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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2010-0058]
Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk
Analysis for the Importation of Sweet
Limes From Mexico Into the
Continental United States
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We are advising the public
that we have prepared a pest risk
analysis that evaluates the risks
associated with the importation of sweet
limes from Mexico into the continental
United States. Based on that analysis,
we have concluded that the application
of one or more designated phytosanitary
measures will be sufficient to mitigate
the pest risk. We are making the pest
risk analysis available to the public for
review and comment.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before August 9,
2010.
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=APHIS2010-0058) to submit or view comments
and to view supporting and related
materials available electronically.
∑ Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Please send one copy of your comment
to Docket No. APHIS-2010-0058,
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. APHIS2010-0058.
Reading Room: You may read any
comments that we receive on this
docket in our reading room. The reading
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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.
David Lamb, Import Specialist,
Regulatory Coordination and
Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River
Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737;
(301) 734-0627.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Under the regulations in ‘‘Subpart—
Fruits and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56-1
through 319.56-50, 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 § 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
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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 Mexico to allow the
importation of sweet limes (Citrus
limetta) into the continental United
States. Currently, sweet limes are not
authorized for entry from Mexico,
although related varieties of citrus with
similar pest complexes are enterable
under certain conditions. We completed
a pest risk analysis to identify pests of
quarantine significance that could
follow the pathway of importation and
identify phytosanitary measures that
could be applied to sweet limes to
mitigate the pest risk. We have
concluded that sweet limes can safely
be imported into the continental United
States from Mexico using one or more
of the five designated phytosanitary
measures listed in § 319.56-4(b).
Therefore, in accordance with § 319.564(c), we are announcing the availability
of our pest risk analysis for public
review and comment. The 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 analyses by calling
or writing to the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Please
refer to the subject of the analysis that
you wish to review when requesting
copies.
After reviewing any comments we
receive, we will announce our decision
regarding the import status of sweet
limes from Mexico 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 the importation of sweet
limes from Mexico into the continental
United States subject to the
requirements specified in the risk
management document.
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.
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Done in Washington, DC, this 3rd day
of June 2010.
Kevin Shea
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2010–13934 Filed 6–9–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2009-0082]
Notice of Determination of Pest-Free
Areas in the Republic of Chile
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
We are advising the public
that we are recognizing an additional
area of the Republic of Chile as a pestfree area for Ceratitis capitata,
Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly). Based
on our site visit to the area and our
review of the documentation submitted
by the Republic of Chile, which we
made available to the public review and
comment through a previous notice, the
Administrator has determined that the
area meets the criteria in our regulations
for recognition as a pest-free area for
Medfly.
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 10, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Phillip B. Grove, Regulatory
Coordination Specialist, Regulatory
Coordination and Compliance, APHIS,
4700 River Road Unit 156, Riverdale,
MD 20737; (301) 734-6280.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
regulations in ‘‘Subpart-Fruits and
Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56 through
319.56-50, 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.
One of the designated phytosanitary
measures is that the fruits or vegetables
are imported from a pest-free area in the
country of origin that meets the
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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.
Under the regulations in § 319.56-5,
APHIS requires that determinations of
pest-free areas be made in accordance
with the criteria for establishing
freedom from pests found in
International Standard for Phytosanitary
Measures (ISPM) No. 4, ‘‘Requirements
for the establishment of pest-free areas.’’
The international standard was
established by the International Plant
Protection Convention of the United
Nations’ Food and Agriculture
Organization and is incorporated by
reference in our regulations in 7 CFR
300.5. In addition, APHIS must also
approve the survey protocol used to
determine and maintain pest-free status,
as well as protocols for actions to be
performed upon detection of a pest.
Pest-free areas are subject to audit by
APHIS to verify their status.
