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Import Requirements for the
Importation of Fresh Blueberries From
Chile Into the United States
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
We are advising the public of
our decision to revise the import
requirements for the importation of
fresh blueberries from Chile into the
United States by removing the methyl
bromide fumigation requirement for
blueberries from Regions VIII and XVI of
Chile. Based on the findings of our
commodity import evaluation, which
we made available to the public for
review and comment through a previous
notice, we have determined that the
application of the designated
phytosanitary measures will be
sufficient to mitigate the risks of
introducing or disseminating plant pests
via the importation of blueberries from
Chile.
DATES: Imports under the revised
requirements may be authorized
beginning October 8, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Tony Roma´n, Senior Regulatory Policy
Specialist, RCC, IRM, PHP, PPQ, APHIS,
4700 River Road, Unit 133, Riverdale,
MD 20737–1236; (301) 851–2242.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
Under the regulations in ‘‘Subpart LFruits 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)
of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
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 and spread within the
United States.
Section 319.56–4 of the regulations
provides the requirements for
authorizing the importation of fruits and
vegetables into the United States, as
well as revising existing requirements
for the importation of fruits and
vegetables. Paragraph (c) of that section
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provides that the name and origin of all
fruits and vegetables authorized
importation into the United States, as
well as the requirements for their
importation, are listed on the internet in
APHIS’ Fruits and Vegetables Import
Requirements database, or FAVIR
(https://epermits.aphis.usda.gov/
manual). It also provides that, if the
Administrator of APHIS determines that
any of the phytosanitary measures
required for the importation of a
particular fruit or vegetable are no
longer necessary to reasonably mitigate
the plant pest risk posed by the fruit or
vegetable, APHIS will publish a notice
in the Federal Register making its pest
risk documentation and determination
available for public comment.
In accordance with that process, we
published a notice 1 in the Federal
Register on March 31, 2020 (85 FR
17850–17851, Docket No. APHIS–2019–
0049), in which we announced the
availability, for review and comment, of
a commodity import evaluation
document (CIED) that evaluated the
risks associated with the importation
into the United States of blueberries
from two regions in Chile in which
European grapevine moth (Lobesia
botrana, EGVM) is known to exist, but
in which the pest prevalence is low,
without requiring fumigation with
methyl bromide. The notice proposed to
remove the methyl bromide fumigation
requirement for blueberries from
Regions VIII and XVI of Chile, under the
provisions of a systems approach.
We solicited comments on the notice
for 60 days ending June 1, 2020. We
received 53 comments by that date.
They were from growers, importers,
buyers, ports, associations, and
representatives of a foreign government.
All but one of those comments were in
favor of the proposal with no further
questions. The remaining comment is
discussed below.
In the initial notice, we proposed that
the national plant protection
organization (NPPO) of Chile would
have to enter into an operational
workplan with APHIS that details the
activities and responsibilities that the
NPPO would carry out in order to meet
the requirements of the systems
approach.
The commenter asked for further
details on how the NPPO of Chile will
ensure grower compliance with the
operational workplan.
We also stated in the initial notice
that all places of production would have
to be registered with the NPPO of Chile.
1 To view the notice, the CIED, and the comments
we received, go to https://www.regulations.gov/
docket?D=APHIS-2019-0049.
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The NPPO of Chile will register a
production site in Regions VIII or XVI
for export without methyl bromide
treatment only if it follows all regulatory
steps and control measures required by
Chile’s National EGVM Control
Program. The NPPO of Chile will
monitor production sites for EGVM trap
catches and immature stage finds, and
will update the list of registered
production sites as necessary based on
the results of this monitoring. To further
ensure grower compliance, the NPPO of
Chile will inspect blueberries that have
been packed for export for EGVM prior
to export to the United States.
The commenter also requested
confirmation that moth trapping and
monitoring will be used and asked for
further details on the levels of moth
trapping and monitoring that growers
will be required to undertake. The
commenter asked that growers be
required to place a minimum of one
monitoring trap in each field planned
for export, with any capture of EGVM in
the traps triggering more detailed
sampling. The commenter also asked for
confirmation that monitoring will be
undertaken by the NPPO of Chile.
