Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Importation of Clementines From Spain, 31576-31577 [2011-13502]
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inch (20mm) be addressed. AFFI
requested a change in the style
designations for minced style, and a
correction to the text. The members
agreed with the proposed section
concerning requirements for Styles,
Type I, Whole onions and Type II, Pearl
onions. The members did not agree with
the proposed descriptions in
requirements for whole onions and
pearl onions for Styles: Type I, whole
onions of 3⁄4 inch to 1–7/8 inches in
diameter and Type II, pearl onions of 1⁄4
inch to 7⁄8 inch in diameter. Also, the
members did not agree with the
proposed section concerning Acceptable
Quality Levels (AQLs) for quality
defects and submitted examples of
specifications from buyers. The
members expressed concern because
defects were defined by weight, not by
count. Larger units would be allowed a
smaller number of defects and smaller
units would be allowed a large number
of defects. The members stated that the
definitions of ‘‘good appearance’’ and
‘‘reasonably good appearance’’ were too
similar.
AFFI recommended that the product
description include a heat treatment and
suggested that AMS consider a
requirement that onions be blanched.
AFFI members requested that the
product description be limited to
individually quick frozen onions. There
were also concerns that microbiological
requirements, storage temperatures,
shelf life requirements, and limits for
chemical and pesticide residues were
not addressed in the proposed frozen
onion grade standards.
AMS incorporated these comments to
make further changes to the proposed
grade standards in the discussion draft.
However, in June 2010 AMS received
additional feedback from AFFI
members. These AFFI members
indicated that this and other frozen
vegetable grade standards did not
include requirements for shelf-life,
storage temperature, microbiological, or
chemical pesticide residue.
Nonetheless, commodities covered by
U.S. grade standards must comply with
all of the regulatory food safety
requirements of the Food and Drug
Administration, the Environmental
Protection Agency, and applicable state
and local regulations.
The proposed standards for frozen
onions would continue to use the
standard format for U.S. standards for
grades using ‘‘individual attributes.’’
Specifically, the standards would
provide for the ‘‘individual attribute’’
procedure for product grading with
sample sizes, tolerances, and acceptance
numbers of allowable defects with
single letter grade designation. Also, the
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standards would define the term ‘‘frozen
onions’’ and establish ‘‘strips,’’ ‘‘diced,’’
‘‘whole,’’ ‘‘chopped,’’ and ‘‘other’’ as the
style designations. The proposal also
would define quality factors, AQLs, and
tolerances for defects that affect frozen
onions and determine sample unit sizes
for this commodity. These grade
standards would establish the grade
levels ‘‘A,’’ ‘‘B,’’ and ‘‘Substandard.’’ The
AQLs, tolerances, and acceptance
numbers for each quality factor as
defined for each grade level would also
be established.
The grade of a sample unit of frozen
onions would be ascertained
considering the factors of varietal
characteristics, flavor and odor,
appearance, color, defects, absence of
grit or dirt, and character.
These grade standards would provide
a common language for trade, a means
of measuring value in the marketing of
frozen onions, and provide guidance in
the effective utilization of frozen onions.
The official grade of a lot of frozen
onions covered by these standards
would be determined by the procedures
set forth in the Regulations Governing
Inspection and Certification of
Processed Products Thereof, and Certain
Other Processed Foods Products (§ 52.1
to 52.83).
AMS is publishing this notice with a
sixty-day comment period that will
provide a sufficient amount of time for
interested persons to comments on the
proposed new standards for frozen
onions.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621–1627.
Dated: May 24, 2011.
Rayne Pegg,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
[FR Doc. 2011–13501 Filed 5–31–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2011–0035]
Notice of Request for Extension of
Approval of an Information Collection;
Importation of Clementines From
Spain
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Extension of approval of an
information collection; comment
request.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Animal and Plant
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Health Inspection Service’s intention to
request an extension of approval of an
information collection associated with
regulations for the importation of
clementines from Spain.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before August 1,
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-2011-0035 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–2011–0035,
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–
2011–0035.
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 clementines from Spain,
contact Mr. William Wesela, Staff
Officer, Preclearance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700
River Road Unit 60, Riverdale, MD
20737–1236; (301) 734–5718. For copies
of more detailed information on the
information collection, contact Mrs.
Celeste Sickles, APHIS’ Information
Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851–
2908.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title:
Importation of Clementines From Spain.
OMB Number: 0579–0203.
Type of Request: Extension of an
approval of an information collection.
Abstract: The Plant Protection Act
(PPA, 7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) authorizes
the Secretary of Agriculture to restrict
the importation, entry, or interstate
movement of plants, plant products, and
other articles to prevent the
introduction of plant pests, including
fruit flies, into the United States or their
dissemination within the United States.