In accordance with that process, we
published a notice1 in the Federal
Register on February 1, 2010 (75 FR
5034-5035, Docket No. APHIS-20090082), in which we announced the
availability, for review and comment, of
a commodity import evaluation
document titled ‘‘Recognition of an
Additional Region as Medfly Pest-Free
Area (PFA) for the Republic of Chile.’’ In
this document, we examined the survey
protocols and other information
provided by the Republic of Chile
relative to its system to establish
freedom, phytosanitary measures to
maintain freedom, and system for the
verification of the maintenance of
freedom from Mediterranean fruit fly
(Medfly, Ceratitis capitata). Prior to this
notice, APHIS recognized the Republic
of Chile, except for the Arica Province,
as free of Medfly. Therefore, recognizing
the Arica Province as free of Medfly
would result in the entire Republic of
Chile as being recognized as free of that
pest.
We solicited comments on the notice
for 60 days ending on April 2, 2010. We
received four comments by that date,
from packers, importers, and a fresh
produce company, that all supported
the recognition of the Arica Province of
the Republic of Chile as a pest-free area.
Therefore, in accordance with
§ 319.56-5(c), we are announcing the
Administrator’s determination that the
Arica Province meets the criteria of
§ 319-56(a) and (b) with respect to
1 To view the notice, the commodity import
evaluation document, and the comments we
received, go to (https://www.regulations.gov/
fdmspublic/component/
main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2009-0082).
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freedom from Medfly. Accordingly, we
are recognizing the Republic of Chile as
a pest-free area for Medfly and have
added it to the list of pest-free areas,
which may be viewed at (https://
www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/
plants/manuals/ports/downloads/
DesignatedPestFreeAreas.pdf). The list
of pest-free areas may also be obtained
from the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Done in Washington, DC, this 3rd day
of June 2010.
Kevin Shea
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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Notice of Consolidated Decision on
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This is a decision consolidated
pursuant to Section 6(c) of the
Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub.
L. 89–651, as amended by Pub. L. 106–
36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301).
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Department of Commerce, 14th and
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Docket Number: 10–008. Applicant:
Colorado State University, Fort Collins,
CO 80523. Instrument: Electron
Microscope. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd.,
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23669, May 4, 2010.
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2010.
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ordered. Reasons: Each foreign
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and is intended for research or scientific
educational uses requiring an electron
microscope. We know of no electron
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suited to these purposes, which was
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2010-0058]
Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk Analysis for the
Importation of Sweet Limes From Mexico 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 of
sweet limes from Mexico into the continental United States. Based on
that analysis, we have concluded that the application of one or more
designated phytosanitary measures will be sufficient to mitigate the
pest risk. We are making the pest risk analysis available to the public
for review and comment.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
August 9, 2010.
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-2010-0058) to submit or view comments
and to view supporting and related materials available electronically.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Please send one copy of
your comment to Docket No. APHIS-2010-0058, 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-2010-0058.
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: Mr. David Lamb, Import Specialist,
Regulatory Coordination and Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road
Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 734-0627.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Under the regulations in ``Subpart--Fruits and Vegetables'' (7 CFR
319.56-1 through 319.56-50, 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 Mexico to allow the
importation of sweet limes (Citrus limetta) into the continental United
States. Currently, sweet limes are not authorized for entry from
Mexico, although related varieties of citrus with similar pest
complexes are enterable under certain conditions. We completed a pest
risk analysis to identify pests of quarantine significance that could
follow the pathway of importation and identify phytosanitary measures
that could be applied to sweet limes to mitigate the pest risk. We have
concluded that sweet limes can safely be imported into the continental
United States from Mexico 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 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 analyses by calling or writing to the
person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Please refer to
the subject of the analysis that you wish to review when requesting
copies.
After reviewing any comments we receive, we will announce our
decision regarding the import status of sweet limes from Mexico 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
the importation of sweet limes from Mexico into the continental United
States subject to the requirements specified in the risk management
document.
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.
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Done in Washington, DC, this 3\rd\ day of June 2010.
Kevin Shea
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-13934 Filed 6-9-10; 8:45 am]
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