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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2011–0047]
Notice of Decision To Authorize the
Importation of Dragon Fruit From
Thailand Into the Continental United
States
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
We are advising the public of
our decision to authorize the
importation into the continental United
States of dragon fruit (multiple genera
and species) from Thailand. 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
dragon fruit from Thailand.
DATES: Effective Date: October 4, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Claudia Ferguson, Regulatory Policy
Specialist, Regulations, Permits, and
Manuals, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road
Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737–1236;
(301) 734–0754.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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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
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introduced into and spread within the
United States.
Section 319.56–4 of the regulations
contains a performance-based process
for approving the importation of
commodities that, based on the findings
of a pest risk analysis (PRA), 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 PRA 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 authorize the importation of
the fruit or vegetable subject to the
identified designated measures if: (1) No
comments were received on the PRA; (2)
the comments on the PRA revealed that
no changes to the PRA were necessary;
or (3) changes to the PRA 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 30, 2011 (76 FR 38349,
Docket No. APHIS–2011–0047), in
which we announced the availability,
for review and comment, of a PRA that
evaluates the risks associated with the
importation into the continental United
States of dragon fruit (multiple genera
and species) from Thailand. We
solicited comments on the notice for 60
days ending on August 29, 2011. We did
not receive any comments by that date.
Therefore, in accordance with the
regulations in § 319.56–4(c)(2)(ii), we
are announcing our decision to
authorize the importation into the
continental United States of dragon fruit
from Thailand subject to the following
phytosanitary measures:
• The dragon fruit may be imported
into the continental United States in
commercial consignments only.
• The dragon fruit must be irradiated
in accordance with 7 CFR part 305 with
a minimum absorbed dose of 400 Gy.
• If the irradiation treatment is
applied outside the United States, each
consignment of fruit must be jointly
inspected by APHIS and the national
plant protection organization (NPPO) of
1 To view the notice and the PRA, go to https://
www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS–
2011–0047.
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Thailand and accompanied by a
phytosanitary certificate (PC) attesting
that the fruit received the required
irradiation treatment.
• If the irradiation treatment is to be
applied upon arrival in the United
States, each consignment of fruit must
be inspected by the NPPO of Thailand
prior to departure and accompanied by
a PC.
• This commodity is subject to
inspection at the U.S. port of entry.
These conditions will be listed in the
Fruits and Vegetables Import
Requirements database (available at
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/favir). In
addition to these specific measures,
dragon fruit from Thailand will be
subject to the general requirements
listed in § 319.56–3 that are applicable
to the importation of all fruits and
vegetables. Further, for fruits and
vegetables requiring treatment as a
condition of entry, the phytosanitary
treatments regulations in 7 CFR part 305
contain administrative and procedural
requirements that must be observed in
connection with the application and
certification of specific treatments.
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 28th 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–2011–0039]
Notice of Decision To Authorize 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 of
our decision to authorize the
importation into the continental United
States of fresh apricot, sweet cherry, and
plumcot fruit from South Africa. Based
SUMMARY:
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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 apricot, sweet cherry, and plumcot
fruit from South Africa. We are also
revising a treatment schedule in the
Plant Protection and Quarantine
Treatment Manual.
DATES: Effective Date: November 3,
2011.
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:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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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 spreading within
the United States. Under that process,
APHIS may publish a notice in the
Federal Register announcing the
availability of a 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
authorize the importation of the fruit or
vegetable subject to the risk-mitigation
measures identified in the pest risk
analysis 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 1, 2011 (76 FR 31577–
31578, Docket No. APHIS–2011–0039),
in which we announced the availability,
for review and comment, of a pest risk
analysis evaluating the risks associated
1 To view the notice and the pest risk analysis,
go to https://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2011-0039.
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with the importation into the
continental United States of fresh
apricot, sweet cherry, and plumcot fruit
from South Africa. The pest risk
analysis consisted of a risk assessment
identifying pests of quarantine
significance that could follow the
pathway of importation of fresh apricot,
sweet cherry, and plumcot fruit from
South Africa into the United States and
a risk management document
identifying phytosanitary measures to
be applied to those commodities to
mitigate the pest risk. In accordance
with 7 CFR 305.3(a)(1), we also
provided notice that we had determined
that it was necessary to revise treatment
schedule T107–e in the Plant Protection
and Quarantine (PPQ) Treatment
Manual 2 to include plumcots among the
commodities to which that treatment
schedule may be applied and the
Mediterranean and the Bezzi fruit fly
among the pests it is intended to
eliminate. We solicited comments on
the notice for 60 days ending on
August 1, 2011. We did not receive any
comments.
Therefore, in accordance with the
regulations in 319.56–4(c)(2)(ii), we are
announcing our decision to authorize
the importation into the continental
United States of fresh apricot, sweet
cherry, and plumcot fruit from South
Africa subject to the following
phytosanitary measures:
• The fruit must be imported as a
commercial consignment, as defined in
319.56–2.
• Each consignment of fruit must be
accompanied by a phytosanitary
certificate issued by the national plant
protection organization of South Africa.
For apricots and plumcots only, the
phytosanitary certificate must include
an additional declaration stating that the
fruit was inspected and found free of
cinch bug (Macchiademus diplopterus).
• Apricots and plumcots must be cold
treated for fruit flies (Ceratitis spp.) and
false codling moth (Thaumatotibia
leucotreta) in accordance with 7 CFR
part 305.
• Sweet cherries must be cold treated
for the Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis
capitata) in accordance with 7 CFR part
305.
• Each consignment of fruit is subject
to inspection upon arrival in the United
States.
