Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk Analysis for Interstate Movement of Rambutan From Puerto Rico Into the Continental United States, 35186-35187 [2011-14992]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
35186
Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 116 / Thursday, June 16, 2011 / Notices
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
animals and animal products and
byproducts to protect against the
introduction of bovine spongiform
encephalopathy into the United States.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before August 15,
2011.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/#!document
Detail;D=APHIS-2011-0043-0001.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2011–0043, Regulatory Analysis
and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station
3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.
Supporting documents and any
comments we receive on this docket
may be viewed at https://
www.regulations.gov/#!docket
Detail;D=APHIS-2011-0043 or in our
reading room, which 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 animals and animal
products and byproducts to prevent the
introduction of bovine spongiform
encephalopathy into the United States,
contact Dr. Langston Hull, Staff
Veterinarian, Live Animal Imports,
National Center for Import and Export,
VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 39,
Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 734–8364.
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:
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy;
Importation of Animals and Animal
Products.
OMB Number: 0579–0234.
Type of Request: Extension of
approval of an information collection.
Abstract: Under the Animal Health
Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.),
the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) of the U.S. Department
VerDate Mar<15>2010
17:18 Jun 15, 2011
Jkt 223001
of Agriculture regulates the importation
of animals and animal products into the
United States to guard against the
introduction of animal diseases. The
regulations in 9 CFR parts 93, 94, 95,
and 96 (referred to below as the
regulations) govern the importation of
certain animals, birds, poultry, meat,
other animal products and byproducts,
hay, and straw into the United States in
order to prevent the introduction of
various animal diseases, including
bovine spongiform encephalopathy
(BSE), a chronic degenerative disease
affecting the central nervous system of
cattle.
To help ensure that BSE is not
introduced into the United States, the
regulations allow, under specified
conditions, the importation of certain
live ruminants and ruminant products
and byproducts. These requirements
necessitate the use of several
information collection activities,
including VS Form 16–3, permit
application; certification statements for
the importation of ruminants and
ruminant products; certificate for
inedible processed animal origin
materials and products from BSE-free
regions; cooperative agreements with
foreign facilities that process and store
regulated materials and products
destined for importation into the United
States; VS Form 17–33, Animals
Imported for Immediate Slaughter; the
placing of seals on conveyances from
the exporting region; agreement with
slaughter facilities on use of seals on
conveyances transporting animals from
BSE minimal-risk regions; and
notification of designated individuals
authorized to break seals.
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,
PO 00000
Frm 00002
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
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
0.6039374 hours per response.
Respondents: U.S. importers; herd
owners; foreign exporters; foreign
salaried veterinary officials of exporting
regions; APHIS accredited veterinarians;
slaughter facility personnel.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 5,949.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 21.695747.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 129,068.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 77,949 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 10th day of
June 2011.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2011–14989 Filed 6–15–11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–34–P
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2011–0037]
Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk
Analysis for Interstate Movement of
Rambutan From Puerto Rico 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 interstate movement
into the continental United States of
fresh rambutan fruit from Puerto Rico.
Based on that 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 interstate
movement of rambutan from Puerto
Rico. We are making the pest risk
analysis available to the public for
review and comment.
SUMMARY:
E:\FR\FM\16JNN1.SGM
16JNN1
Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 116 / Thursday, June 16, 2011 / Notices
We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before August 15,
2011.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/#!document
Detail;D=APHIS-2011-0037-0001.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2011–0037, Regulatory Analysis
and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station
3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.
Supporting documents and any
comments we receive on this docket
may be viewed at https://
www.regulations.gov/#!docket
Detail;D=APHIS-2011-0037 or in our
reading room, which 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Philip Grove, Regulatory Coordinator,
PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 156,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; (301) 734–
6280.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
DATES:
Background
Under the regulations in ‘‘Subpart—
Regulated Articles From Hawaii and the
Territories’’ (7 CFR 318.13–1 through
318.13–26, 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 interstate
movement of fruits and vegetables into
the continental United States from
Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin
Islands, Guam, and the Commonwealth
of the Northern Mariana Islands to
prevent plant pests and noxious weeds
from being introduced into and spread
within the continental United States.
(The continental United States is
defined in § 318.13–2 of the regulations
as the 48 contiguous States, Alaska, and
the District of Columbia.)
Section 318.13–4 contains a
performance-based process for
approving the interstate movement of
commodities that, based on the findings
of a pest risk analysis, can be safely
moved subject to one or more of the
designated phytosanitary measures
listed in paragraph (b) of that section.
APHIS received a request from the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to allow
the interstate movement of fresh
rambutan fruit (Nephelium lappaceum
VerDate Mar<15>2010
17:18 Jun 15, 2011
Jkt 223001
35187
L.) from Puerto Rico to the continental
United States. We have completed a
pest list to identify pests of quarantine
significance that could follow the
pathway of interstate movement into the
continental United States and, based on
that pest list, have prepared a risk
management analysis to identify
phytosanitary measures that could be
applied to the commodity to mitigate
the pest risk. We have concluded that
rambutan can be safely moved from
Puerto Rico to the continental United
States using one or more of the six
designated phytosanitary measures
listed in § 318.13–4(b). These measures
are:
• Inspection and certification by an
inspector in Puerto Rico that the
rambutan are free of all quarantine pests
likely to follow the pathway of interstate
movement of the rambutan;
• Movement of the rambutan as
commercial consignments only; and
• Distribution of the rambutan only
within a defined area (a prohibition on
movement to Hawaii, the Virgin Islands,
or Guam) and marking of the boxes or
containers in which the rambutan is
distributed to indicate those distribution
restrictions.