EGVM trapping and control in each
district in Regions VIII and XVI must
follow the terms of the operational
workplan, which currently align with
guidelines for Chile’s National EGVM
Control Program. All blueberry
production sites and grape production
sites must be trapped at appropriate
levels. The Chilean guidelines for
trapping currently require one trap
every 2.5 hectares, with at least two
traps per field, and one trap in fields
smaller than 2.5 hectares. In the event
that Chile changes these guidelines,
APHIS would continue to require the
current trapping levels of one trap every
2.5 hectares, with at least two traps per
field, and one trap in fields smaller than
2.5 hectares.
The NPPO of Chile will conduct all
EGVM moth trapping. Any findings of
EGVM would mean that any production
within a 500-meter radius can only be
exported with methyl bromide
fumigation. Any production between
500 meters and 3,000 meters of an
EGVM outbreak will be regulated for
EGVM and can only export if the fields
meet a pre-harvest fruit monitoring
requirement, 1 to 30 days before harvest
begins. This activity shall be performed
by companies authorized by the NPPO
of Chile. Any field with monitoring
results including at least one finding of
EGVM shall be stricken from access to
the inspection system and their fruit
must undergo a methyl bromide
fumigation treatment to be exported to
the United States.
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The commenter also asked for further
details on the process of reinstating
production sites in the event that EGVM
is found in a production site.
If the NPPO of Chile finds that a place
of production or packinghouse is not
complying with the requirements of the
systems approach, no blueberries from
the place of production or packinghouse
will be eligible for export to the United
States until APHIS and the NPPO of
Chile conduct an investigation and
appropriate remedial actions have been
implemented.
Under the terms of the operational
workplan, we are specifying that if 10 or
more EGVM moths are trapped within 1
year in any urban area in Region VIII or
Region XVI, all blueberry production
sites within 5 kilometers of that urban
area may only ship blueberries to the
United States if they are fumigated with
methyl bromide, either in Chile or at the
United States port of entry.
Reinstatement of export status for a
production site (to be able to export
blueberries without methyl bromide
fumigation) suspended from the
program for larval finds during export
inspection requires 1 year with no more
than 1 adult EGVM trapped, and no
immature stages of EGVM found in the
field or in packed out blueberries. This
will require a rolling trap count for each
export production site in Region VIII
and Region XVI to be maintained by the
NPPO of Chile.
Finally, the commenter noted that
sulfur dioxide has been identified as a
successful mitigant against EGVM, and
requested that APHIS and the NPPO of
Chile discuss the use of sulfur dioxide
for imports of Chilean blueberries as a
further safeguard against EGVM when
the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) approves sulfur dioxide for use as
a pest mitigant for blueberries in the
United States.
The EPA must thoroughly evaluate
pesticides to ensure that they meet
Federal safety standards to protect
human health and the environment
before approving them for use in the
United States. APHIS cannot make any
decisions regarding the use of sulfur
dioxide prior to any such evaluation
and approval.
Therefore, in accordance with the
regulations in § 319.56–4(c)(3)(iii), we
are announcing our decision to revise
the requirements for the importation of
blueberries from Chile by removing the
methyl bromide requirement for
blueberries grown in Regions VIII and
XVI of Chile, subject to the following
phytosanitary measures:
• The NPPO of Chile must enter into
an operational workplan with APHIS
that details the activities and
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responsibilities that the NPPO would
carry out in order to meet the
requirements of the systems approach.
APHIS must approve the workplan prior
to implementation of the systems
approach.
• Places of production and
packinghouses must be registered with
and approved by the NPPO of Chile.
Additionally, packinghouses must be
pest-exclusionary.
• If the NPPO of Chile determines
that a registered place of production or
packinghouse is not complying with the
provisions of the systems approach, no
blueberries from the place of production
or packinghouse are eligible for export
into the United States until APHIS and
the NPPO conduct an investigation and
appropriate remedial actions have been
implemented.
• The NPPO of Chile must
demonstrate continued low pest
prevalence for EGVM in Regions VIII
and XVI through a national trapping
program for EGVM. Trapping density
and servicing, as well as thresholds for
low pest prevalence, will be detailed in
the operational workplan.
