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stakeholders in our risk analysis process
and we respect the phytosanitary
expertise of the State plant health
personnel of Florida and California.
However, we have not identified the
need for additional site visits at this
time to evaluate the implementation of
the systems approach. Should such site
visits occur, we will take the States’
requests into consideration.
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Regional Pests
A commenter stated that citrus
dieback, citrus tristeza, alternaria brown
spot, citrus canker, citrus black spot,
and sweet orange scab exist in countries
in proximity to Colombia production
areas, and that Huanglongbing and
Asian citrus psyllid exist within
Colombia itself. The commenter asked
APHIS to list insect vectors (other than
Brevipalpus mite species) that transmit
CiLV, as well as the distribution of such
pests. The commenter also asked what
disease and pathogen insect vector
mitigation measures will be used to
protect fresh citrus fruit as a pathway
from introducing citrus pathogens and
their insect vectors into the United
States.
Citrus canker, citrus black spot, and
sweet orange scab are not known to
occur in Colombia. Although CiLV and
Huanglongbing are known to exist in
Colombia, citrus fruit is not a pathway
of either of those pests in the absence of
their insect vectors. The CIED specifies
multiple packinghouse procedures for
Brevipalpus; these procedures will also
mitigate Asian citrus psyllid, vector of
Huanglongbing.
Risk Documentation
A commenter stated that the
documentation provided is incomplete
for the resumption of citrus exports
from Colombia. The commenter said
that PRA appeared to be conducted in
2015 or early 2016, leaving stakeholders
uninformed about the intervening 24
months. The commenter added that the
proposal moves from a PRA to an
operational workplan without a pest
risk mitigation document (RMD) in the
interim. The commenter stated that with
no RMD and operational workplan to
protect the industry and environment,
there are missing pieces to this effort.
APHIS did not identify any new
quarantine pests that could follow the
pathway of citrus from Colombia since
the PRA was completed; therefore, it is
still accurate. The CIED was made
available with the February 2018
Federal Register notice (see footnote 1)
and provides the risk mitigation
structure for the importation of citrus
from Colombia. Operational workplans
are documents that provide additional
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detail regarding day-to-day operations
within an export program and can be
updated as operational practices within
the exporting country change.
Neosilba spp.
Funding
A commenter asked how APHIS
attains funding as part of this action,
and whether a trust fund has been
established or a Colombian or industry
reimbursement is anticipated.
APHIS typically reserves trust funds
for preclearance programs. Importation
of citrus from Colombia does not
include a preclearance program.
Therefore, for the reasons noted
above, we are affirming our addition of
supplemental requirements for the
importation of sweet oranges,
tangerines, grapefruit, clementines, and
mandarins from Colombia into the
United States. The requirements are
listed in the FAVIR database, which is
available by following the link in
footnote 2.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1633, 7701–7772, and
7781–7786; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 7 CFR
2.22, 2.80, and 371.3.
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Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
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A commenter stated that the PRA risk
rating should be High for the likelihood
of establishment of Neosilba spp. as it
poses a significant pest risk. The
commenter referred APHIS to the
Brazilian citrus PRA, which states: ‘‘the
introduction of Neosilba into the
continental United States is likely to
result in significant increases in costs of
production beyond normal
fluctuations.’’ Another commenter
questioned the effectiveness of fruit
cutting as a dependable detection
method for Neosilba spp. The
commenter asked for details about how
much fruit is being cut for detection of
pests.
APHIS has never intercepted Neosilba
spp. in commercial citrus. Given the
PRA’s medium risk rating and the lack
of interceptions, APHIS believes that
commercial production and inspection
are adequate mitigation measures for
this pest. APHIS believes that this pest
is primarily an invader of overripe,
damaged, fallen fruit, and fruit
previously infested by tephritid fruit
flies. In Brazil some studies have found
Neosilba spp. to be a primary infesting
agent, although some of those studies
used dooryard citrus, not commercial
fruit. Brazil is the only country where
any publications showing damage from
Neosilba spp. in citrus have been
published.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2018–0037]
Addition of China to the List of
Regions Affected by African Swine
Fever
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We are advising the public
that we have added China to the list of
regions that the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service considers to
be affected with African swine fever
(ASF). We are taking this action because
of the confirmation of ASF in China.
