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[Docket No. APHIS–2015–0053]
OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL
Notification of Decision To Authorize
the Importation of Fresh Raspberry
Fruit From Morocco Into the
Continental United States
5 CFR Part 1800
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
7 CFR Part 319
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Final rulemaking action;
notification of decision to import.
AGENCY:
[OMB Control No. 3255–0005]
Filing of Complaints of Prohibited
Personnel Practices or Other
Prohibited Activities and Filing
Disclosures of Information
AGENCY:
U.S. Office of Special Counsel.
Final rule; confirmation of
effective date.
ACTION:
On June 9, 2017, the U.S.
Office of Special Counsel (OSC)
published a final rule revising its
regulations regarding the filing of
complaints and disclosures with OSC,
and updated OSC’s prohibited
personnel practice provisions. The
rule’s effective date was delayed
indefinitely on July 14, 2017. This
document establishes the effective date
for the rule.
SUMMARY:
The effective date of the final
rule published at 82 FR 26739 on June
9, 2017, delayed at 82 FR 32447, July 14,
2017, is August 26, 2019.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susan K. Ullman, General Counsel, U.S.
Office of Special Counsel, by telephone
at 202–804–7000, or by email at
sullman@osc.gov.
On July
14, 2017 (82 FR 32447), OSC published
an indefinite delay of its June 9, 2017,
final rule revising its regulations
regarding the filing of complaints and
disclosures with OSC and updating
OSC’s prohibited personnel practice
provisions. This document confirms the
effective date of August 26, 2019, for
that final rule.
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Dated: July 18, 2019.
Bruce Gipe,
Chief Operating Officer.
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We are advising the public of
our decision to authorize the
importation into the continental United
States of fresh raspberry fruit from
Morocco. Based on the findings of a pest
risk analysis, which we made available
to the public for review and comment,
we have determined 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 raspberries from
Morocco.
DATES: The articles covered by this
notification may be authorized for
importation after July 24, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Claudia Ferguson, M.S., Senior
Regulatory Policy Coordinator,
Regulatory Policy and Coordination,
PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 133,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; (301) 851–
2352.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
regulations in ‘‘Subpart L—Fruits and
Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56–1 through
319.56–12, 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 (PRA), can be
safely imported subject to one or more
of the designated phytosanitary
measures listed in paragraph (b) of that
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section. Under that process, APHIS
publishes a notice in the Federal
Register announcing the availability of
the PRA 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
received on the PRA; (2) the comments
on the PRA revealed that no changes to
the PRA were necessary; or (3) changes
to the PRA 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.
On August 26, 2016, we published in
the Federal Register (81 FR 58867–
58869, Docket No. APHIS–2015–0053) a
proposal1 to amend the regulations to
allow the importation of fresh raspberry
fruit from Morocco into the continental
United States.
We solicited comments on the
proposed rule for 60 days ending on
October 25, 2016. We received six
comments by that date, from members
of the public and from a State
agriculture agency. Two commenters
supported the proposed rule. A third
commenter generally opposed importing
fresh raspberry fruit and all other
commodities, but did not offer any
comments on the specific provisions of
the proposed rule. The remaining
comments are discussed below.
One commenter requested that
shipments of fresh raspberry fruit from
Morocco not be allowed into the State
of Florida due to the ‘‘high’’ risk rating
assigned to the fungus Monilinia
fructigena in the PRA. The commenter
acknowledged that while raspberry fruit
is not considered a major host of this
fungus, apples, peaches, plums, and
apricots are, and if M. fructigena were
to follow the pathway of importation
into the United States, it could have
devastating effects on Florida’s
agricultural industry, especially on
commercial peach production and on
the native plums that serve as a major
food source for wildlife in that State.
As stated in the risk management
document (RMD) that accompanied the
1 To view the proposed rule, supporting
documents, and the comments we received, go to
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=APHIS2015-0053.
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains regulatory documents
having general applicability and legal effect, most of which are keyed
to and codified in the Code of Federal Regulations, which is published
under 50 titles pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 1510.
The Code of Federal Regulations is sold by the Superintendent of Documents.
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OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL
5 CFR Part 1800
[OMB Control No. 3255-0005]
Filing of Complaints of Prohibited Personnel Practices or Other
Prohibited Activities and Filing Disclosures of Information
AGENCY: U.S. Office of Special Counsel.
ACTION: Final rule; confirmation of effective date.
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SUMMARY: On June 9, 2017, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC)
published a final rule revising its regulations regarding the filing of
complaints and disclosures with OSC, and updated OSC's prohibited
personnel practice provisions. The rule's effective date was delayed
indefinitely on July 14, 2017. This document establishes the effective
date for the rule.
DATES: The effective date of the final rule published at 82 FR 26739 on
June 9, 2017, delayed at 82 FR 32447, July 14, 2017, is August 26,
2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan K. Ullman, General Counsel, U.S.
Office of Special Counsel, by telephone at 202-804-7000, or by email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 14, 2017 (82 FR 32447), OSC
published an indefinite delay of its June 9, 2017, final rule revising
its regulations regarding the filing of complaints and disclosures with
OSC and updating OSC's prohibited personnel practice provisions. This
document confirms the effective date of August 26, 2019, for that final
rule.
Dated: July 18, 2019.
Bruce Gipe,
Chief Operating Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-15656 Filed 7-23-19; 8:45 am]
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