• If the place of production is within
an area of Region VIII or XVI that is
designated by the NPPO of Chile as a
regulated area for EGVM, the place of
production must have a field inspection
by the NPPO within 2 weeks prior to
harvest with no finds of immature
EGVM based on a biometric sample of
plants. Places of production in control
areas for EGVM are not authorized to
export blueberries to the United States
under the terms of the systems approach
and blueberries from such areas must be
fumigated with methyl bromide in order
to be exported to the United States.
• Packed blueberries must be
inspected by the NPPO of Chile prior to
export under the auspices of APHIS’
preclearance program within Chile.
• Each shipment must be
accompanied by a phytosanitary
certificate issued by the NPPO with an
additional declaration that the
blueberries were produced in an area of
low pest prevalence for EGVM.
• Each shipment is subject to
inspection for quarantine pests at the
port of entry into the United States.
• If immature stages of EGVM are
detected during field inspections or
packinghouse inspections, or any life
stage of EGVM is detected at a port of
entry into the United States, the
consignment may not be imported into
the United States and the place of
production will be suspended from the
systems approach export program until
reinstated. Blueberries from that place
of production must be fumigated with
methyl bromide in order to be exported
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to the United States until such
reinstatement.
These revised conditions will be
listed in the Fruits and Vegetables
Import Requirements database (available
at https://epermits.aphis.usda.gov/
manual). In addition to these specific
measures, blueberries from Chile will be
subject to the general requirements
listed in § 319.56–3 that are applicable
to the importation of all fruits and
vegetables. Please note that, in order to
accommodate the revisions of this
notice and remove redundancies, we are
also removing the citation to Federal
Order DA–2018–40 in FAVIR.
Paperwork Reduction Act
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Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), the burden requirements
included in this notice are covered
under the Office of Management and
Budget control number 0579–0049.
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The Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service is committed to
compliance with the E-Government Act
to promote the use of the internet and
other information technologies, to
provide increased opportunities for
citizen access to Government
information and services, and for other
purposes. For information pertinent to
E-Government Act compliance related
to this notice, please contact Mr. Joseph
Moxey, APHIS’ Information Collection
Coordinator, at (301) 851–2483.
Congressional Review Act
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Act (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs
designated this action as not a major
rule, as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(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.
Done in Washington, DC, this 5th day of
October 2020.
Michael Watson,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2019-0049]
Import Requirements for the Importation of Fresh Blueberries From
Chile Into the 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 revise the
import requirements for the importation of fresh blueberries from Chile
into the United States by removing the methyl bromide fumigation
requirement for blueberries from Regions VIII and XVI of Chile. Based
on the findings of our commodity import evaluation, which we made
available to the public for review and comment through a previous
notice, we have determined that the application of the designated
phytosanitary measures will be sufficient to mitigate the risks of
introducing or disseminating plant pests via the importation of
blueberries from Chile.
DATES: Imports under the revised requirements may be authorized
beginning October 8, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Tony Rom[aacute]n, Senior
Regulatory Policy Specialist, RCC, IRM, PHP, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River
Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; (301) 851-2242.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
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) of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture 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 and spread
within the United States.
Section 319.56-4 of the regulations provides the requirements for
authorizing the importation of fruits and vegetables into the United
States, as well as revising existing requirements for the importation
of fruits and vegetables. Paragraph (c) of that section
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provides that the name and origin of all fruits and vegetables
authorized importation into the United States, as well as the
requirements for their importation, are listed on the internet in
APHIS' Fruits and Vegetables Import Requirements database, or FAVIR
(https://epermits.aphis.usda.gov/manual). It also provides that, if the
Administrator of APHIS determines that any of the phytosanitary
measures required for the importation of a particular fruit or
vegetable are no longer necessary to reasonably mitigate the plant pest
risk posed by the fruit or vegetable, APHIS will publish a notice in
the Federal Register making its pest risk documentation and
determination available for public comment.
In accordance with that process, we published a notice \1\ in the
Federal Register on March 31, 2020 (85 FR 17850-17851, Docket No.
