Department of Agriculture April 17, 2012 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Importation of Pomegranates From Chile Under a Systems Approach
We are amending the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation into the continental United States of pomegranates from Chile, subject to a systems approach. Under this systems approach, the fruit would have to be grown in a place of production that is registered with the national plant protection organization of Chile and certified as having a low prevalence of Brevipalpus chilensis. The fruit would have to undergo pre-harvest sampling at the registered production site. Following post-harvest processing, the fruit would have to be inspected in Chile at an approved inspection site. Each consignment of fruit would have to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate with an additional declaration stating that the fruit had been found free of Brevipalpus chilensis based on field and packinghouse inspections. This action will allow for the safe importation of fresh pomegranates from Chile using mitigation measures other than fumigation with methyl bromide.
Asian Longhorned Beetle; Additions to Quarantined Areas in Massachusetts
We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) regulations by quarantining portions of Suffolk and Norfolk Counties, MA, and expanding the quarantined area in Worcester County, MA. The interim rule also amended the regulations to add plants of the genus Koelreuteria (golden raintree) to the list of regulated articles. The interim rule, which restricted the interstate movement of regulated articles from these areas, was necessary to prevent the artificial spread of ALB to noninfested areas of the United States.
Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board
The U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Black Hills National Forest was required to cancel several meetings of the Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board (Board), while awaiting approval of the Board's re-charter package submitted to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture, during 2011. Meetings that were published in the Federal Register, Volume 75, Number 240, Wednesday, December 15, 2010, page 78209, and subsequently cancelled were scheduled for the following dates:
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