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Regulations authorized by the PPA
concerning the importation of fruits and
vegetables into the United States from
certain parts of the world are contained
in ‘‘Subpart-Fruits and Vegetables’’ (7
CFR 319.56–1 through 319.5650).
Under these regulations, clementines
from Spain are subject to certain
conditions before entering the United
States to ensure that exotic plant pests,
such as the Mediterranean fruit fly, are
not introduced into the United States.
The regulations require the use of
information collection activities
including a trust fund agreement,
grower registration and agreement, a
Mediterranean fruit fly management
program, fruit fly trapping and control
activities, recordkeeping, a
phytosanitary certificate, and box
labeling.
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 our
information collection. These comments
will help us:
(1) Evaluate whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our
estimate of the burden of the collection
of information, 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
0.0032364 hours per response.
Respondents: National plant health
officials of Spain and growers and
shippers of clementines.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 4,509.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 434.54281.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 1,958,919.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 6,340 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.)
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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 25th day of
May 2011.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2011–13502 Filed 5–31–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2011–0039]
Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk
Analysis for the Importation of Fresh
Apricot, Sweet Cherry, and Plumcot
Fruit From South Africa Into the
Continental United States
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
apricot, sweet cherry, and plumcot fruit
from South Africa. Based on our
analysis, we have concluded that the
application of one or more designated
phytosanitary measures will be
sufficient to mitigate the risks of
introducing or disseminating plant pests
via the importation of those
commodities from South Africa. We are
making the pest risk analysis available
to the public for review and comment.
Based on the results of our analysis, we
also determined that it is necessary to
revise a treatment schedule in the Plant
Protection and Quarantine Treatment
Manual.
SUMMARY:
We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before August 1,
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=APHIS2011-0039 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–2011–0039,
Regulatory Analysis and Development,
PPD, APHIS, Station 3A–03.8, 4700
River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD
DATES:
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20737–1238. Please state that your
comment refers to Docket No. APHIS–
2011–0039.
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.
Dorothy C. Wayson, Senior Regulatory
Coordination Specialist, Regulations,
Permits, and Manuals, PPQ, APHIS,
4700 River Road, Unit 141, Riverdale,
MD 20737; (301) 734–0772.
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.
APHIS received a request from the
Government of South Africa to allow the
importation of fresh apricot (Prunus
armeniaca L.), sweet cherry (Prunus
avium (L.) L., and plumcot (Prunus
domestica × Prunus armeniaca) fruit
from South Africa into the continental
United States. APHIS completed a risk
assessment to identify pests of
quarantine significance that could
follow the pathway of importation of
those stone fruits. Based on that risk
assessment, APHIS completed a risk
management document identifying
phytosanitary measures that could be
applied to mitigate the possible pest
risks. We have concluded that fresh
apricot, sweet cherry, and plumcot fruit
can be imported safely into the
continental United States from South
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2011-0035]
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information
Collection; Importation of Clementines From Spain
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Extension of approval of an information collection; comment
request.
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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
clementines from Spain.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
August 1, 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-2011-0035 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-2011-0035, 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-2011-0035.
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 clementines from Spain, contact Mr. William Wesela,
Staff Officer, Preclearance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 60,
Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; (301) 734-5718. For copies of more detailed
information on the information collection, contact Mrs. Celeste
Sickles, APHIS' Information Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851-2908.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Importation of Clementines From
Spain.
OMB Number: 0579-0203.
Type of Request: Extension of an approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: The Plant Protection Act (PPA, 7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.)
authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to restrict the importation,
entry, or interstate movement of plants, plant products, and other
articles to prevent the introduction of plant pests, including fruit
flies, into the United States or their dissemination within the United
States.
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Regulations authorized by the PPA concerning the importation of fruits
and vegetables into the United States from certain parts of the world
are contained in ``Subpart-Fruits and Vegetables'' (7 CFR 319.56-1
through 319.5650).
Under these regulations, clementines from Spain are subject to
certain conditions before entering the United States to ensure that
exotic plant pests, such as the Mediterranean fruit fly, are not
introduced into the United States. The regulations require the use of
information collection activities including a trust fund agreement,
grower registration and agreement, a Mediterranean fruit fly management
program, fruit fly trapping and control activities, recordkeeping, a
phytosanitary certificate, and box labeling.
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 our information collection.
These comments will help us:
(1) Evaluate whether the collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, including
whether the information will have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate of the burden of the
collection of information, 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 0.0032364 hours per response.
Respondents: National plant health officials of Spain and growers
and shippers of clementines.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 4,509.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 434.54281.
Estimated annual number of responses: 1,958,919.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 6,340 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 25th day of May 2011.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-13502 Filed 5-31-11; 8:45 am]
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