Notice of Availability of an Evaluation of the African Horse Sickness Status of Saudi Arabia, 33714-33715 [2014-13786]
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collection, contact Mrs. Celeste Sickles,
APHIS’ Information Collection
Coordinator, at (301) 851–2908.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Black Stem Rust; Identification
Requirements for Addition of RustResistant Varieties.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0186.
Type of Request: Extension of
approval of an information collection.
Abstract: Under the Plant Protection
Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Secretary
of Agriculture is authorized to prohibit
or 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.
Black stem rust is one of the most
destructive plant diseases of small
grains that is known to exist in the
United States. The disease is caused by
a fungus that reduces the quality and
yield of infected wheat, oat, barley, and
rye crops by robbing host plants of food
and water. In addition to infecting small
grains, the fungus lives on a variety of
alternate host plants that are species of
the genera Berberis, Mahoberberis, and
Mahonia. The fungus is spread from
host to host by wind-borne spores.
The black stem rust quarantine and
regulations, contained in 7 CFR 301.38
through 301.38–8 (referred to below as
the regulations), quarantine the
conterminous 48 States and the District
of Columbia and govern the interstate
movement of certain plants of the
genera Berberis, Mahoberberis, and
Mahonia, known as barberry plants. The
species of these plants are categorized as
either rust-resistant or rust-susceptible.
Rust-resistant plants do not pose a risk
of spreading black stem rust or of
contributing to the development of new
races of rust; rust-susceptible plants do
pose such risks.
Paragraph (b) of § 301.38–2 provides
the requirements for the submission of
a request to the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service to add a
variety to the list of rust-resistant
barberry varieties in the regulations. A
request must include a description of
the variety, including a written
description and color pictures that can
be used by an inspector to clearly
identify the variety and distinguish it
from other varieties. This requirement
helps to ensure that State plant
inspectors can clearly determine
whether plants moving into or through
their States are rust-resistant varieties
listed in 7 CFR 301.38–2.
We are asking the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve our use of this information
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collection activity 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 4
hours per response.
Respondents: Nurseries.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 4.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 2.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 8.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 32 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 6th day of
June 2014.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0013]
Notice of Availability of an Evaluation
of the African Horse Sickness Status
of Saudi Arabia
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
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We are advising the public
that we have determined that Saudi
Arabia is free of African horse sickness
(AHS). After reviewing the
documentation submitted by Saudi
Arabia in support of its request and
considering other factors, the
Administrator of the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service has
determined that AHS is not present in
Saudi Arabia. We are making that
determination, as well as an evaluation
we have prepared in connection with
this action, available for review and
comment.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before August 11,
2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0013.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2014–0013, 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-2014-0013 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) 799–7039
before coming.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Chip Wells, Senior Staff Veterinarian,
Regionalization Evaluation Services,
Sanitary Trade Issues Team, National
Import Export Services, VS, APHIS,
4700 River Road, Unit 38, Riverdale,
MD 20737–1231; (301) 851–3317.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
The regulations in 9 CFR part 93
(referred to below as the regulations)
prescribe the conditions for the
importation into the United States of
specified animals to prevent the
introduction of various animal diseases,
including African horse sickness (AHS).
AHS is a fatal viral equine disease that
is not known to exist in the United
States.
Part 93, § 93.308 contains
requirements governing the importation
of horses, mules, zebras, and other
equids from regions where AHS exists
in order to prevent the introduction of
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AHS into the United States. Equids from
countries where AHS exists are eligible
for importation into the United States
only after undergoing a 60-day
quarantine.
The regulations in 9 CFR part 92,
§ 92.2, contain requirements for
requesting the recognition of the animal
health status of a region or for the
approval of the export of a particular
type of animal or animal product to the
United States from a foreign region. If,
after review and evaluation of the
information submitted in support of the
request the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) believes the
request can be safely granted, APHIS
will make its evaluation available for
public comment through a notice
published in the Federal Register.
Following the close of the comment
period, APHIS will review all comments
received and will make a final
determination regarding the request that
will be detailed in another notice
published in the Federal Register.
In March 2009, the Government of
Saudi Arabia submitted documentation
to APHIS seeking recognition of the
entire country of Saudi Arabia as a
region free of AHS. In response to Saudi
Arabia’s request, APHIS evaluated the
risk of introducing AHS into the United
States via the importation of equids
from Saudi Arabia in accordance with 9
CFR part 92. Based on this evaluation,
APHIS concluded that AHS is not
known to be present in Saudi Arabia
and that the surveillance, prevention,
and control measures implemented by
Saudi Arabia are sufficient to minimize
the likelihood of introducing AHS into
the United States via imports of equids.
Therefore, in accordance with
§ 92.2(e), we are announcing the
availability of our evaluation of the AHS
status of Saudi Arabia for public review
and comment. The evaluation may be
viewed on the Regulations.gov Web site
or in our reading room. (Instructions for
accessing Regulations.gov and
information on the location and hours of
the reading room are provided under the
heading ADDRESSES at the beginning of
this notice.) The evaluation, as well as
the information evaluated, may also be
viewed at https://web01.aphis.usda.gov/
db/mtaddr.nsf/WebView?OpenView.