APHIS-2019-0049), in which we announced the availability, for review
and comment, of a commodity import evaluation document (CIED) that
evaluated the risks associated with the importation into the United
States of blueberries from two regions in Chile in which European
grapevine moth (Lobesia botrana, EGVM) is known to exist, but in which
the pest prevalence is low, without requiring fumigation with methyl
bromide. The notice proposed to remove the methyl bromide fumigation
requirement for blueberries from Regions VIII and XVI of Chile, under
the provisions of a systems approach.
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\1\ To view the notice, the CIED, and the comments we received,
go to https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=APHIS-2019-0049.
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We solicited comments on the notice for 60 days ending June 1,
2020. We received 53 comments by that date. They were from growers,
importers, buyers, ports, associations, and representatives of a
foreign government. All but one of those comments were in favor of the
proposal with no further questions. The remaining comment is discussed
below.
In the initial notice, we proposed that the national plant
protection organization (NPPO) of Chile would have to enter into an
operational workplan with APHIS that details the activities and
responsibilities that the NPPO would carry out in order to meet the
requirements of the systems approach.
The commenter asked for further details on how the NPPO of Chile
will ensure grower compliance with the operational workplan.
We also stated in the initial notice that all places of production
would have to be registered with the NPPO of Chile. The NPPO of Chile
will register a production site in Regions VIII or XVI for export
without methyl bromide treatment only if it follows all regulatory
steps and control measures required by Chile's National EGVM Control
Program. The NPPO of Chile will monitor production sites for EGVM trap
catches and immature stage finds, and will update the list of
registered production sites as necessary based on the results of this
monitoring. To further ensure grower compliance, the NPPO of Chile will
inspect blueberries that have been packed for export for EGVM prior to
export to the United States.
The commenter also requested confirmation that moth trapping and
monitoring will be used and asked for further details on the levels of
moth trapping and monitoring that growers will be required to
undertake. The commenter asked that growers be required to place a
minimum of one monitoring trap in each field planned for export, with
any capture of EGVM in the traps triggering more detailed sampling. The
commenter also asked for confirmation that monitoring will be
undertaken by the NPPO of Chile.
EGVM trapping and control in each district in Regions VIII and XVI
must follow the terms of the operational workplan, which currently
align with guidelines for Chile's National EGVM Control Program. All
blueberry production sites and grape production sites must be trapped
at appropriate levels. The Chilean guidelines for trapping currently
require one trap every 2.5 hectares, with at least two traps per field,
and one trap in fields smaller than 2.5 hectares. In the event that
Chile changes these guidelines, APHIS would continue to require the
current trapping levels of one trap every 2.5 hectares, with at least
two traps per field, and one trap in fields smaller than 2.5 hectares.
The NPPO of Chile will conduct all EGVM moth trapping. Any findings
of EGVM would mean that any production within a 500-meter radius can
only be exported with methyl bromide fumigation. Any production between
500 meters and 3,000 meters of an EGVM outbreak will be regulated for
EGVM and can only export if the fields meet a pre-harvest fruit
monitoring requirement, 1 to 30 days before harvest begins. This
activity shall be performed by companies authorized by the NPPO of
Chile. Any field with monitoring results including at least one finding
of EGVM shall be stricken from access to the inspection system and
their fruit must undergo a methyl bromide fumigation treatment to be
exported to the United States.
The commenter also asked for further details on the process of
reinstating production sites in the event that EGVM is found in a
production site.
If the NPPO of Chile finds that a place of production or
packinghouse is not complying with the requirements of the systems
approach, no blueberries from the place of production or packinghouse
will be eligible for export to the United States until APHIS and the
NPPO of Chile conduct an investigation and appropriate remedial actions
have been implemented.
Under the terms of the operational workplan, we are specifying that
if 10 or more EGVM moths are trapped within 1 year in any urban area in
Region VIII or Region XVI, all blueberry production sites within 5
kilometers of that urban area may only ship blueberries to the United
States if they are fumigated with methyl bromide, either in Chile or at
the United States port of entry.
Reinstatement of export status for a production site (to be able to
export blueberries without methyl bromide fumigation) suspended from
the program for larval finds during export inspection requires 1 year
with no more than 1 adult EGVM trapped, and no immature stages of EGVM
found in the field or in packed out blueberries. This will require a
rolling trap count for each export production site in Region VIII and
Region XVI to be maintained by the NPPO of Chile.
