. Based on
that analysis, we believe that the application of one or more
designated phytosanitary measures will be sufficient to mitigate the
risks of introducing or disseminating plant pests or noxious weeds via
the importation of dragon fruit from Vietnam. We are making the pest
risk analysis available to the public for review and comment.
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DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before July
8, 2008.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://
www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/
main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2008-0065 to submit or view comments and
to view supporting and related materials available electronically.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Please send two copies of
your comment to Docket No. APHIS-2008-0065, Regulatory Analysis and
Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118,
Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. Please state that your comment refers to
Docket No. APHIS-2008-0065.
Reading Room: You may read any comments that we receive on this
docket 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. Alex Belano, Import Specialist,
Commodity Import Analysis and Operation Staff, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River
Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 734-5333.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Under the regulations in ``Subpart-Fruits and Vegetables'' (7 CFR
319.56 through 319.56-47, referred to below as the regulations), the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture prohibits or restricts the importation of
fruits and vegetables into the United States from certain parts of the
world to prevent plant pests from being introduced into and spread
within the United States.
Section 319.56-4 contains a performance-based process for approving
the importation of commodities that, based on the findings of a pest
risk analysis, can be safely imported subject to one or more of the
designated phytosanitary measures listed in paragraph (b) of that
section. These measures are:
The fruits or vegetables are subject to inspection upon
arrival in the United States and comply with all applicable provisions
of Sec. 319.56-3;
The fruits or vegetables are imported from a pest-free
area in the country of origin that meets the requirements of Sec.
319.56-5 for freedom from that pest and are accompanied by a
phytosanitary certificate stating that the fruits or vegetables
originated in a pest-free area in the country of origin;
The fruits or vegetables are treated in accordance with 7
CFR part 305;
The fruits or vegetables are inspected in the country of
origin by an inspector or an official of the national plant protection
organization of the exporting country, and have been found free of one
or more specific quarantine pests identified by the risk analysis as
likely to follow the import pathway; and/or
The fruits or vegetables are a commercial consignment.
APHIS received a request from the Government of Vietnam to allow
the importation of dragon fruit from Vietnam into the continental
United States. We have completed a pest risk assessment to identify
pests of quarantine significance that could follow the pathway of
importation into the United States and, based on that pest risk
assessment, have prepared a risk management analysis to identify
phytosanitary measures that could be applied to the commodity to
mitigate the pest risk. We have concluded that dragon fruit can be
safely imported into the continental United States from Vietnam using
one or more of the five designated phytosanitary measures listed in
Sec. 319.56-4(b). Therefore, in accordance with Sec. 319.56-4(c), we
are announcing the availability of our pest risk analysis for public
review and comment. The pest risk analysis 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 pest risk analysis by calling or writing to the person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Please refer to the subject of
the pest risk analysis when requesting copies.
After reviewing the comments we receive, we will announce our
decision regarding the import status of dragon fruit from Vietnam in a
subsequent notice. If the overall conclusions of the analysis and the
Administrator's determination of risk remain unchanged following our
consideration of the comments, then we will begin issuing permits for
importation of dragon fruit from Vietnam into the continental United
States subject to the requirements specified in the risk management
analysis.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450, 7701-7772, and 7781-7786; 21 U.S.C. 136
and 136a; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3.
Done in Washington, DC, this 5th day of May 2008.
Cindy Smith,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E8-10442 Filed 5-8-08; 8:45 am]
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