Notice of Decision To Authorize the Importation of Rosemary and Tarragon From Ethiopia Into the Continental United States, 104076-104077 [2024-30453]
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Mahoberberis, and Mahonia, known as
barberry plants.
Species and varieties of these plants
are categorized as either rust-resistant or
rust-susceptible. Rust-susceptible plants
pose a risk of spreading black stem rust
or of contributing to the development of
new races of the rust, and therefore are
prohibited from moving interstate into
or through any protected area listed in
accordance with § 301.38–3. Rustresistant plants do not pose such risks,
and therefore may be moved into or
through protected areas subject to the
requirements in the regulations.
In accordance with § 301.38–2(a), the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) maintains a list of
Berberis species and varieties it has
found to be rust-resistant at
www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/
planthealth/plant-pest-and-diseaseprograms/pests-and-diseases/barberry/
ct_barberry.
Paragraph (c)(1) of § 301.38–2
provides that if the Administrator
determines that an article not already
listed is resistant to black stem rust,
APHIS will publish a notice in the
Federal Register proposing to add the
article to the list of rust-resistant articles
for black stem rust and request public
comment. Following the close of the
comment period, APHIS will review all
comments received and will make a
final determination regarding the
designation that will be published in a
second notice in the Federal Register.
In accordance with that process, on
March 20, 2024, we published in the
Federal Register (89 FR 19796–19797,
Docket No. APHIS–2023–0050), a
notice 1 proposing to add 32 varieties of
Berberis thunbergii (Japanese barberry)
to the list of black stem rust-resistant
barberry species and varieties. The
proposed additions were found, through
testing by the Agricultural Research
Service (ARS) of the United States
Department of Agriculture, to be
resistant to the fungus (Puccinia
graminis) that causes black stem rust.
We solicited comments concerning
our proposal for 60 days ending May 20,
2024. We received two comments, both
from members of the industry involved
in breeding the varieties addressed in
this action.
One commenter asked us to remove
from the cultivar names all language
after the nomenclatures that begin with
‘NCBT’ and ‘SMNBT’.
We will remove this nomenclature
from our list of Berberis species and
1 To view the notice, go to https://
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varieties we have found to be rustresistant.
The other commenter stated that
Berberis thunbergii x B. calliantha
‘NCBX5’, which was confirmed resistant
in 2017, was missing from the listing in
the notice.
The commenter is correct that we
mistakenly excluded Berberis thunbergii
x B. calliantha ‘NCBX5’ from the notice.
This article was found to be resistant to
the fungus (Puccinia graminis) that
causes black stem rust through
testing by ARS in 2017 and should have
been included in the notice. We will
include Berberis thunbergii x B.
calliantha ‘NCBX5’ in our list of
Berberis species and varieties we have
found to be rust-resistant. This article
will bring the number of additions to 33,
rather than 32.
The commenter also stated that, in
our current list of rust-resistant Berberis
species and varieties on the APHIS web
page, the parentage listed for ‘NCBX3’
was incorrect. The variety is listed as B.
thunbergiix calliantha ‘‘NCBX3’, but
should be listed as Berberis thunbergii x
media ‘NCBX3’.
The commenter is correct. We will fix
this error by correctly listing Berberis
thunbergii x media ‘NCBX3’ when we
update our list of rust-resistant Berberis
species and varieties.
Therefore, in accordance with the
regulations in § 301.38–2(c)(1), we are
announcing our decision to designate
the following articles as rust-resistant:
• Berberis thunbergii ‘Citral’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘Coral Spice’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘Crimson Cutie’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘James Blonde’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘Lemon Cutie®’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘Lemon Glow®’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘Mr. Green Genes
TM’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘Purple Plume’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘NCBT3’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘NCBT4’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘NCBT8’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘NCBT9’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘NCBT10’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘NCBT11’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘NCBT12’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘NCBT13’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘NCBT14’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘Schu20022’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘SMNBTAA’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘SMNBTAB’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘SMNBTAC’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘SMNBTAJ’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘SMNBTAK’
• Berberis thunbergii ‘SMNBTSSR’
• Berberis thunbergii x media ‘NCBX9’
• Berberis thunbergii x B. sieboldii
‘NCBX10’
• Berberis thunbergii x B. sieboldii
‘NCBX11’
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• Berberis thunbergii x B. sieboldii
‘NCBX12’
• Berberis thunbergii x B. sieboldii
‘NCBX13’
• Berberis thunbergii x B. sieboldii
‘NCBX14’
• Berberis thunbergii x B. sieboldii
‘NCBX15’
• Berberis thunbergii x B. sieboldii
‘NCBX16’
• Berberis thunbergii x B. calliantha
‘NCBX5’
These articles will be added to the list
of rust-resistant regulated articles for
black stem rust at https://
www.aphis.usda.gov/plant-pestsdieseases/black-stem-rust-barberry.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701–7772 and
7781–7786; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3.
