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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2010–0065]
Notice of Decision To Issue Permits for
the Importation of Fresh Mango Fruit
From Pakistan Into the Continental
United States
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
We are advising the public of
our decision to begin issuing permits for
the importation into the continental
United States of fresh mango fruit from
Pakistan. 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 mango fruit from Pakistan.
DATES: Effective Date: August 27, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Donna L. West, Senior Import
Specialist, Regulatory Coordination and
Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River
Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737;
(301) 734–0627.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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.
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
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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 June 17, 2010 (75 FR 34422,
Docket No. APHIS–2010–0065), 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
mango fruit from Pakistan. We solicited
comments on the notice for 60 days
ending on August 16, 2010. We received
19 comments by that date, from
nurseries, exporters, private citizens, a
marketing agency, and a State
department of agriculture. All of the
commenters supported the importation
of fresh mango fruit from Pakistan under
the conditions described in the risk
management document.
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
mango fruit from Pakistan subject to the
following phytosanitary measures:
• The mangoes must be irradiated
with a minimum absorbed dose of 400
gray.
• If irradiation is applied outside of
the United States, each consignment of
mangoes must be inspected jointly by
the national plant protection
organization (NPPO) of Pakistan and
APHIS inspectors and accompanied by
a phytosanitary certificate issued by the
NPPO of Pakistan. The phytosanitary
certificate must document that the
consignment received the required
irradiation treatment. The phytosanitary
certificate must also contain an
additional declaration that states: ‘‘This
consignment was inspected jointly by
APHIS and Government of Pakistan
inspectors, and found free of
Xanthomonas campestris pv.
mangiferaeindicae.’’ To be consistent
with International Plant Protection
Convention standards, treatment
specifics, including the application of
400 Gy dose, will be located in the
treatment section of the phytosanitary
1 To view the notice, the pest risk analysis, the
risk management analysis, and the comments we
received, go to https://www.regulations.gov/
fdmspublic/component/
main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2010-0065.
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certificate, rather than in the additional
declaration.
If irradiation is to be applied upon
arrival in the United States, each
consignment of mangoes must be
inspected by inspectors from the NPPO
of Pakistan prior to departure and
accompanied by a phytosanitary
certificate issued by the NPPO of
Pakistan. The phytosanitary certificate
must contain an additional declaration
that states: ‘‘This consignment was
inspected by the Government of
Pakistan inspectors and found free of
Xanthomonas campestris pv.
mangiferaeindicae.’’
• The mangoes may be imported into
the United States in commercial
consignments only.
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,
mangoes from Pakistan 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 25th day of
August 2010.
Gregory Parham,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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The draft environmental impact
statement is expected to be available for
public comment early in 2011 and the
final EIS is expected to be completed by
the fall of 2011.
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give the Forest Service the ability to
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Medium/Heavy Airtankers: When
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2010-0065]
Notice of Decision To Issue Permits for the Importation of Fresh
Mango Fruit From Pakistan 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
mango fruit from Pakistan. 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 mango fruit from Pakistan.
DATES: Effective Date: August 27, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Donna L. West, Senior 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. 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 June 17, 2010 (75 FR 34422, Docket No. APHIS-2010-
0065), 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 mango fruit
from Pakistan. We solicited comments on the notice for 60 days ending
on August 16, 2010. We received 19 comments by that date, from
nurseries, exporters, private citizens, a marketing agency, and a State
department of agriculture. All of the commenters supported the
importation of fresh mango fruit from Pakistan under the conditions
described in the risk management document.
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\1\ To view the notice, the pest risk analysis, the risk
management analysis, and the comments we received, go to https://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2010-0065.
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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 mango
fruit from Pakistan subject to the following phytosanitary measures:
The mangoes must be irradiated with a minimum absorbed
dose of 400 gray.
If irradiation is applied outside of the United States,
each consignment of mangoes must be inspected jointly by the national
plant protection organization (NPPO) of Pakistan and APHIS inspectors
and accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued by the NPPO of
Pakistan. The phytosanitary certificate must document that the
consignment received the required irradiation treatment. The
phytosanitary certificate must also contain an additional declaration
that states: ``This consignment was inspected jointly by APHIS and
Government of Pakistan inspectors, and found free of Xanthomonas
campestris pv. mangiferaeindicae.'' To be consistent with International
Plant Protection Convention standards, treatment specifics, including
the application of 400 Gy dose, will be located in the treatment
section of the phytosanitary
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certificate, rather than in the additional declaration.
If irradiation is to be applied upon arrival in the United States,
each consignment of mangoes must be inspected by inspectors from the
NPPO of Pakistan prior to departure and accompanied by a phytosanitary
certificate issued by the NPPO of Pakistan. The phytosanitary
certificate must contain an additional declaration that states: ``This
consignment was inspected by the Government of Pakistan inspectors and
found free of Xanthomonas campestris pv. mangiferaeindicae.''
The mangoes may be imported into the United States in
commercial consignments only.
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, mangoes from Pakistan 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 25th day of August 2010.
Gregory Parham,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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