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Friday, February 6, 2015
This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER
contains notices to the public of the proposed
issuance of rules and regulations. The
purpose of these notices is to give interested
persons an opportunity to participate in the
rule making prior to the adoption of the final
rules.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
7 CFR Parts 318 and 319
[Docket No. APHIS–2010–0082]
RIN 0579–AD71
Establishing a Performance Standard
for Authorizing the Importation and
Interstate Movement of Fruits and
Vegetables
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of
comment period.
AGENCY:
We are reopening the
comment period for our proposed rule
that would amend our regulations
governing the importation and interstate
movement of fruits and vegetables by
broadening our existing performance
standard to provide for approval of all
new fruits and vegetables for
importation or interstate movement into
or within the United States using a
notice-based process. This action will
allow interested persons additional time
to prepare and submit comments.
DATES: The comment period for the
proposed rule published on September
9, 2014 (79 FR 53346–53352) is
reopened. We will consider all
comments that we receive on or before
March 10, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2010-0082.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2010–0082, 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-2010-0082 or
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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: Ms.
Nicole L. Russo, Assistant Director,
Regulatory Coordination and
Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River
Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737–
1231; (301) 851–2159.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
September 9, 2014, we published in the
Federal Register (79 FR 53346–53352) a
proposal to amend our regulations
governing the importations of fruits and
vegetables by broadening our existing
performance standard to provide for
approval of all new fruits and vegetables
for importation into the United States
using a notice-based process. We also
proposed to remove the region- or
commodity-specific phytosanitary
requirements currently found in these
regulations. Likewise, we proposed an
equivalent revision of the performance
standard in our regulations governing
the interstate movement of fruits and
vegetables from Hawaii and the U.S.
territories (Guam, Northern Mariana
Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin
Islands) and the removal of commodityspecific phytosanitary requirements
from those regulations. This proposal
would allow for the approval of requests
to authorize the importation or
interstate movement of new fruits and
vegetables in a manner that enables a
more flexible and responsive regulatory
approach to evolving pest situations in
both the United States and exporting
countries. It would not however, alter
the science-based process in which the
risk associated with importation or
interstate movement of a given fruit or
vegetable is evaluated or the manner in
which risks associated with the
importation or interstate movement of a
fruit or vegetable are mitigated.
Comments on the proposed rule were
required to be received on or before
November 10, 2014. On December 4,
2014, we published in the Federal
Register (79 FR 71973) a notice of
reopening of the comment period for an
additional 60 days. Comments were
required to be received on or before
January 9, 2015.
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We are reopening the comment period
on Docket No. APHIS–2010–0082 for an
additional 60 days. We will also accept
all comments received between January
10, 2015 (the day after the close of the
initial extended comment period) and
the date of this notice. This action will
allow interested persons additional time
to prepare and submit comments.
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 2nd day of
February 2015.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of
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notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
7 CFR Parts 318 and 319
[Docket No. APHIS-2010-0082]
RIN 0579-AD71
Establishing a Performance Standard for Authorizing the
Importation and Interstate Movement of Fruits and Vegetables
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period.
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SUMMARY: We are reopening the comment period for our proposed rule that
would amend our regulations governing the importation and interstate
movement of fruits and vegetables by broadening our existing
performance standard to provide for approval of all new fruits and
vegetables for importation or interstate movement into or within the
United States using a notice-based process. This action will allow
interested persons additional time to prepare and submit comments.
DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published on September
9, 2014 (79 FR 53346-53352) is reopened. We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before March 10, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2010-0082.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2010-0082, 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-2010-
0082 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: Ms. Nicole L. Russo, Assistant
Director, Regulatory Coordination and Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700
River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 851-2159.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 9, 2014, we published in the
Federal Register (79 FR 53346-53352) a proposal to amend our
regulations governing the importations of fruits and vegetables by
broadening our existing performance standard to provide for approval of
all new fruits and vegetables for importation into the United States
using a notice-based process. We also proposed to remove the region- or
commodity-specific phytosanitary requirements currently found in these
regulations. Likewise, we proposed an equivalent revision of the
performance standard in our regulations governing the interstate
movement of fruits and vegetables from Hawaii and the U.S. territories
(Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin
Islands) and the removal of commodity-specific phytosanitary
requirements from those regulations. This proposal would allow for the
approval of requests to authorize the importation or interstate
movement of new fruits and vegetables in a manner that enables a more
flexible and responsive regulatory approach to evolving pest situations
in both the United States and exporting countries. It would not
however, alter the science-based process in which the risk associated
with importation or interstate movement of a given fruit or vegetable
is evaluated or the manner in which risks associated with the
importation or interstate movement of a fruit or vegetable are
mitigated.
Comments on the proposed rule were required to be received on or
before November 10, 2014. On December 4, 2014, we published in the
Federal Register (79 FR 71973) a notice of reopening of the comment
period for an additional 60 days. Comments were required to be received
on or before January 9, 2015.
We are reopening the comment period on Docket No. APHIS-2010-0082
for an additional 60 days. We will also accept all comments received
between January 10, 2015 (the day after the close of the initial
extended comment period) and the date of this notice. This action will
allow interested persons additional time to prepare and submit
comments.
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 2nd day of February 2015.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-02404 Filed 2-5-15; 8:45 am]
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