After reviewing any comments we
receive, we will announce our decision
regarding the disease status of Saudi
Arabia with respect to AHS and the
import status of susceptible animals in
a subsequent notice.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1622 and 8301–8317;
21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7
CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4.
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Done in Washington, DC, this 6th day of
June 2014.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2014–13786 Filed 6–11–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0029]
Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk
Analysis for Interstate Movement of
´
Fresh Achachairu Fruit From Puerto
Rico
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
We are advising the public
that we have prepared a pest risk
analysis (PRA) that evaluates the risks
associated with the interstate movement
into the continental United States of
´
fresh achachairu 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 achachairu from Puerto
Rico. We are making the PRA available
to the public for review and comment.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before August 11,
2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0029.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2014–0029, 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-2014-0029 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) 799–7039
before coming.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
David Lamb, Senior Regulatory Policy
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Specialist, Regulatory Coordination and
Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River
Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737–
1231; (301) 851–2103.
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
(USDA) prohibits or restricts the
interstate movement of fruits and
vegetables into the 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
imported subject to one or more of the
designated phytosanitary measures
listed in paragraph (b) of that section.
These measures are:
• The fruits and vegetables are
inspected in the State of origin or in the
first State of arrival;
• The fruits and vegetables originated
from a pest-free area in the State of
origin and the grower from which the
fruit or vegetable originated has entered
into a compliance agreement with the
Administrator;
• The fruits and vegetables are treated
in accordance with 7 CFR part 305 and
the treatment is certified by an
inspector;
• The fruits and vegetables are
inspected and certified in the State of
origin by an inspector and have been
found free of one or more specific
quarantine pests identified by risk
analysis as likely to follow the pathway;
• The fruits and vegetables are moved
as commercial consignments only; and/
or
• The fruits and vegetables may be
distributed only within a defined area
and the boxes or containers in which
the fruits or vegetables are distributed
must be marked to indicate the
applicable distribution restrictions.
APHIS received a request from a
grower and research scientist with the
Puerto Rico Department of Agriculture,
with support from the USDA
Agricultural Research Service and the
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2014-0013]
Notice of Availability of an Evaluation of the African Horse
Sickness Status of Saudi Arabia
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: We are advising the public that we have determined that Saudi
Arabia is free of African horse sickness (AHS). After reviewing the
documentation submitted by Saudi Arabia in support of its request and
considering other factors, the Administrator of the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service has determined that AHS is not present in
Saudi Arabia. We are making that determination, as well as an
evaluation we have prepared in connection with this action, available
for review and comment.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
August 11, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0013.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2014-0013, 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-2014-
0013 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) 799-7039 before coming.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Chip Wells, Senior Staff
Veterinarian, Regionalization Evaluation Services, Sanitary Trade
Issues Team, National Import Export Services, VS, APHIS, 4700 River
Road, Unit 38, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 851-3317.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The regulations in 9 CFR part 93 (referred to below as the
regulations) prescribe the conditions for the importation into the
United States of specified animals to prevent the introduction of
various animal diseases, including African horse sickness (AHS). AHS is
a fatal viral equine disease that is not known to exist in the United
States.
Part 93, Sec. 93.308 contains requirements governing the
importation of horses, mules, zebras, and other equids from regions
where AHS exists in order to prevent the introduction of
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AHS into the United States. Equids from countries where AHS exists are
eligible for importation into the United States only after undergoing a
60-day quarantine.
The regulations in 9 CFR part 92, Sec. 92.2, contain requirements
for requesting the recognition of the animal health status of a region
or for the approval of the export of a particular type of animal or
animal product to the United States from a foreign region. If, after
review and evaluation of the information submitted in support of the
request the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) believes
the request can be safely granted, APHIS will make its evaluation
available for public comment through a notice published in the Federal
Register. Following the close of the comment period, APHIS will review
all comments received and will make a final determination regarding the
request that will be detailed in another notice published in the
Federal Register.
In March 2009, the Government of Saudi Arabia submitted
documentation to APHIS seeking recognition of the entire country of
Saudi Arabia as a region free of AHS. In response to Saudi Arabia's
request, APHIS evaluated the risk of introducing AHS into the United
States via the importation of equids from Saudi Arabia in accordance
with 9 CFR part 92. Based on this evaluation, APHIS concluded that AHS
is not known to be present in Saudi Arabia and that the surveillance,
prevention, and control measures implemented by Saudi Arabia are
sufficient to minimize the likelihood of introducing AHS into the
United States via imports of equids.
Therefore, in accordance with Sec. 92.2(e), we are announcing the
availability of our evaluation of the AHS status of Saudi Arabia for
public review and comment. The evaluation may be viewed on the
Regulations.gov Web site or in our reading room. (Instructions for
accessing Regulations.gov and information on the location and hours of
the reading room are provided under the heading ADDRESSES at the
beginning of this notice.) The evaluation, as well as the information
evaluated, may also be viewed at https://web01.aphis.usda.gov/db/mtaddr.nsf/WebView?OpenView.
After reviewing any comments we receive, we will announce our
decision regarding the disease status of Saudi Arabia with respect to
AHS and the import status of susceptible animals in a subsequent
notice.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1622 and 8301-8317; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a;
31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4.
Done in Washington, DC, this 6th day of June 2014.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-13786 Filed 6-11-14; 8:45 am]
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