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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
(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
0.9615384 hours per response.
Respondents: Importers, exporters,
and foreign national plant protection
organizations.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 960.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 2.16666.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 2,080.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 2,000 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 15th day of
December 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–2008–0084]
Notice of Decision to Issue Permits for
the Importation of Fresh White
Asparagus From Senegal 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 of
our decision to begin issuing permits for
the importation into the continental
United States of fresh white asparagus
from Senegal. Based on the findings of
a pest risk analysis, which we made
available to the public for review and
comment through a previous notice, 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 fresh white asparagus
from Senegal.
DATES:
Effective Date: December 19,
2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
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Shirley Wager Page, Branch Chief,
Commodity Import Analysis and
Operations Staff, PPQ, APHIS, 4700
River Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD
20737–1231; (301) 734–8758.
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 of the regulations
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.
Under that process, APHIS publishes a
notice in the Federal Register
announcing the availability of the pest
risk analysis that evaluates the risks
associated with the importation of a
particular fruit or vegetable. Following
the close of the 60-day comment period,
APHIS may begin issuing permits for
importation of the fruit or vegetable
subject to the identified designated
measures if: (1) No comments were
received on the pest risk analysis; (2)
the comments on the pest risk analysis
revealed that no changes to the pest risk
analysis were necessary; or (3) changes
to the pest risk analysis were made in
response to public comments, but the
changes did not affect the overall
conclusions of the analysis and the
Administrator’s determination of risk.
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In accordance with that process, we
published a notice 1 in the Federal
Register on August 18, 2008 (73 FR
48189–48190, Docket No. APHIS–2008–
0084), in which we announced the
availability, for review and comment, of
a pest risk analysis that evaluates the
risks associated with the importation
into the continental United States of
fresh white asparagus from Senegal. We
solicited comments on the notice for 60
days ending on October 17, 2008. We
received one comment by that date,
from a State department of agriculture.
The commenter agreed that the
mitigation measures described in the
pest risk analysis would be adequate.
Therefore, in accordance with the
regulations in § 319.56–4(c)(2)(ii), we
are announcing our decision to begin
issuing permits for the importation into
the continental United States of fresh
white asparagus from Senegal subject to
the following phytosanitary measures:
• Each shipment of white asparagus
must be accompanied by a
phytosanitary certificate bearing the
following additional declaration: ‘‘The
white asparagus in this consignment has
been inspected and found free of
Cochliobolus pallescens (Curvulaia
pallescens).’’ The phytosanitary
certificate with the additional
declaration must be issued by the
national plant protection organization of
Senegal.
• Each shipment is subject to
inspection upon arrival in the United
States.
• The white asparagus must be a
commercial consignment as defined in 7
CFR 319.56–2.
These conditions will be listed in the
Fruits and Vegetables Import
Requirements database (available at
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/favir). In
addition to those specific measures, the
fresh white asparagus will be subject to
the general requirements listed in
§ 319.56–3 that are applicable to the
importation of all fruits and vegetables.
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 15th day of
December 2008.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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go to https://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/
component/main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS2008-0084.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2008-0084]
Notice of Decision to Issue Permits for the Importation of Fresh
White Asparagus From Senegal 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 of our decision to begin issuing
permits for the importation into the continental United States of fresh
white asparagus from Senegal. Based on the findings of a pest risk
analysis, which we made available to the public for review and comment
through a previous notice, 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 fresh white asparagus from Senegal.
DATES: Effective Date: December 19, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Shirley Wager Pag[eacute], Branch
Chief, Commodity Import Analysis and Operations Staff, PPQ, APHIS, 4700
River Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 734-8758.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 of the regulations 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. Under that process, APHIS publishes a notice in
the Federal Register announcing the availability of the pest risk
analysis that evaluates the risks associated with the importation of a
particular fruit or vegetable. Following the close of the 60-day
comment period, APHIS may begin issuing permits for importation of the
fruit or vegetable subject to the identified designated measures if:
(1) No comments were received on the pest risk analysis; (2) the
comments on the pest risk analysis revealed that no changes to the pest
risk analysis were necessary; or (3) changes to the pest risk analysis
were made in response to public comments, but the changes did not
affect the overall conclusions of the analysis and the Administrator's
determination of risk.
In accordance with that process, we published a notice \1\ in the
Federal Register on August 18, 2008 (73 FR 48189-48190, Docket No.
APHIS-2008-0084), in which we announced the availability, for review
and comment, of a pest risk analysis that evaluates the risks
associated with the importation into the continental United States of
fresh white asparagus from Senegal. We solicited comments on the notice
for 60 days ending on October 17, 2008. We received one comment by that
date, from a State department of agriculture. The commenter agreed that
the mitigation measures described in the pest risk analysis would be
adequate.
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Therefore, in accordance with the regulations in Sec. 319.56-
4(c)(2)(ii), we are announcing our decision to begin issuing permits
for the importation into the continental United States of fresh white
asparagus from Senegal subject to the following phytosanitary measures:
Each shipment of white asparagus must be accompanied by a
phytosanitary certificate bearing the following additional declaration:
``The white asparagus in this consignment has been inspected and found
free of Cochliobolus pallescens (Curvulaia pallescens).'' The
phytosanitary certificate with the additional declaration must be
issued by the national plant protection organization of Senegal.
Each shipment is subject to inspection upon arrival in the
United States.
The white asparagus must be a commercial consignment as
defined in 7 CFR 319.56-2.
These conditions will be listed in the Fruits and Vegetables Import
Requirements database (available at https://www.aphis.usda.gov/favir).
In addition to those specific measures, the fresh white asparagus will
be subject to the general requirements listed in Sec. 319.56-3 that
are applicable to the importation of all fruits and vegetables.
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 15th day of December 2008.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E8-30216 Filed 12-18-08; 8:45 am]
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