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[Docket No. APHIS–2012–0038]
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
7 CFR Part 319
RIN 0579–AD79
Importation of Cape Gooseberry From
Colombia Into the United States
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
Food and Nutrition Service
7 CFR Part 246
The ICR associated with the rule
published in the Federal Register on
March 4, 2014, at 79 FR 12273, was
approved by OMB on April 14, 2014,
under OMB Control Number 0584–0043.
We are amending the fruits
and vegetables regulations to allow the
importation of cape gooseberry from
Colombia into the United States. As a
condition of entry, cape gooseberry from
Colombia must be subject to a systems
approach that includes requirements for
establishment of pest-free places of
production and the labeling of boxes
prior to shipping. The cape gooseberry
also must be imported in commercial
consignments and accompanied by a
phytosanitary certificate issued by the
national plant protection organization of
Colombia certifying that the fruit has
been produced in accordance with the
systems approach. This action allows
for the importation of cape gooseberry
from Colombia into the United States
while continuing to provide protection
against the introduction of plant pests.
DATES: Effective Date: June 2, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Claudia Ferguson, Senior Regulatory
Policy Specialist, Regulatory
Coordination and Compliance, PPQ,
APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 133,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1236; (301) 851–
2352.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Background
Anne Bartholomew, Chief, Nutrition
Services Branch, Supplemental Food
Programs Division, Food and Nutrition
Service, USDA, 3101 Park Center Drive,
Room 522, Alexandria, Virginia 22302,
(703) 305–2746 or anne.bartholomew@
fns.usda.gov.
The regulations in ‘‘Subpart—Fruits
and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56–1
through 319.56–66, referred to below as
the regulations) prohibit or restrict the
importation of fruits and vegetables into
the United States from certain parts of
the world to prevent the introduction
and dissemination of plant pests.
Prior to the effective date of this final
rule, the regulations only allowed cape
gooseberry (Physalis peruviana) to be
imported into the United States from
Colombia if the commodity was treated
SUMMARY:
RIN 0584–AD77
Special Supplemental Nutrition
Program for Women, Infants and
Children (WIC): Revisions in the WIC
Food Packages; Approval of
Information Collection Request
AGENCY:
Food and Nutrition Service,
USDA.
Final rule; Notice of approval of
Information Collection Request (ICR).
ACTION:
The rule titled Special
Supplemental Nutrition Program for
Women, Infants and Children (WIC):
Revisions in the WIC Food Packages
was published on March 4, 2014. The
Office of Management and Budget
cleared the associated information
collection requirements (ICR) on April
14, 2014. This document announces
approval of the ICR.
SUMMARY:
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Dated: April 28, 2014.
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Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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with cold treatment for Mediterranean
fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata or Medfly).
However, the national plant
protection organization (NPPO) of
Colombia requested that the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
amend the regulations to allow
commercial consignments of cape
gooseberry from production sites
recognized as free of Medfly in the
Bogota Savannah and the neighboring
municipalities above 2,200 meters of
´
elevation in the Departments of Boyaca
and Cundinamarca without cold
treatment.
In response to the request of the
NPPO of Colombia, we prepared a
commodity import evaluation document
(CIED) titled ‘‘Recognition of cape
gooseberry production sites that are free
of Mediterranean fruit fly within a low
prevalence area in Colombia Bogota
Savannah and the neighboring
municipalities above 2,200 meters in the
´
Departments of Boyaca and
Cundinamarca.’’
Based on the evidence presented in
the CIED, on August 16, 2013, we
published in the Federal Register (78
FR 49972–49975, Docket No. APHIS–
2012–0038) a proposed rule 1 to
authorize the importation of cape
gooseberry from Colombia into the
United States without cold treatment,
provided that the cape gooseberry were
produced in accordance with a systems
approach consisting of the following
requirements: Production in pest-free
areas of production in the Bogota
Savannah or the neighboring
municipalities above 2,200 meters of
´
elevation in the Departments of Boyaca
and Cundinamarca; importation in
commercial consignments only; labeling
of boxes; phytosanitary inspection; and
issuance of a phytosanitary certificate.
We solicited comments concerning
our proposal for 60 days ending October
15, 2013. We received two comments by
that date. One, from a U.S. importer of
cape gooseberry from Colombia,
expressed support for the proposed rule.
The other, from the NPPO of Colombia,
requested several modifications to what
it understood to be the provisions of the
proposed rule. We discuss this latter
comment below.
1 To view the proposed rule, supporting
documents, or the comments that we received, go
to https://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2012-0038.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
7 CFR Part 246
RIN 0584-AD77
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and
Children (WIC): Revisions in the WIC Food Packages; Approval of
Information Collection Request
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, USDA.
ACTION: Final rule; Notice of approval of Information Collection
Request (ICR).
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SUMMARY: The rule titled Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for
Women, Infants and Children (WIC): Revisions in the WIC Food Packages
was published on March 4, 2014. The Office of Management and Budget
cleared the associated information collection requirements (ICR) on
April 14, 2014. This document announces approval of the ICR.
DATES: The ICR associated with the rule published in the Federal
Register on March 4, 2014, at 79 FR 12273, was approved by OMB on April
14, 2014, under OMB Control Number 0584-0043.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Bartholomew, Chief, Nutrition
Services Branch, Supplemental Food Programs Division, Food and
Nutrition Service, USDA, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 522, Alexandria,
Virginia 22302, (703) 305-2746 or anne.bartholomew@fns.usda.gov.
Dated: April 28, 2014.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-10160 Filed 5-1-14; 8:45 am]
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