Finally, the commenter noted that sulfur dioxide has been
identified as a successful mitigant against EGVM, and requested that
APHIS and the NPPO of Chile discuss the use of sulfur dioxide for
imports of Chilean blueberries as a further safeguard against EGVM when
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approves sulfur dioxide for
use as a pest mitigant for blueberries in the United States.
The EPA must thoroughly evaluate pesticides to ensure that they
meet Federal safety standards to protect human health and the
environment before approving them for use in the United States. APHIS
cannot make any decisions regarding the use of sulfur dioxide prior to
any such evaluation and approval.
Therefore, in accordance with the regulations in Sec. 319.56-
4(c)(3)(iii), we are announcing our decision to revise the requirements
for the importation of blueberries from Chile by removing the methyl
bromide requirement for blueberries grown in Regions VIII and XVI of
Chile, subject to the following phytosanitary measures:
The NPPO of Chile must enter into an operational workplan
with APHIS that details the activities and
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responsibilities that the NPPO would carry out in order to meet the
requirements of the systems approach. APHIS must approve the workplan
prior to implementation of the systems approach.
Places of production and packinghouses must be registered
with and approved by the NPPO of Chile. Additionally, packinghouses
must be pest-exclusionary.
If the NPPO of Chile determines that a registered place of
production or packinghouse is not complying with the provisions of the
systems approach, no blueberries from the place of production or
packinghouse are eligible for export into the United States until APHIS
and the NPPO conduct an investigation and appropriate remedial actions
have been implemented.
The NPPO of Chile must demonstrate continued low pest
prevalence for EGVM in Regions VIII and XVI through a national trapping
program for EGVM. Trapping density and servicing, as well as thresholds
for low pest prevalence, will be detailed in the operational workplan.
If the place of production is within an area of Region
VIII or XVI that is designated by the NPPO of Chile as a regulated area
for EGVM, the place of production must have a field inspection by the
NPPO within 2 weeks prior to harvest with no finds of immature EGVM
based on a biometric sample of plants. Places of production in control
areas for EGVM are not authorized to export blueberries to the United
States under the terms of the systems approach and blueberries from
such areas must be fumigated with methyl bromide in order to be
exported to the United States.
Packed blueberries must be inspected by the NPPO of Chile
prior to export under the auspices of APHIS' preclearance program
within Chile.
Each shipment must be accompanied by a phytosanitary
certificate issued by the NPPO with an additional declaration that the
blueberries were produced in an area of low pest prevalence for EGVM.
Each shipment is subject to inspection for quarantine
pests at the port of entry into the United States.
If immature stages of EGVM are detected during field
inspections or packinghouse inspections, or any life stage of EGVM is
detected at a port of entry into the United States, the consignment may
not be imported into the United States and the place of production will
be suspended from the systems approach export program until reinstated.
Blueberries from that place of production must be fumigated with methyl
bromide in order to be exported to the United States until such
reinstatement.
These revised conditions will be listed in the Fruits and
Vegetables Import Requirements database (available at https://epermits.aphis.usda.gov/manual). In addition to these specific
measures, blueberries from Chile will be subject to the general
requirements listed in Sec. 319.56-3 that are applicable to the
importation of all fruits and vegetables. Please note that, in order to
accommodate the revisions of this notice and remove redundancies, we
are also removing the citation to Federal Order DA-2018-40 in FAVIR.
Paperwork Reduction Act
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), the burden requirements included in this notice are
covered under the Office of Management and Budget control number 0579-
0049.
E-Government Act Compliance
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is committed to
compliance with the E-Government Act to promote the use of the internet
and other information technologies, to provide increased opportunities
for citizen access to Government information and services, and for
other purposes. For information pertinent to E-Government Act
compliance related to this notice, please contact Mr. Joseph Moxey,
APHIS' Information Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851-2483.
Congressional Review Act
Pursuant to the Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.),
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs designated this action
as not a major rule, as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(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.
Done in Washington, DC, this 5th day of October 2020.
Michael Watson,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-22337 Filed 10-7-20; 8:45 am]
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