2 The Treatment Manual is available on the
Internet at https://www.aphis.usda.gov/
import_export/plants/manuals/index.shtml or by
contacting the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Manuals
Unit, 92 Thomas Johnson Drive, Suite 200,
Frederick, MD 21702.
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We are also updating the PPQ
Treatment Manual as discussed earlier
in this document.
The phytosanitary conditions listed
above will also be listed in the Fruits
and Vegetables Import Requirements
database (available at https://
www.aphis.usda.gov/favir). In addition
to these specific measures, fresh apricot,
sweet cherry, and plumcot fruit from
South Africa will be subject to the
general requirements listed in § 319.56–
3 that are applicable to the importation
of all fruits and vegetables. Further, for
fruits and vegetables requiring treatment
as a condition of entry, the
phytosanitary treatment regulations in 7
CFR part 305 contain administrative and
procedural requirements that must be
observed in connection with the
application and certification of specific
treatments.
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 28th day of
September 2011.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Maximum Loan Amount Available for
B&I Guaranteed Loans in Fiscal Year
2012
Rural Business-Cooperative
Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
7 CFR 4279.119(a)(1) allows
the Rural Development Administrator,
at the Administrator’s discretion, to
grant an exception to the $10 million
limit for Business and Industry (B&I)
guaranteed loans of $25 million or less
under certain circumstances. Due to the
limited program funds that will be
available for Fiscal Year 2012 for the
B&I Guaranteed Loan Program, the
Administrator has decided not to grant
exceptions to the $10 million limit
during FY 2012 in an effort to make
guaranteed loan funds go farther and to
provide financing assistance to as many
projects as possible. Limiting
guaranteed loans to $10 million or less
will allow the Agency to guarantee more
loans and target smaller loans/projects
impacting more small businesses and
will assist the Agency to conserve scarce
funding dollars at a time when there is
unprecedented interest in the program.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2011-0039]
Notice of Decision To Authorize the Importation of Fresh Apricot,
Sweet Cherry, and Plumcot Fruit From South Africa 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 authorize the
importation into the continental United States of fresh apricot, sweet
cherry, and plumcot fruit from South Africa. Based
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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
apricot, sweet cherry, and plumcot fruit from South Africa. We are also
revising a treatment schedule in the Plant Protection and Quarantine
Treatment Manual.
DATES: Effective Date: November 3, 2011.
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 319.56-51, 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 spreading
within the United States. Under that process, APHIS may publish a
notice in the Federal Register announcing the availability of a 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 authorize the importation of the fruit or
vegetable subject to the risk-mitigation measures identified in the
pest risk analysis 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 1, 2011 (76 FR 31577-31578, Docket No. APHIS-
2011-0039), in which we announced the availability, for review and
comment, of a pest risk analysis evaluating the risks associated with
the importation into the continental United States of fresh apricot,
sweet cherry, and plumcot fruit from South Africa. The pest risk
analysis consisted of a risk assessment identifying pests of quarantine
significance that could follow the pathway of importation of fresh
apricot, sweet cherry, and plumcot fruit from South Africa into the
United States and a risk management document identifying phytosanitary
measures to be applied to those commodities to mitigate the pest risk.
In accordance with 7 CFR 305.3(a)(1), we also provided notice that we
had determined that it was necessary to revise treatment schedule T107-
e in the Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Treatment Manual \2\ to
include plumcots among the commodities to which that treatment schedule
may be applied and the Mediterranean and the Bezzi fruit fly among the
pests it is intended to eliminate. We solicited comments on the notice
for 60 days ending on August 1, 2011. We did not receive any comments.
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\1\ To view the notice and the pest risk analysis, go to https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2011-0039.
\2\ The Treatment Manual is available on the Internet at https://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plants/manuals/index.shtml or by
contacting the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant
Protection and Quarantine, Manuals Unit, 92 Thomas Johnson Drive,
Suite 200, Frederick, MD 21702.
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Therefore, in accordance with the regulations in 319.56-
4(c)(2)(ii), we are announcing our decision to authorize the
importation into the continental United States of fresh apricot, sweet
cherry, and plumcot fruit from South Africa subject to the following
phytosanitary measures:
The fruit must be imported as a commercial consignment, as
defined in 319.56-2.
Each consignment of fruit must be accompanied by a
phytosanitary certificate issued by the national plant protection
organization of South Africa. For apricots and plumcots only, the
phytosanitary certificate must include an additional declaration
stating that the fruit was inspected and found free of cinch bug
(Macchiademus diplopterus).
Apricots and plumcots must be cold treated for fruit flies
(Ceratitis spp.) and false codling moth (Thaumatotibia leucotreta) in
accordance with 7 CFR part 305.
Sweet cherries must be cold treated for the Mediterranean
fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) in accordance with 7 CFR part 305.
Each consignment of fruit is subject to inspection upon
arrival in the United States.
We are also updating the PPQ Treatment Manual as discussed earlier
in this document.
The phytosanitary conditions listed above will also be listed in
the Fruits and Vegetables Import Requirements database (available at
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/favir). In addition to these specific
measures, fresh apricot, sweet cherry, and plumcot fruit from South
Africa will be subject to the general requirements listed in Sec.
319.56-3 that are applicable to the importation of all fruits and
vegetables. Further, for fruits and vegetables requiring treatment as a
condition of entry, the phytosanitary treatment regulations in 7 CFR
part 305 contain administrative and procedural requirements that must
be observed in connection with the application and certification of
specific treatments.
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 28th day of September 2011.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-25490 Filed 10-3-11; 8:45 am]
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