DATES: China was added to the APHIS
list of regions considered affected with
ASF on August 6, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Joyce Bowling-Heyward, DVM, National
Director, Regionalization Evaluation
Services, Strategy and Policy, VS,
APHIS, USDA, 4700 River Road Unit 39,
Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–3350.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
regulations in 9 CFR part 94 (referred to
below as the regulations) govern the
importation of specified animals and
animal products to prevent the
introduction into the United States of
various animal diseases, including footand-mouth disease, bovine spongiform
encephalopathy, swine vesicular
disease, classical swine fever, and
African swine fever (ASF). These are
dangerous and destructive diseases of
ruminants and swine.
Sections 94.8 and 94.17 of the
regulations contain requirements
governing the importation into the
United States of pork and pork products
from regions of the world where ASF
exists or is reasonably believed to exist
and imposes restrictions on the
importation of pork and pork products
into the United States from those
regions. ASF is a highly contagious
disease of wild and domestic swine that
can spread rapidly in swine populations
with extremely high rates of morbidity
and mortality. A list of regions where
ASF exists or is reasonably believed to
exist is maintained on the Animal and
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and funding consistent with Title II of
the Act. RAC information, including the
meeting agenda and the meeting
summary/minutes can be found at the
following website: www.fs.fed.us/r8/gwj.
DATES: The meetings will be held on the
following dates:
• Friday, March 29, 2019, from 10:00
a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and
• Friday, April 12, 2019, from 10:00
a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
All RAC meetings are subject to
cancellation. For updated status of the
meetings prior to attendance, please
contact the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at
the George Washington and Jefferson
National Forests Supervisor’s Office,
Conference Room, 5162 Valleypointe
Parkway, Roanoke, Virginia.
Written comments may be submitted
as described under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION. All comments, including
names and addresses when provided,
are placed in the record and are
available for public inspection and
copying. The public may inspect
comments received at the George
Washington and Jefferson National
Forests Supervisor’s Office. Please call
ahead to facilitate entry into the
building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 151—
Findlay, Ohio; Notification of Proposed
Production Activity; Whirlpool
Corporation (Dishwashers); Findlay,
Ohio
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1633, 7701–7772,
7781–7786, and 8301–8317; 21 U.S.C. 136
and 136a; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80,
and 371.4.
Rebecca Robbins, RAC Coordinator, by
phone at (540) 265–5173 or via email at
rebecca.robbins@usda.gov.
Individuals who use
telecommunication devices for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.,
Eastern Standard Time, Monday
through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of these meetings is to:
1. Prioritize and recommend projects
for Title II funds, and
2. Nominate and vote on a
Chairperson.
The meetings are open to the public.
The agendas will include time for
people to make oral statements of three
minutes or less. Individuals wishing to
make an oral statement should request
in writing by March 25, 2019 to be
scheduled on the agenda for the March
29, 2019 meeting; and April 3, 2019 to
be scheduled on the agenda for the
April 12, 2019 meeting. Anyone who
would like to bring related matters to
the attention of the committee may file
written statements with the committee
staff before or after the meetings.
Written comments and requests for time
for oral comments must be sent to
Rebecca Robbins, RAC Coordinator,
Whirlpool Corporation (Whirlpool)
submitted a notification of proposed
production activity to the FTZ Board for
its facility in Findlay, Ohio. The
notification conforming to the
requirements of the regulations of the
FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was
received on March 18, 2019.
The Whirlpool facility is located
within Subzone 151E. The facility is
used for the production of dishwashers
and dishwasher sub-assemblies.
Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ
activity would be limited to the specific
foreign-status materials and components
and specific finished products described
in the submitted notification (as
described below) and subsequently
authorized by the FTZ Board.
Production under FTZ procedures
could exempt Whirlpool from customs
duty payments on the foreign-status
components used in export production.
On its domestic sales, for the foreignstatus materials/components noted
below, Whirlpool would be able to
choose the duty rates during customs
entry procedures that apply to: Steel
screw kits; axial fans; dishwashers;
dishwasher sub-assemblies; handles;
worm gears; DC motors; single phase AC
motors; harnesses with WiFi modules;
switches; control assemblies; wire
Done in Washington, DC, this 20th day of
March 2019.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Virginia Resource Advisory Committee
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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George Washington and Jefferson
National Forests Supervisor’s Office,
5162 Valleypointe Parkway, Roanoke,
Virginia 24019; or by email to
rebecca.robbins@usda.gov.
