Notice of Decision To Authorize the Importation of Fresh Pitahaya From Israel Into the Continental United States, 64386-64387 [2015-27097]
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For
information on the importation of citrus
from Peru, contact Mr. Juan (Tony)
´
Roman, Senior Regulatory Policy
Specialist, RCC, IRM, PHP, PPQ, APHIS,
4700 River Road Unit 156, Riverdale,
MD 20737; (301) 851–2242. For copies
of more detailed information on the
information collection, contact Ms.
Kimberly Hardy, APHIS’ Information
Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851–
2727.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Importation of Citrus From
Peru.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0289.
Type of Request: Revision to and
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, including
fruit flies, 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 319.56–73).
In accordance with § 319.56–41, the
citrus (grapefruit, limes, mandarins or
tangerines, sweet oranges, and tangelos)
from Peru is subject to certain
conditions before entering the
continental 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
national plant protection organization
(NPPO) officials from Peru, grower
registration and agreement, fruit fly
trapping, monitoring, recordkeeping,
and a phytosanitary certificate.
Since the last approval of this
collection, we have adjusted the
estimates of burden to more accurately
reflect the number of grower
registrations and agreements, the
number of hours for recordkeeping, the
number of respondents for
phytosanitary certificates, and to
account for activities that were omitted
from the last collection (fruit fly
management program, reinstatement of
production sites, permits, and
certification and recertification of cold
treatment carriers).
We are asking the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve our use of these information
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collection activities, as described, 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
7.382 hours per response.
Respondents: NPPO of Peru and
importers and growers of citrus fruit in
Peru.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 31.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 137.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 4,245.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 31,339 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 19th day of
October 2015.
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–2015–0012]
Notice of Decision To Authorize the
Importation of Fresh Pitahaya From
Israel 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 of fresh pitahaya fruit from
Israel into the continental United States.
Based on the findings of the pest risk
analysis, which we made available to
the public to review and comment
through a previous notice, we have
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 pitahaya fruit from
Israel.
DATES: Effective October 23, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs.
Nicole Russo, Assistant Director,
Imports, Regulations, and Manuals,
PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; (301) 851–
2159.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
regulations in ‘‘Subpart—Fruits and
Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56–1 through
319.56–73, referred to below as the
regulations), the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
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 or disseminated 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, 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 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 begin issuing permits for
importation of the fruit or vegetable
subject to the identified designated
measures if: (1) No comments were
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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 April 28, 2015 (80 FR
23497, Docket No. APHIS–2015–0012),
in which we announced the availability,
for review and comment, of a pest risk
assessment (PRA) that evaluated the
risks associated with the importation
into the continental United States of
fresh pitahaya fruit from Israel and a
risk management document (RMD)
prepared to identify phytosanitary
measures that could be applied to the
commodities to mitigate the pest risk.
We solicited comments on the PRA
and RMD for 60 days ending on June 29,
2015. We did not receive any comments
by that date.
Therefore, in accordance with
§ 319.56–4(c)(2)(ii), we are announcing
our decision to authorize the
importation of fresh pitahaya fruit from
Israel into the continental United States
subject to the following phytosanitary
measures:
• The pitahaya must be imported into
the continental United States in
commercial consignments only.
• Each consignment of pitahaya must
be accompanied by a phytosanitary
certificate issued by the national plant
protection organization of Israel.
• Each consignment of pitahaya is
subject to inspection upon arrival at the
port of entry to the United States.
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 pitahaya fruit from Israel will be
subject to the general requirements
listed in § 319.56–3 that are applicable
to the importation of all fruits and
vegetables.
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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 19th day of
October 2015.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
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1 To view the notice, PRA, and RMD, go to https://
www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS2015-0012.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0042]
Notice of Determination of the
Classical Swine Fever, Foot-and-Mouth
Disease, Rinderpest, and Swine
Vesicular Disease Status of Croatia
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
We are adding Croatia to the
lists of regions that are considered free
of foot-and-mouth disease, rinderpest,
and swine vesicular disease, and to the
list of regions considered free or low
risk for classical swine fever. We are
taking this action because we have
determined that this region is free of
foot-and-mouth disease, rinderpest, and
swine vesicular disease, and is low risk
for classical swine fever. This action
establishes the disease status of Croatia
with regard to foot-and-mouth disease,
rinderpest, swine vesicular disease, and
classical swine fever while continuing
to protect the United States from an
introduction of those diseases.
