Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk Analysis for the Importation of Fresh Rambutan Fruit (Nephelium lappaceum) From Malaysia and Vietnam, 78207-78208 [2010-31461]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2010–0104]
Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk
Analysis for the Importation of Fresh
Rambutan Fruit (Nephelium
lappaceum) From Malaysia and
Vietnam
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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 fresh
rambutan fruit (Nephelium lappaceum)
from Malaysia and Vietnam. Based on
this 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
fresh rambutan fruit from Malaysia and
Vietnam. 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 February
14, 2011.
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=APHIS2010-0104 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–2010–0104,
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–
2010–0104.
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
SUMMARY:
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through Friday, except holidays. To be
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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: Ms.
Claudia Ferguson, Regulatory Policy
Specialist, Regulations, Permits, and
Import Manuals, PPQ, APHIS, 4700
River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD
20737–1231; (301) 734–0754.
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
free of one or more specific quarantine
pests identified by the risk assessment
as likely to follow the import pathway;
and/or
• The fruits or vegetables are a
commercial consignment.
APHIS received requests from the
Governments of Malaysia and Vietnam
to allow the importation of fresh
rambutan fruit (Nephelium lappaceum)
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from Malaysia and Vietnam into the
continental United States. We have
completed a pest list for this commodity
to identify pests of quarantine
significance that could follow the
pathway of importation into the United
States and, based on this list, have
prepared a risk management document
to identify phytosanitary measures that
could be applied to fresh rambutan fruit
from Malaysia and Vietnam to mitigate
the pest risk. We have concluded that
fresh rambutan fruit can be safely
imported into the continental United
States from Malaysia and 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
a link to 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 you wish to review
when requesting copies.
After reviewing any comments we
receive, we will announce our decision
regarding the import status of fresh
rambutan fruit from Malaysia and
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 the
importation of fresh rambutan fruit from
Malaysia and Vietnam 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.
Done in Washington, DC, this 9th day of
December 2010.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Black Hills National Forest, Northern
Hills Ranger District; South Dakota;
Steamboat Project
AGENCY:
Forest Service, USDA.
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Notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement.
ACTION:
The Forest Service will
prepare an environmental impact
statement on a proposal to implement
multiple resource management actions
within the Steamboat Project Area to
implement the amended Black Hills
National Forest Land and Resource
Management Plan. The Steamboat
Project Area covers approximately
21,833 acres of National Forest System
land and approximately 2,713 acres of
interspersed private land northwest of
Rapid City, South Dakota. Proposed
actions include a combination of
vegetation and fuels treatments to
provide structural diversity in big game
winter range, reduce the risk of
mountain pine beetle infestations and
reduce the risk of high severity wildfire.
The proposed action includes
approximately 4,665 acres of
commercial thinning, 970 acres of
overstory removal, 1,408 acres of noncommercial thinning, 1,379 acres of
shelterwood cuts, 255 acres of group
selection, 1,186 acres of individual tree
selection, 636 acres of hardwood
enhancement, 200 acres of meadow
enhancement, 1,031 acres of productother-than-log thinning, 460 acres of
understory thinning, and 190 acres of
patch clearcutting. In addition,
approximately 10,608 acres will be
analyzed for prescribed burning.
Approximately 18 miles of new road
construction would be necessary to
carry out the proposed vegetation
management actions.
DATES: Comments concerning the scope
of the analysis must be received by
January 14, 2011. The draft
environmental impact statement is
expected May 2011 and the final
environmental impact statement is
expected September 2011.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to
Rhonda O’Byrne, District Ranger,
Northern Hills Ranger District, 2014 N.
Main Street, Spearfish, SD 57783.
Comments may also be sent via e-mail
to comments-rocky-mountain-blackhills-northern-hills@fs.fed.us with
‘‘Steamboat Project’’ as the subject or via
facsimile to 605–642–4156.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chris Stores, Assistant NEPA Planner,
Northern Hills Ranger District, 2014 N.
Main Street, Spearfish, SD 57783.
Telephone number: 605–642–4622.
Individuals who use
telecommunication devices for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern
Time, Monday through Friday.
SUMMARY:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose and Need for Action
The purpose of and need for the
action in the Steamboat project area is
to create greater structural diversity in
an area managed for big game winter
range, to reduce the risk of mountain
pine beetle infestation, and to reduce
the risk of high severity wildfire. All
actions are intended to move toward or
achieve related Forest Plan Goals and
Objectives, consistent with Forest Plan
Standards and Guidelines.
Proposed Action
The Forest Service is proposing
actions on National Forest System lands
to move toward or achieve Forest Plan
Goals and Objectives in the Steamboat
project area northwest of Rapid City,
South Dakota and adjacent to the towns
of Nemo and Piedmont, South Dakota.
Proposed actions include the following:
Create structural diversity in an area
managed as big game winter range
through meadow enhancement,
hardwood enhancement, uneven-aged
management, thinning of the forest’s
overstory and understory, and patch
clear cuts to create open browsing areas.
Reduce acres at high or medium
susceptibility to mountain pine beetle
by thinning stands and changing stand
structure. Commercial and noncommercial (including prescribed
burning) methods may be used.
Reduce acres at high or very high risk
to wildfire by thinning stands and
reducing the amount of fuel available to
fires. Commercial and non-commercial
(including prescribed burning) methods
may be used.
Road construction and maintenance
activities would be necessary to access
areas proposed for timber harvest. New
roads would be closed following
management activities.
Implementation of proposed activities
would likely begin sometime during
2012 and continue for up to ten years
following a project decision.
The Forest Service is the sole
responsible agency for this project; no
cooperators are participating in project
planning.
Responsible Official
Rhonda O’Byrne, District Ranger,
Northern Hills Ranger District, 2014
North Main Street, Spearfish, SD 57783.
Nature of Decision To Be Made
The decision to be made is whether or
not to approve the proposed action or
alternatives to the proposed action that
may be developed. No Forest Plan
amendments are proposed.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2010-0104]
Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk Analysis for the
Importation of Fresh Rambutan Fruit (Nephelium lappaceum) From Malaysia
and Vietnam
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 fresh rambutan fruit (Nephelium
lappaceum) from Malaysia and Vietnam. Based on this 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 fresh
rambutan fruit from Malaysia and Vietnam. 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
February 14, 2011.
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-2010-0104 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-2010-0104, 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-2010-0104.
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: Ms. Claudia Ferguson, Regulatory
Policy Specialist, Regulations, Permits, and Import Manuals, PPQ,
APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 734-
0754.
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 assessment as
likely to follow the import pathway; and/or
The fruits or vegetables are a commercial consignment.
APHIS received requests from the Governments of Malaysia and
Vietnam to allow the importation of fresh rambutan fruit (Nephelium
lappaceum)
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from Malaysia and Vietnam into the continental United States. We have
completed a pest list for this commodity to identify pests of
quarantine significance that could follow the pathway of importation
into the United States and, based on this list, have prepared a risk
management document to identify phytosanitary measures that could be
applied to fresh rambutan fruit from Malaysia and Vietnam to mitigate
the pest risk. We have concluded that fresh rambutan fruit can be
safely imported into the continental United States from Malaysia and
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 a link to 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 you wish to review when requesting copies.
After reviewing any comments we receive, we will announce our
decision regarding the import status of fresh rambutan fruit from
Malaysia and 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 the importation of fresh rambutan fruit from
Malaysia and Vietnam 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.
Done in Washington, DC, this 9th day of December 2010.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-31461 Filed 12-14-10; 8:45 am]
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