Notice of Decision To Authorize the Importation of Fresh Cape Gooseberry Fruit With Husks From Chile, 78231-78232 [2011-32317]
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2011–0104]
Notice of Request for Extension of
Approval of an Information Collection;
Importation of Peppers From Certain
Central American Countries
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
Health Inspection Service’s intention to
request an extension of approval of an
information collection associated with
regulations for the importation of
peppers from certain Central American
countries.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before February
14, 2012.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2011-01040001.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2011–0104, 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-2011-0104 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information on regulations for the
importation of peppers from certain
Central American countries, contact Mr.
Tony Roman, Import Specialist,
Regulatory Coordination and
Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River
Road Unit 156, Riverdale, MD 20737;
(301) 734–5820. For copies of more
detailed information on the information
collection, contact Mrs. Celeste Sickles,
APHIS’ Information Collection
Coordinator, at (301) 851–2908.
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Title: Importation of Peppers From
Certain Central American Countries.
OMB Number: 0579–0274.
Type of Request: Extension of
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 into the
United States or their dissemination
within the United States. 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 319.56–54).
Under these regulations, peppers from
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala,
Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama are
subject to certain conditions before
entering the United States to prevent the
introduction of plant pests into the
United States. The regulations require
the use of information collection
activities, including inspections by
Central American national plant
protection organization officials; fruit
fly trapping, monitoring, and
recordkeeping; box labeling; and a
phytosanitary certificate.
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
0.0037936 hours per response.
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Respondents: National plant
protection organization officials and
growers and shippers of peppers in
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala,
Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 245.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 3,226.653061.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 790,530.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 2,999 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 12th day of
December 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–2010–0023]
Notice of Decision To Authorize the
Importation of Fresh Cape Gooseberry
Fruit With Husks From Chile
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 Cape gooseberry fruit
(Physalis peruviana L.) with husks from
Chile. 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
concluded 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 Cape gooseberry
fruit from Chile.
DATES: Effective Date: December 16,
2011.
SUMMARY:
Ms.
Claudia Ferguson, Regulatory Policy
Specialist, Regulations, Permits, and
Manuals, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road
Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737–1231,
(301) 734–0754.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Under the regulations in ‘‘Subpart—
Fruits and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56–
1 through 319.56–54, 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 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 August 11, 2011 (76 FR
49726, Docket No. APHIS–2010–0023),
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 fresh Cape gooseberry fruit
(Physalis peruviana L.) with husks from
Chile. We solicited comments on the
notice for 60 days ending on October 11,
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 fresh Cape
gooseberry fruit from Chile subject to
the following phytosanitary measures:
• Cape gooseberry fruit will be
subject to inspection upon arrival in the
United States.
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• Each consignment of Cape
gooseberry fruit must be accompanied
by a phytosanitary certificate issued by
NPPO of Chile stating: ‘‘The Cape
gooseberry in the consignment has been
inspected and is free of pests.’’
• Cape gooseberry fruit must be
imported into the United States in
commercial consignments only.
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,
fresh Cape gooseberry fruit from Chile
will be subject to the general
requirements listed in § 319.56–3 that
are applicable to the importation of all
fruits and vegetables.
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 12th day of
December 2011.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2011–0046]
Monsanto Co.; Determination of
Nonregulated Status for Soybean
Genetically Engineered To Have a
Modified Fatty Acid Profile and for
Tolerance to the Herbicide Glyphosate
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
We are advising the public of
our determination that a soybean line
developed by the Monsanto Co.,
designated as event MON 87705, which
has been genetically engineered to have
a modified fatty acid profile and for
tolerance to the herbicide glyphosate, is
no longer considered a regulated article
under our regulations governing the
introduction of certain genetically
engineered organisms. Our
determination is based on our
evaluation of data submitted by the
Monsanto Company in its petition for a
determination of nonregulated status,
our analysis of available scientific data,
and comments received from the public
in response to our previous notice
announcing the availability of the
petition for nonregulated status and its
associated environmental assessment
and plant pest risk assessment. This
SUMMARY:
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notice also announces the availability of
our written determination and finding
of no significant impact.
DATES: Effective Date: December 16,
2011.
ADDRESSES: You may read the
documents referenced in this notice and
the comments we received 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) 6902817 before coming.
Those documents are also available on
the Internet at https://
www.aphis.usda.gov/biotechnology/
not_reg.html and are posted with the
previous notice and the comments we
received on the Regulations.gov Web
site at https://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2011-0046.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Evan Chestnut, Policy Analyst,
Biotechnology Regulatory Services,
APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 147,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1236; (301) 734–
0942, email:
evan.a.chestnut@aphis.usda.gov. To
obtain copies of the documents
referenced in this notice, contact Ms.
Cindy Eck at (301) 734–0667, email:
cynthia.a.eck@aphis.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The regulations in 7 CFR part 340,
‘‘Introduction of Organisms and
Products Altered or Produced Through
Genetic Engineering Which Are Plant
Pests or Which There Is Reason to
Believe Are Plant Pests,’’ regulate,
among other things, the introduction
(importation, interstate movement, or
release into the environment) of
organisms and products altered or
produced through genetic engineering
that are plant pests or that there is
reason to believe are plant pests. Such
genetically engineered organisms and
products are considered ‘‘regulated
articles.’’
The regulations in § 340.6(a) provide
that any person may submit a petition
to the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) seeking a
determination that an article should not
be regulated under 7 CFR part 340.
Paragraphs (b) and (c) of § 340.6
describe the form that a petition for a
determination of nonregulated status
must take and the information that must
be included in the petition.
APHIS received a petition (APHIS
Petition Number 09–201–01p) from the
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2010-0023]
Notice of Decision To Authorize the Importation of Fresh Cape
Gooseberry Fruit With Husks From Chile
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 Cape gooseberry
fruit (Physalis peruviana L.) with husks from Chile. 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 concluded 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 Cape gooseberry
fruit from Chile.
DATES: Effective Date: December 16, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Claudia Ferguson, Regulatory
Policy Specialist, Regulations, Permits, and Manuals, PPQ, APHIS, 4700
River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231, (301) 734-0754.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Under the regulations in ``Subpart--Fruits and Vegetables'' (7 CFR
319.56-1 through 319.56-54, 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 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 August 11, 2011 (76 FR 49726, Docket No. APHIS-
2010-0023), 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 fresh Cape gooseberry
fruit (Physalis peruviana L.) with husks from Chile. We solicited
comments on the notice for 60 days ending on October 11, 2011. We did
not receive any comments by that date.
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Therefore, in accordance with the regulations in Sec. 319.56-
4(c)(2)(ii), we are announcing our decision to authorize the
importation into the continental United States of fresh Cape gooseberry
fruit from Chile subject to the following phytosanitary measures:
Cape gooseberry fruit will be subject to inspection upon
arrival in the United States.
Each consignment of Cape gooseberry fruit must be
accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued by NPPO of Chile
stating: ``The Cape gooseberry in the consignment has been inspected
and is free of pests.''
Cape gooseberry fruit must be imported into the United
States in commercial consignments only.
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, fresh Cape gooseberry fruit
from Chile will be subject to the general requirements listed in Sec.
319.56-3 that are applicable to the importation of all fruits and
vegetables.
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 12th day of December 2011.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-32317 Filed 12-15-11; 8:45 am]
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