DATES: Effective November 23, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Donald Link, Import Risk Analyst,
Regionalization Evaluation Services,
National Import Export Services,
Veterinary Services, APHIS, 920 Main
Campus Drive, Suite 200, Raleigh, NC
27606; (919) 855–7731; Donald.B.Link@
aphis.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
The regulations in 9 CFR part 94
(referred to below as the regulations)
govern the importation of certain
animals and animal products into the
United States to prevent the
introduction of various animal diseases,
including classical swine fever (CSF),
foot-and-mouth disease (FMD),
rinderpest, and swine vesicular disease
(SVD). The regulations prohibit or
restrict the importation of live
ruminants and swine, and products
from these animals, from regions where
these diseases are considered to exist.
Within part 94, § 94.1 contains
requirements governing the importation
of ruminants and swine from regions
where rinderpest or FMD exists and the
importation of the meat of any
ruminants or swine from regions where
rinderpest or FMD exists to prevent the
introduction of either disease into the
United States. We consider rinderpest
and FMD to exist in all regions except
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those listed in accordance with
paragraph (a) of that section as free of
rinderpest and FMD. Section 94.9
contains requirements governing the
importation of pork and pork products
from regions where CSF exists. Section
94.10 contains importation
requirements for swine from regions
where CSF is considered to exist and
designates the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS)-defined
European CSF region as a single region
of low-risk for CSF. Section 94.31
contains requirements governing the
importation of pork, pork products, and
swine from the APHIS-defined
European CSF region. We consider CSF
to exist in all regions of the world
except those listed in accordance with
paragraph (a) of § 94.9 as free of the
disease.
Section 94.11 of the regulations
contains requirements governing the
importation of meat of any ruminants or
swine from regions that have been
determined to be free of rinderpest and
FMD, but that are subject to certain
restrictions because of their proximity to
or trading relationships with rinderpestor FMD-affected regions. Such regions
are listed in accordance with paragraph
(a) of that section.
Section 94.12 of the regulations
contains requirements governing the
importation of pork or pork products
from regions where SVD exists. We
consider SVD to exist in all regions of
the world except those listed in
accordance with paragraph (a) of that
section as free of SVD.
Section 94.13 contains importation
requirements governing the importation
of pork or pork products from regions
that have been declared free of SVD as
provided in § 94.12(a) but supplement
their national pork supply by the
importation of fresh (chilled or frozen)
meat of animals from regions where
SVD is considered to exist, or have a
common border with such regions, or
have trade practices that are less
restrictive than are acceptable to the
United States. Such regions are listed in
accordance with paragraph (a) of
§ 94.13.
Section 94.14 states that no swine
which are moved from or transit any
region in which SVD is known to exist
may be imported into the United States
except wild swine imported in
accordance with § 94.14(b).
The regulations in 9 CFR part 92,
§ 92.2, contain requirements for
requesting the recognition of the animal
health status of a region (as well as 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
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2015-0012]
Notice of Decision To Authorize the Importation of Fresh Pitahaya
From Israel 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 of fresh pitahaya fruit from Israel into the continental
United States. Based on the findings of the pest risk analysis, which
we made available to the public to review and comment through a
previous notice, we have 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 pitahaya fruit from Israel.
DATES: Effective October 23, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. Nicole Russo, Assistant Director,
Imports, Regulations, and Manuals, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit
133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 851-2159.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the regulations in ``Subpart--Fruits
and Vegetables'' (7 CFR 319.56-1 through 319.56-73, referred to below
as the regulations), the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) 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 or disseminated 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, 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 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 begin issuing permits for importation of the
fruit or vegetable subject to the identified designated measures if:
(1) No comments were
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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 April 28, 2015 (80 FR 23497, Docket No. APHIS-2015-
0012), in which we announced the availability, for review and comment,
of a pest risk assessment (PRA) that evaluated the risks associated
with the importation into the continental United States of fresh
pitahaya fruit from Israel and a risk management document (RMD)
prepared to identify phytosanitary measures that could be applied to
the commodities to mitigate the pest risk.
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\1\ To view the notice, PRA, and RMD, go to https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2015-0012.
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We solicited comments on the PRA and RMD for 60 days ending on June
29, 2015. We did not receive any comments by that date.
Therefore, in accordance with Sec. 319.56-4(c)(2)(ii), we are
announcing our decision to authorize the importation of fresh pitahaya
fruit from Israel into the continental United States subject to the
following phytosanitary measures:
The pitahaya must be imported into the continental United
States in commercial consignments only.
Each consignment of pitahaya must be accompanied by a
phytosanitary certificate issued by the national plant protection
organization of Israel.
Each consignment of pitahaya is subject to inspection upon
arrival at the port of entry to the United States.
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 pitahaya fruit from
Israel 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 19th day of October 2015.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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