Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk Analysis for the Importation of Fresh Tejocote Fruit From Mexico, 60449-60450 [2011-25087]
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regard to the preferred alternative
identified in the EA.
Determination
Based on APHIS’ analysis of field and
laboratory data submitted by Syngenta,
references provided in the petition,
peer-reviewed publications, information
analyzed in the EA, the plant pest risk
assessment, comments provided by the
public, and information provided in
APHIS’ response to those public
comments, APHIS has determined that
Syngenta’s cotton event COT67B is
unlikely to pose a plant pest risk and
therefore is no longer subject to our
regulations governing the introduction
of certain genetically engineered
organisms.
Copies of the signed determination
document, as well as copies of the
petition, plant pest risk assessment, EA,
finding of no significant impact, and
response to comments are available as
indicated in the ADDRESSES and FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT sections
of this notice.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701–7772 and 7781–
7786; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and
371.3.
Done in Washington, DC, this 23rd day of
September 2011.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2011–0077]
Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk
Analysis for the Importation of Fresh
Tejocote Fruit From Mexico
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
tejocote fruit from Mexico. 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 tejocote fruit from
Mexico. We are making the pest risk
analysis available to the public for
review and comment.
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We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before November
28, 2011.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2011-0077–
0001.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2011–0077, 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-2011-0077 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.
David B. Lamb, Import Specialist, RPM,
PHP, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit
133, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 734–
0627.
DATES:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Under the regulations in ‘‘Subpart—
Fruits and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56–
1 through 319.56–51, 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
national plant protection organization
(NPPO) of Mexico to allow the
importation of fresh tejocote fruit
(Crataegus pubescens) from Mexico into
the continental United States. Currently,
fresh tejocote fruit is not authorized for
entry from Mexico. We have completed
a pest risk analysis for the purpose of
evaluating the pest risks associated with
the importation of fresh tejocote fruit
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into the continental United States. The
analysis consists of a pest list
identifying pests of quarantine
significance that are present in Mexico
and could follow the pathway of
importation into the United States and
a risk management document
identifying phytosanitary measures that
could be applied to the commodity to
mitigate the pest risk.
We have concluded that fresh tejocote
fruit can be safely imported into the
continental United States from Mexico
using one or more of the five designated
phytosanitary measures listed in
§ 319.56–4(b). The measures we selected
are:
• Fresh tejocote fruit may be
imported into the continental United
States in commercial consignments
only.
• Each consignment of fresh tejocote
fruit must be accompanied by a
phytosanitary certificate issued by the
NPPO of Mexico stating that the fresh
tejocote fruit in the consignment has
been inspected and is free of pests.
• Each shipment of fresh tejocote fruit
is subject to inspection upon arrival at
port of entry to the United States.
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
tejocote fruit 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 fresh tejocote fruit 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 23rd day of
September 2011.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2011–25087 Filed 9–28–11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–34–P
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2011–0087]
Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk
Analysis for the Importation of
Pomegranate From India Into the
Continental United States
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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
pomegranate fruit from India. 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 importation of
fresh pomegranate fruit from India. 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 November
28, 2011.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2011-00870001.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2011–0087, 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-2011-0087 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) 6902817
before coming.
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the national plant protection
organization (NPPO) of India and
accompanied by a phytosanitary
certificate attesting that the fruit
received the required irradiation
treatment and was inspected and found
free of the mite Tenuipalpus granati, the
Background
false spider mite (Tenuipalpus punicae),
Under the regulations in ‘‘Subpart—
and the bacterium Xanthomonas
Fruits and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56–
axonopodis pv. Punicae;
1 through 319.56–51, referred to below
• If irradiation is applied upon arrival
as the regulations), the Animal and
in the United States, each consignment
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
of fresh pomegranate fruit must be
of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
inspected by the NPPO of India prior to
prohibits or restricts the importation of
departure and accompanied by a
fruits and vegetables into the United
States from certain parts of the world to phytosanitary certificate with an
additional declaration that the fruit was
prevent plant pests from being
inspected and found free of the mite
introduced into and spread within the
Tenuipalpus granati, the false spider
United States.
mite (Tenuipalpus punicae), and the
Section 319.56–4 contains a
bacterium Xanthomonas axonopodis
performance-based process for
approving the importation of
pv. Punicae; and
commodities that, based on the findings
• The fresh pomegranate fruit is
of a pest risk analysis, can be safely
subject to inspection upon arrival at the
imported subject to one or more of the
U.S. port of entry.
designated phytosanitary measures
Therefore, in accordance with
listed in paragraph (b) of that section.