Section 301.75–15 issued under section
204, title II, Public Law 106–113, 113
Stat. 1501A–293; sections 301.75–15
and 301.75–16 issued under section
203, title II, Public Law 106–224, 114
Stat. 400 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note).
Done in Washington, DC, this 16th day of
December 2024.
Michael Watson,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2024–30339 Filed 12–19–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2023–0040]
Notice of Decision To Authorize the
Importation of Rosemary and Tarragon
From Ethiopia 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 leaves and stems of
rosemary and fresh leaves and stems of
tarragon from Ethiopia into the
continental United States. Based on
findings of pest risk analyses, which we
made available to the public for review
and comment through a previous notice,
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 rosemary and tarragon
from Ethiopia.
DATES: Imports may be authorized
beginning December 20, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Gina Stiltner, Senior Regulatory Policy
SUMMARY:
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Specialist, Regulatory Coordination and
Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River
Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737–
1231; (518) 760–2468; Gina.L.Stiltner@
USDA.gov.
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.
Under that process, APHIS proposes to
authorize the importation of a fruit or
vegetable into the United States if, based
on findings of a pest risk analysis, we
determine that the measures can
mitigate the plant pest risk associated
with the importation of that fruit or
vegetable. APHIS then 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 will issue a subsequent Federal
Register notice announcing whether or
not we will authorize the importation of
the fruit or vegetable subject to the
phytosanitary measures specified in the
notice.
In accordance with that process, we
published a notice 1 in the Federal
Register on April 4, 2024 (89 FR 23537,
Docket No. APHIS–2023–0040) in
which we announced the availability,
for review and comment, of pest risk
analyses that evaluated the risks
associated with the importation of fresh
leaves and stems of rosemary
(Rosmarinus officinalis) and fresh leaves
and stems of tarragon (Artemesia
dracunculus) from Ethiopia into the
continental United States. The pest risk
analyses consisted of risk assessments
identifying pests of quarantine
significance that could follow the
pathway of the importation of fresh
leaves and stems of rosemary and
1 To view the notice and the supporting
documents, go to www.regulations.gov. Enter
APHIS–2023–0040 in the Search field.
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tarragon into the continental United
States from Ethiopia and risk
management documents (RMDs)
identifying phytosanitary measures to
be applied to these commodities to
mitigate the pest risk.
We solicited comments on the notice
for 60 days, ending on June 3, 2024. We
received no comments by that date.
Therefore, in accordance with
§ 319.56–4(c)(3)(iii), we are announcing
our decision to authorize the
importation into the continental United
States of fresh leaves and stems of
rosemary and fresh leaves and stems of
tarragon from Ethiopia subject to the
phytosanitary measures identified in the
RMDs that accompanied the initial
notice.
These conditions will be listed in the
U.S. Department of Agriculture, APHIS
Agricultural Commodity Import
Requirements (ACIR) database (https://
acir.aphis.usda.gov/s/).2 In addition to
these specific measures, each shipment
must be subject to the general
requirements listed in § 319.56–3 that
are applicable to the importation of all
fruits and vegetables.
Paperwork Reduction Act
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), the recordkeeping and burden
requirements associated with this action
are included 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’ Paperwork Reduction
Act Coordinator, at (301) 851–2533.
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 16th day of
December 2024.
Michael Watson,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2024–30453 Filed 12–19–24; 8:45 am]
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2 On September 30, 2022, the APHIS Fruits and
Vegetables Import Requirements (FAVIR) database
was replaced by the ACIR database.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS–2024–0024]
National Advisory Committee on
Microbiological Criteria for Foods;
Membership Nominations
Food Safety and Inspection
Service (FSIS), U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice; soliciting nominations.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to the provisions of
the rules and regulations of the USDA
and the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (FACA), the USDA is soliciting
nominations for membership on the
National Advisory Committee on
Microbiological Criteria for Foods
(NACMCF)and announcing potential
charges for the 2025–2027 term. USDA
seeks to appoint 30 members. Advisory
Committee members serve a two-year
term beginning September 2025 through
September 2027. Members may be
reappointed for one additional
consecutive term at the discretion of the
Secretary of Agriculture.
