Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk Analysis for the Importation of Leaves and Stems of Fresh Sage for Consumption From Ethiopia Into the Continental United States, 58328-58329 [2024-15842]
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Below are the currently operating
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specific areas of operation for
designation applications. These are
listed in order of anticipated
designation termination date.
Keokuk: Areas of designation includes
parts of Illinois and Iowa. See the April
Official agency
Headquarters location and
telephone
Keokuk Grain Inspection ..........................................................
North Dakota Grain Inspection Service, Inc. ...........................
Keokuk, IA, 319–524–6482 ....
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2023–0067]
Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk
Analysis for the Importation of Leaves
and Stems of Fresh Sage for
Consumption From Ethiopia Into the
Continental United States
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
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We are advising the public
that we have prepared a pest risk
analysis that evaluates the risks
associated with the importation of
leaves and stems of fresh sage from
Ethiopia into the continental United
States. Based on the analysis, 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 leaves and stems of fresh
sage from Ethiopia. We are making the
pest risk analysis available to the public
for review and comment.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before September
16, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS–
2023–0067 in the Search field. Select
the Documents tab, then select the
Comment button in the list of
documents.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2023–0067, 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 www.regulations.gov
or in our reading room, which is located
in room 1620 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.
Gina Stiltner, Senior Regulatory Policy
Specialist, Regulatory Coordination and
Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River
SUMMARY:
Interested persons, entities or
governmental agencies may apply for
designation to provide official services
in the geographic area noted below
under the provisions of section 7(f) of
the USGSA and 7 CFR part 800.196. The
designation time frame for Lower
Northwest Texas and Southeast Texas
territories will be determined as part of
the application analysis. In the event
multiple applicants are deemed
qualified, AMS may issue an additional
notice requesting public comment about
the applicant(s) and their ability to
provide quality official services.
Designations in the specified
geographic areas for Keokuk will occur
no sooner than April 1, 2025.
Designations in the specified geographic
areas for NDGI will occur no sooner
than January 1, 2026. To apply for
designation or to request more
information on the geographic areas
serviced by these official agencies
contact FGISQACD@usda.gov.
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28, 2016, issue of the Federal Register
(81 FR 17428) for descriptions of the
areas open for designation.
North Dakota Grain Inspection
Service, Inc. (NDGI): Areas of
designation include parts of Illinois,
Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, North
Dakota, and Ohio. Please see the
November 10, 2022, issue of the Federal
Register (87 FR 67855) reference to
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NDGI and the December 12, 2016,
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reference to Decatur, Indiana, for
descriptions of the areas open for
designation.
The designated USGSA authority for
these two official agencies will end on
the prescribed dates listed in the table
below:
Designation
end
3/31/2025
12/31/2025
Applications/comments
open period
11/01/2024–11/30/2024
08/01/2025–08/31/2025
Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737–
1231; (518) 760–2468.
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)
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 contains a
performance-based process for
approving the importation of fruits and
vegetables that, based on the findings of
a pest risk analysis, can be safely
imported subject to one or more of the
five designated phytosanitary measures
listed in paragraph (b) of that section.
APHIS received a request from the
national plant protection organization of
Ethiopia to allow the importation of
leaves and stems of fresh sage (Salvia
officinalis) from Ethiopia into the
continental United States. As part of our
evaluation of Ethiopia’s request, we
have prepared a pest risk assessment to
identify the pests of quarantine
significance that could follow the
pathway of the importation of leaves
and stems of fresh sage into the
continental United States from Ethiopia.
Based on the pest risk assessment, a risk
management document (RMD) was
prepared to identify phytosanitary
measures that could be applied to the
leaves and stems of fresh sage to
mitigate the pest risk.
Therefore, in accordance with
§ 319.56–4(c), we are announcing the
availability of our pest risk assessment
and RMD for public review and
comment. Those documents, as well as
a description of the economic
considerations associated with the
importation of leaves and stems of fresh
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sage from Ethiopia, may be viewed on
the Regulations.gov website or in our
reading room (see ADDRESSES above for
a link to Regulations.gov and
information on the location and hours of
the reading room). You may request
paper copies of the pest risk assessment
and RMD by calling or writing to the
person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT. Please refer to the
subject of the analysis you wish to
review when requesting copies.
After reviewing any comments we
receive, we will announce our decision
regarding the import status of leaves and
stems of fresh sage from Ethiopia in a
subsequent notice. If the overall
conclusions of our analysis and the
Administrator’s determination of risk
remain unchanged following our
consideration of the comments, then we
will authorize the importation of leaves
and stems of fresh sage from Ethiopia
into the continental United States
subject to the requirements specified in
the RMD.
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 11th day of
July 2024.
Donna Lalli,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Notice of Intent To Request Revision
and Extension of a Currently Approved
Information Collection
National Agricultural Statistics
Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, this notice announces the
intention of the National Agricultural
Statistics Service (NASS) to request
revision and extension of a currently
approved information collection, the
Commercial Floriculture Survey. A
revision to burden hours will be needed
due to changes in the size of the target
population, sampling design, and/or
questionnaire length.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by September 16, 2024 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by docket number 0535–0093,
by any of the following methods:
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• Email: ombofficer@nass.usda.gov.
Include docket number above in the
subject line of the message.
• efax: (855) 838–6382.
• Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD–
ROM submissions to: Richard Hopper,
NASS Clearance Officer, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Room 5336
South Building, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250–
2024.
• Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand
deliver to: Richard Hopper, NASS
Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Room 5336 South Building,
1400 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20250–2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joseph J. Prusacki, Acting Associate
Administrator, National Agricultural
Statistics Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, (202) 720–4333. Copies of
this information collection and related
instructions can be obtained without
charge from Richard Hopper, NASS—
OMB Clearance Officer, at (202) 720–
2206 or at ombofficer@nass.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Commercial Floriculture
Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0535–0093.
Expiration Date of Approval:
November 30, 2024.
Type of Request: Intent to Seek
Approval to Revise and Extend an
Information Collection for 3 years.
Abstract: The primary objective of the
National Agricultural Statistics Service
is to prepare and issue State and
national estimates of crop and livestock
production, prices, and disposition. The
Commercial Floriculture Survey is
conducted in all States. The target
population for this survey is all
operations with production and sales of
at least $10,000 of floriculture products.
The retail and wholesale quantity and
value of sales are collected for fresh cut
flowers, potted flowering plants, foliage
plants, annual bedding/garden plants,
herbaceous perennials, cut cultivated
florist greens, propagative floriculture
material, and unfinished plants.
Additional detail on area in production,
operation value of sales, and
agricultural workers is included.
Content changes are minimal year to
year, with the goal of avoiding
significant changes to the survey length
and respondent burden associated with
each questionnaire.
Authority: These data will be
collected under the authority of 7 U.S.C.
2204(a). Individually identifiable data
collected under this authority are
governed by section 1770 of the Food
Security Act of 1985 as amended, 7
U.S.C. 2276, which requires USDA to
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afford strict confidentiality to nonaggregated data provided by
respondents. This Notice is submitted in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–
13 (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.), and Office
of Management and Budget regulations
at 5 CFR part 1320.
All NASS employees and NASS
contractors must also fully comply with
all provisions of the Confidential
Information Protection and Statistical
Efficiency Act (CIPSEA) of 2018, title III
of Public Law 115–435, codified in 44
U.S.C. ch. 35. CIPSEA supports NASS’s
pledge of confidentiality to all
respondents and facilitates the agency’s
efforts to reduce burden by supporting
statistical activities of collaborative
agencies through designation of NASS
agents, subject to the limitations and
penalties described in CIPSEA. NASS
uses the information only for statistical
purposes and publishes only tabulated
total data.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average between 10 and
60 minutes per respondent. In all states
except Hawaii, operations with less than
$100,000 in sales of floriculture
products respond to a reduced number
of questions related to operation
characteristics while operations with
sales greater than $100,000 complete the
entire questionnaire. In Hawaii, all
operations with sales of at least $10,000
will complete the full questionnaire.
Respondents: Farms and businesses.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
13,500.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 6,700 hours.
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(a) whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, through
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, technological, or
other forms of information technology
collection techniques.
All responses to this notice will
become a matter of public record and be
summarized in the request for OMB
approval.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2023-0067]
Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk Analysis for the
Importation of Leaves and Stems of Fresh Sage for Consumption From
Ethiopia Into the Continental United States
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: We are advising the public that we have prepared a pest risk
analysis that evaluates the risks associated with the importation of
leaves and stems of fresh sage from Ethiopia into the continental
United States. Based on the analysis, 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 leaves and stems of fresh
sage from Ethiopia. We are making the pest risk analysis available to
the public for review and comment.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
September 16, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov.
Enter APHIS-2023-0067 in the Search field. Select the Documents tab,
then select the Comment button in the list of documents.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2023-0067, 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 www.regulations.gov or in our reading room, which is
located in room 1620 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. Gina Stiltner, Senior Regulatory
Policy Specialist, Regulatory Coordination and Compliance, PPQ, APHIS,
4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (518) 760-2468.
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) 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 contains a performance-based process for approving
the importation of fruits and vegetables that, based on the findings of
a pest risk analysis, can be safely imported subject to one or more of
the five designated phytosanitary measures listed in paragraph (b) of
that section.
APHIS received a request from the national plant protection
organization of Ethiopia to allow the importation of leaves and stems
of fresh sage (Salvia officinalis) from Ethiopia into the continental
United States. As part of our evaluation of Ethiopia's request, we have
prepared a pest risk assessment to identify the pests of quarantine
significance that could follow the pathway of the importation of leaves
and stems of fresh sage into the continental United States from
Ethiopia. Based on the pest risk assessment, a risk management document
(RMD) was prepared to identify phytosanitary measures that could be
applied to the leaves and stems of fresh sage to mitigate the pest
risk.
Therefore, in accordance with Sec. 319.56-4(c), we are announcing
the availability of our pest risk assessment and RMD for public review
and comment. Those documents, as well as a description of the economic
considerations associated with the importation of leaves and stems of
fresh
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sage from Ethiopia, may be viewed on the Regulations.gov website or in
our reading room (see ADDRESSES above for a link to Regulations.gov and
information on the location and hours of the reading room). You may
request paper copies of the pest risk assessment and RMD by calling or
writing to the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Please refer to the subject of the analysis you wish to review when
requesting copies.
After reviewing any comments we receive, we will announce our
decision regarding the import status of leaves and stems of fresh sage
from Ethiopia in a subsequent notice. If the overall conclusions of our
analysis and the Administrator's determination of risk remain unchanged
following our consideration of the comments, then we will authorize the
importation of leaves and stems of fresh sage from Ethiopia into the
continental United States subject to the requirements specified in the
RMD.
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 11th day of July 2024.
Donna Lalli,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-15842 Filed 7-17-24; 8:45 am]
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