[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 19, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 3075]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-985]
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Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 12 / Wednesday, January 19, 2011 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2010-0061]
Notice of Decision to Allow Interstate Movement of Guavas From
Hawaii 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 begin allowing
the interstate movement into the continental United States of fresh
guava fruit from Hawaii. Based on the findings of a pest risk analysis,
which we made available to the public for review and comment through a
previous notice, 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 interstate movement of guavas from Hawaii.
DATES: Effective Date: January 19, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. David Lamb, Import Specialist,
PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; (301)
734-0627.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Under the regulations in ``Subpart--Regulated Articles From Hawaii
and the Territories'' (7 CFR 318.13-1 through 318.13-26, 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 interstate movement of fruits and vegetables into the
United States from Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam,
and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to prevent plant
pests and noxious weeds from being introduced into and spread within
the continental United States. (The continental United States is
defined in Sec. 318.13-2 of the regulations as the 48 contiguous
States, Alaska, and the District of Columbia.)
Section 318.13-4 contains a performance-based process for approving
the interstate movement 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. Under that process, APHIS publishes a notice in the Federal
Register announcing the availability of the pest risk analysis that
evaluates the risks associated with the interstate movement of a
particular fruit or vegetable. Following the close of the 60-day
comment period, APHIS may begin allowing the interstate movement of the
fruit or vegetable subject to the identified designated measures if:
(1) No comments were received on the pest risk analysis; (2) the
comments on the pest risk analysis revealed that no changes to the pest
risk analysis were necessary; or (3) changes to the pest risk analysis
were made in response to public comments, but the changes did not
affect the overall conclusions of the analysis and the Administrator's
determination of risk.
In accordance with that process, we published a notice \1\ in the
Federal Register on August 25, 2010 (75 FR 52304-52305, Docket No.
APHIS-2010-0061), in which we announced the availability, for review
and comment, of a pest risk analysis that evaluates the risks
associated with the interstate movement of guavas (Psidium guajava L.)
from Hawaii into the continental United States. We solicited comments
on the notice for 60 days ending on October 25, 2010. We received one
comment by that date, from a State department of agriculture. The
commented supported the action described in the notice. Therefore, in
accordance with the regulations in Sec. 318.13-4, we are announcing
our decision to begin allowing the interstate movement of guavas from
Hawaii into the continental United States subject to the following
phytosanitary measures:
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\1\ To view the notice, the pest risk analysis, and the comment
we received, go to http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2010-0061.
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The guavas must be irradiated in accordance with 7 CFR
part 305 with a minimum absorbed dose of 400 Gy.
The guavas must be inspected by an inspector in Hawaii and
found free of Eutetranychus orientalis and Oligonychus biharensis.
The guavas may be moved in as commercial consignments
only.
These conditions will be listed in the Hawaii Fruits and Vegetables
Manual (available at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plants/manuals/ports/downloads/hawaii.pdf). In addition to those specific
measures, guavas from Hawaii will be subject to the general
requirements listed in Sec. 318.13-3 that are applicable to the
interstate movement of all fruits and vegetables from Hawaii.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701-7772 and 7781-7786; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80,
and 371.3.
Done in Washington, DC, this 12th day of January 2011.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-985 Filed 1-18-11; 8:45 am]
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