Therefore, in accordance with
§ 318.13–4(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
instructions for accessing
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 when
requesting copies.
After reviewing the comments we
receive, we will announce our decision
regarding the interstate movement of
rambutan from Puerto Rico to the
continental United States 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 allowing the interstate
movement of rambutan from Puerto
Rico to the continental United States
subject to the requirements specified in
the risk management document.
Done in Washington, DC, this 10th day of
June 2011.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701–7772, and 7781–
7786; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3.
[FR Doc. 2011–14939 Filed 6–15–11; 8:45 am]
PO 00000
Frm 00003
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 9990
[FR Doc. 2011–14992 Filed 6–15–11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–34–P
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Fremont and Winema Resource
Advisory Committee
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meeting.
The Fremont and Winema
Resource Advisory Committee will meet
in Lakeview Oregon, for the purpose of
evaluating and recommending resource
management projects for funding in FY
2012, under the provisions of Title II of
the Secure Rural Schools and
Community Self-Determination Act of
2000 (reauthorized in 2008).
SUMMARY:
The meeting will be held on July
19 and 20, 2011.
DATES:
The meeting will take place
at the Lakeview Interagency Office, 1301
South G Street, Lakeview, OR 97630.
Send written comments to Fremont
and Winema Resource Advisory
Committee, c/o USDA Forest Service,
Klamath Ranger District, 2819 Dahlia,
Suite A, Klamath Falls, Oregon or
electronically to agowan@fs.fed.us.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amy Gowan, Designated Federal
Official, c/o Klamath Ranger District,
2819 Dahlia, Suite A, Klamath Falls,
Oregon, telephone (541) 883–6741.
The
agenda will include a review and
evaluation of FY 2012 Title II proposals
including presentations by project
proponents. Business items will include
the prioritization and ranking of
proposals by the RAC, including final
recommendations for funding of fiscal
year 2012 projects.
All Fremont and Winema Resource
Advisory Committee Meetings are open
to the public. There will be a time for
public input and comment. Interested
citizens are encouraged to attend.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: June 10, 2011.
Amy Gowan,
Designated Federal Official.
BILLING CODE 3410–11–P
E:\FR\FM\16JNN1.SGM
16JNN1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 116 (Thursday, June 16, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35186-35187]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-14992]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2011-0037]
Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk Analysis for Interstate
Movement of Rambutan From Puerto Rico Into the Continental United
States
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: We are advising the public that we have prepared a pest risk
analysis that evaluates the risks associated with the interstate
movement into the continental United States of fresh rambutan fruit
from Puerto Rico. Based on that 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 interstate movement of rambutan from
Puerto Rico. We are making the pest risk analysis available to the
public for review and comment.
[[Page 35187]]
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
August 15, 2011.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2011-0037-0001.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2011-0037, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD,
APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-
1238.
Supporting documents and any comments we receive on this docket may
be viewed at https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2011-
0037 or in our reading room, which 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Philip Grove, Regulatory
Coordinator, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 156, Riverdale, MD 20737-
1231; (301) 734-6280.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Under the regulations in ``Subpart--Regulated Articles From Hawaii
and the Territories'' (7 CFR 318.13-1 through 318.13-26, 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 interstate movement of fruits and vegetables into the
continental United States from Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin
Islands, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to
prevent plant pests and noxious weeds from being introduced into and
spread within the continental United States. (The continental United
States is defined in Sec. 318.13-2 of the regulations as the 48
contiguous States, Alaska, and the District of Columbia.)
Section 318.13-4 contains a performance-based process for approving
the interstate movement of commodities that, based on the findings of a
pest risk analysis, can be safely moved subject to one or more of the
designated phytosanitary measures listed in paragraph (b) of that
section.
APHIS received a request from the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to
allow the interstate movement of fresh rambutan fruit (Nephelium
lappaceum L.) from Puerto Rico to the continental United States. We
have completed a pest list to identify pests of quarantine significance
that could follow the pathway of interstate movement into the
continental United States and, based on that pest list, have prepared a
risk management analysis to identify phytosanitary measures that could
be applied to the commodity to mitigate the pest risk. We have
concluded that rambutan can be safely moved from Puerto Rico to the
continental United States using one or more of the six designated
phytosanitary measures listed in Sec. 318.13-4(b). These measures are:
Inspection and certification by an inspector in Puerto
Rico that the rambutan are free of all quarantine pests likely to
follow the pathway of interstate movement of the rambutan;
Movement of the rambutan as commercial consignments only;
and
Distribution of the rambutan only within a defined area (a
prohibition on movement to Hawaii, the Virgin Islands, or Guam) and
marking of the boxes or containers in which the rambutan is distributed
to indicate those distribution restrictions.
Therefore, in accordance with Sec. 318.13-4(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 instructions
for accessing 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 when requesting copies.
After reviewing the comments we receive, we will announce our
decision regarding the interstate movement of rambutan from Puerto Rico
to the continental United States 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 allowing the interstate movement of rambutan from Puerto
Rico to the continental United States subject to the requirements
specified in the risk management document.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701-7772, and 7781-7786; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80,
and 371.3.
Done in Washington, DC, this 10th day of June 2011.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-14992 Filed 6-15-11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-34-P