§ 319.56–4(c), we are announcing the
APHIS received a request from the
availability of our pest risk analysis for
Government of India to allow the
public review and comment. The pest
importation of fresh pomegranate fruit
(Punica granatum L.) from India into the risk analysis may be viewed on the
Regulations.gov Web site or in our
continental United States. Currently,
reading room (see ADDRESSES above for
fresh pomegranate fruit is not
a link to Regulations.gov and
authorized for entry from India. We
information on the location and hours of
have completed a pest risk analysis for
the reading room). You may request
the purpose of evaluating the pest risks
associated with the importation of fresh paper copies of the pest risk analysis by
calling or writing to the person listed
pomegranate fruit into the continental
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
United States. The analysis consists of
CONTACT. Please refer to the subject of
a pest list identifying pests of
the pest risk analysis you wish to review
quarantine significance that are present
when requesting copies.
in India and could follow the pathway
of importation into the United States
After reviewing any comments we
and a risk management document
receive, we will announce our decision
identifying phytosanitary measures that regarding the import status of fresh
could be applied to the commodity to
pomegranate fruit from India in a
mitigate the pest risk.
subsequent notice. If the overall
We have concluded that fresh
conclusions of the analysis and the
pomegranate fruit can be safely
Administrator’s determination of risk
imported into the continental United
remain unchanged following our
States from India using one or more of
consideration of the comments, then we
the five designated phytosanitary
will authorize the importation of fresh
measures listed in § 319.56–4(b). The
pomegranate fruit from India into the
requirements for shipments of fresh
continental United States subject to the
pomegranate fruit from India would be
requirements specified in the risk
as follows:
• The fresh pomegranate fruit may be management document.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450, 7701–7772, and
imported into the continental United
7781–7786; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 7 CFR
States in commercial consignments
2.22, 2.80, and 371.3.
only;
• The fresh pomegranate fruit must be
Done in Washington, DC, this 23rd day of
irradiated in accordance with 7 CFR
September 2011.
part 305 with a minimum absorbed dose
Kevin Shea,
of 400 Gy;
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
• If the irradiation treatment is
Health Inspection Service.
applied outside the United States, each
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consignment of fresh pomegranate fruit
must be jointly inspected by APHIS and BILLING CODE 3410–34–P
Ms.
Donna L. West, Senior Import
Specialist, RPM, PHP, PPQ, APHIS,
4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale,
MD 20737; (301) 734–0627.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2011-0077]
Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk Analysis for the
Importation of Fresh Tejocote Fruit From Mexico
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 tejocote fruit from Mexico.
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 tejocote fruit from Mexico. 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
November 28, 2011.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2011-0077-0001.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2011-0077, 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-
0077 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. David B. Lamb, Import Specialist,
RPM, PHP, 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 319.56-51, 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 national plant protection
organization (NPPO) of Mexico to allow the importation of fresh
tejocote fruit (Crataegus pubescens) from Mexico into the continental
United States. Currently, fresh tejocote fruit is not authorized for
entry from Mexico. We have completed a pest risk analysis for the
purpose of evaluating the pest risks associated with the importation of
fresh tejocote fruit into the continental United States. The analysis
consists of a pest list identifying pests of quarantine significance
that are present in Mexico and could follow the pathway of importation
into the United States and a risk management document identifying
phytosanitary measures that could be applied to the commodity to
mitigate the pest risk.
We have concluded that fresh tejocote fruit can be safely 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). The
measures we selected are:
Fresh tejocote fruit may be imported into the continental
United States in commercial consignments only.
Each consignment of fresh tejocote fruit must be
accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued by the NPPO of Mexico
stating that the fresh tejocote fruit in the consignment has been
inspected and is free of pests.
Each shipment of fresh tejocote fruit is subject to
inspection upon arrival at port of entry to the United States.
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 tejocote fruit 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 fresh tejocote fruit 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 23rd day of September 2011.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-25087 Filed 9-28-11; 8:45 am]
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