Meeting Accommodations: If you are
a person requiring reasonable
accommodation, please make requests
in advance for sign language
interpreting, assistive listening devices
or other reasonable accommodation. For
access to the facility or proceedings,
please contact the person listed in the
section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT. All reasonable
accommodation requests are managed
on a case by case basis.
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
website at https://www.aphis.usda.gov/
aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animaland-animal-product-importinformation/animal-health-status-ofregions/.
APHIS receives notice of ASF
outbreaks from veterinary officials of the
exporting country, from the World
Organization for Animal Health (OIE),
or from other publically available
sources the Administrator determines to
be reliable. In a report dated August 6,
2018, the veterinary authorities of China
reported to the OIE confirmation of an
ASF outbreak.
Although the importation of most
swine commodities from China into the
United States is already restricted based
on that country’s classical swine fever,
foot-and-mouth disease, and swine
vesicular disease status, APHIS has
determined that it is necessary to
impose ASF-related restrictions on the
importation of pork and pork products
from China into the United States.
Therefore, in response to this
outbreak, APHIS has added China to the
list of regions where ASF exists or is
reasonably believed to exist. As a result,
pork and pork products, including
casings, from China are subject to
APHIS import restrictions designed to
mitigate the risk of ASF introduction
into the United States.
SUMMARY: The Virginia Resource
Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in
Roanoke, Virginia. The committee is
authorized under the Secure Rural
Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act (the Act) and
operates in compliance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act. The purpose
of the committee is to improve
collaborative relationships and to
provide advice and recommendations to
the Forest Service concerning projects
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Acting Deputy Chief, National Forest System.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2018-0037]
Addition of China to the List of Regions Affected by African
Swine Fever
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: We are advising the public that we have added China to the
list of regions that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
considers to be affected with African swine fever (ASF). We are taking
this action because of the confirmation of ASF in China.
DATES: China was added to the APHIS list of regions considered affected
with ASF on August 6, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Joyce Bowling-Heyward, DVM,
National Director, Regionalization Evaluation Services, Strategy and
Policy, VS, APHIS, USDA, 4700 River Road Unit 39, Riverdale, MD 20737;
(301) 851-3350.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The regulations in 9 CFR part 94 (referred
to below as the regulations) govern the importation of specified
animals and animal products to prevent the introduction into the United
States of various animal diseases, including foot-and-mouth disease,
bovine spongiform encephalopathy, swine vesicular disease, classical
swine fever, and African swine fever (ASF). These are dangerous and
destructive diseases of ruminants and swine.
Sections 94.8 and 94.17 of the regulations contain requirements
governing the importation into the United States of pork and pork
products from regions of the world where ASF exists or is reasonably
believed to exist and imposes restrictions on the importation of pork
and pork products into the United States from those regions. ASF is a
highly contagious disease of wild and domestic swine that can spread
rapidly in swine populations with extremely high rates of morbidity and
mortality. A list of regions where ASF exists or is reasonably believed
to exist is maintained on the Animal and
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Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) website at https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animal-and-animal-product-import-information/animal-health-status-of-regions/.
APHIS receives notice of ASF outbreaks from veterinary officials of
the exporting country, from the World Organization for Animal Health
(OIE), or from other publically available sources the Administrator
determines to be reliable. In a report dated August 6, 2018, the
veterinary authorities of China reported to the OIE confirmation of an
ASF outbreak.
Although the importation of most swine commodities from China into
the United States is already restricted based on that country's
classical swine fever, foot-and-mouth disease, and swine vesicular
disease status, APHIS has determined that it is necessary to impose
ASF-related restrictions on the importation of pork and pork products
from China into the United States.
Therefore, in response to this outbreak, APHIS has added China to
the list of regions where ASF exists or is reasonably believed to
exist. As a result, pork and pork products, including casings, from
China are subject to APHIS import restrictions designed to mitigate the
risk of ASF introduction into the United States.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1633, 7701-7772, 7781-7786, 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 20th day of March 2019.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-05680 Filed 3-25-19; 8:45 am]
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