DATES: All nomination packages must be
received by February 18, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Nomination packages
should be sent by email to NACMCF@
usda.gov, or mailed to: The Honorable
Thomas Vilsack, Secretary, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Room 1128
South Building, Attn: Kristal Southern,
Designated Federal Officer,
FSIS\OPHS\National Advisory
Committee on Microbiological Criteria
for Foods, Washington, DC 20250.
Docket: For access to documents, call
(202) 205–5046 to schedule a time to
visit the FSIS Docket Room at 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20250–3700.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kristal Southern, Designated Federal
Officer, by email to NACMCF@usda.gov
or by telephone at 202–937–4162.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: USDA is
soliciting nominations for membership
to the NACMCF. USDA seeks to appoint
30 members.
To obtain a scientific perspective that
considers all stakeholders, USDA is
seeking NACMCF nominees with
scientific expertise in microbiology, risk
assessment, public health, food science,
and other relevant disciplines. USDA is
seeking nominations for NACMCF from
persons in academia, industry, and State
governments, as well as all other
interested persons with the required
expertise.
All nominees will undergo a USDA
background check. Advisory committee
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2023-0040]
Notice of Decision To Authorize the Importation of Rosemary and
Tarragon From Ethiopia 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 leaves and stems of rosemary and fresh leaves and
stems of tarragon from Ethiopia into the continental United States.
Based on findings of pest risk analyses, which we made available to the
public for review and comment through a previous notice, 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
rosemary and tarragon from Ethiopia.
DATES: Imports may be authorized beginning December 20, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Gina Stiltner, Senior Regulatory
Policy
[[Page 104077]]
Specialist, Regulatory Coordination and Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700
River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (518) 760-2468;
[email protected].
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. Under that process, APHIS proposes to authorize the
importation of a fruit or vegetable into the United States if, based on
findings of a pest risk analysis, we determine that the measures can
mitigate the plant pest risk associated with the importation of that
fruit or vegetable. APHIS then 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 will issue a subsequent Federal Register notice announcing
whether or not we will authorize the importation of the fruit or
vegetable subject to the phytosanitary measures specified in the
notice.
In accordance with that process, we published a notice \1\ in the
Federal Register on April 4, 2024 (89 FR 23537, Docket No. APHIS-2023-
0040) in which we announced the availability, for review and comment,
of pest risk analyses that evaluated the risks associated with the
importation of fresh leaves and stems of rosemary (Rosmarinus
officinalis) and fresh leaves and stems of tarragon (Artemesia
dracunculus) from Ethiopia into the continental United States. The pest
risk analyses consisted of risk assessments identifying pests of
quarantine significance that could follow the pathway of the
importation of fresh leaves and stems of rosemary and tarragon into the
continental United States from Ethiopia and risk management documents
(RMDs) identifying phytosanitary measures to be applied to these
commodities to mitigate the pest risk.
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\1\ To view the notice and the supporting documents, go to
www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS-2023-0040 in the Search field.
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We solicited comments on the notice for 60 days, ending on June 3,
2024. We received no comments by that date.
Therefore, in accordance with Sec. 319.56-4(c)(3)(iii), we are
announcing our decision to authorize the importation into the
continental United States of fresh leaves and stems of rosemary and
fresh leaves and stems of tarragon from Ethiopia subject to the
phytosanitary measures identified in the RMDs that accompanied the
initial notice.
These conditions will be listed in the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, APHIS Agricultural Commodity Import Requirements (ACIR)
database (https://acir.aphis.usda.gov/s/).\2\ In addition to these
specific measures, each shipment must be subject to the general
requirements listed in Sec. 319.56-3 that are applicable to the
importation of all fruits and vegetables.
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\2\ On September 30, 2022, the APHIS Fruits and Vegetables
Import Requirements (FAVIR) database was replaced by the ACIR
database.
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Paperwork Reduction Act
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), the recordkeeping and burden requirements associated
with this action are included 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' Paperwork Reduction Act Coordinator, at (301) 851-2533.
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 16th day of December 2024.
Michael Watson,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-30453 Filed 12-19-24; 8:45 am]
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