[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 130 (Thursday, July 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39203-39204]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-16709]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2010-0027]
Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk Analysis for Importation of
Wall Rocket Leaves from the United Kingdom 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 that we have prepared a pest risk
analysis with respect to perennial wall rocket leaves grown in the
United Kingdom. The analysis evaluates the risks associated with the
importation into the continental United States of fresh leaves of
perennial wall rocket. Based on that analysis, we believe 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 wall rocket leaves from
the United Kingdom. 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 7, 2010.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to (http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2010-0027) to submit or view comments
and to view supporting and related materials available electronically.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Please send one copy of
your comment to Docket No. APHIS-2010-0027, Regulatory Analysis and
Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118,
Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. Please state that your comment refers to
Docket No. APHIS-2010-0027.
Reading Room: You may read any comments that we receive on this
docket in our reading room. The reading room is located in room 1141 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) 690-2817 before coming.
Other Information: Additional information about APHIS and its
programs is available on the Internet at (http://www.aphis.usda.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Claudia Ferguson, Regulatory
Policy Specialist, Regulatory Coordination and Compliance, PPQ, APHIS,
4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; (301) 734-0627.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Under the regulations in ``Subpart-Fruits and Vegetables'' (7 CFR
319.56-1 through 319.56-50, referred to below as the regulations), the
Animal and Plant
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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 contains a performance-based process for approving
the importation of commodities that, based on the findings of a pest
risk analysis, can be safely imported subject to one or more of the
designated phytosanitary measures listed in paragraph (b) of that
section. These measures are:
The fruits or vegetables are subject to inspection upon
arrival in the United States and comply with all applicable provisions
of Sec. 319.56-3;
The fruits or vegetables are imported from a pest-free
area in the country of origin that meets the requirements of Sec.
319.56-5 for freedom from that pest and are accompanied by a
phytosanitary certificate stating that the fruits or vegetables
originated in a pest-free area in the country of origin;
The fruits or vegetables are treated in accordance with 7
CFR part 305;
The fruits or vegetables are inspected in the country of
origin by an inspector or an official of the national plant protection
organization of the exporting country, and have been found free of one
or more specific quarantine pests identified by the risk analysis as
likely to follow the import pathway; and/or
The fruits or vegetables are a commercial consignment.
APHIS received a request from the Government of the United Kingdom
to allow the importation of fresh leaves of perennial wall rocket from
the United Kingdom into the United States. We have completed a pest
risk assessment to identify pests of quarantine significance that could
follow the pathway of importation into the continental United States
and, based on that pest risk assessment, have prepared a risk
management document to identify phytosanitary measures that could be
applied to the commodity to mitigate the pest risk. We have concluded
that perennial wall rocket leaves can be safely imported into the
continental United States from the United Kingdom using one or more of
the five designated phytosanitary measures listed in Sec. 319.56-4(b).
Therefore, in accordance with Sec. 319.56-4(c), we are announcing the
availability of our pest risk analysis for public review and comment.
The pest risk analysis may be viewed on the Regulations.gov Web site or
in our reading room (see ADDRESSES above for instructions for accessing
Regulations.gov and information on the location and hours of the
reading room). You may request paper copies of the pest risk analysis
by calling or writing to the person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT. Please refer to the subject of the pest risk
analysis that you wish to review when requesting copies.
After reviewing the comments we receive, we will announce our
decision regarding the import status of wall rocket leaves from the
United Kingdom in a subsequent notice. If the overall conclusions of
the analyses and the Administrator's determination of risk remain
unchanged following our consideration of the comments, then we will
begin issuing permits for importation of fresh leaves of perennial wall
rocket from the United Kingdom into the continental United States
subject to the requirements specified in the risk management analyses.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450, 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 30\th\ day of June 2010.
Kevin Shea
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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