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1To view the notice, the PRA, and the comment 

we received, go to http://www.regulations.gov/ 

fdmspublic/component/ 

main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2010-0096. 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Animal Plant and Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Bees and Related Articles. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0207. 

Summary of Collection: The Plant 

Protection Act (APA) (7 U.S.C. 7701 et 

seq.), authorizes the Secretary of 

Agriculture to prohibit or restrict the 

importation, entry, or interstate 

movement of plants, plant products, and 

other articles to prevent the 

introduction of plant pests into the 

United States or their dissemination 

within the United States. Under the 

Honeybee Act (7 U.S.C. 281–286), the 

Secretary is authorized to prohibit or 

restrict the importation of honeybee 

semen to prevent the introduction into 

the United States of diseases and 

parasites harmful to honeybees and of 

undesirable species and subspecies of 

honeybees. The Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS), 

Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ), 

is responsible for implementing the 

intent of these Acts, and does so 

through the enforcement of its 

pollinator regulations and honeybee 

regulations. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS collects information from a 

variety of individuals who are involved 

in breeding, exporting, importing, and 

containing bees and related articles. The 

information APHIS collects serves as the 

supporting documentation needed to 

issue required PPQ forms and 

documents that allow importation of 

bees and related articles or authorizes 

the release of bees. This documentation 

is vital to helping APHIS ensure that 

exotic bee diseases and parasites, and 

undesirable species and subspecies of 

honeybees, do not spread into or within 

the United States. Without the 

information APHIS could not verify that 

imported bees and related articles do 

not present a significant risk of 

introducing exotic bee disease, 

parasites, and undesirable species and 

subspecies of honeybees. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other-for-profit; Federal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 336. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 567. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–3444 Filed 2–15–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2010–0096] 

Notice of Decision To Issue Permits for 

the Importation of Fresh Strawberries 

From Jordan Into the Continental 

United States 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public of 

our decision to begin issuing permits for 

the importation into the continental 

United States of fresh strawberries from 

Jordan. 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 importation of 

fresh strawberries from Jordan. 

DATES: Effective Date: February 16, 

2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Donna L. West, Senior Import 

Specialist, RPM, PHP, PPQ, APHIS, 

4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, 

MD 20737; (301) 734–0627. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under the regulations in ‘‘SubpartFruits and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56–1 

through 319.56–50, 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 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 of the regulations 

contains a performance-based process 

for approving the importation of 

commodities that, based on the findings 

of a pest risk analysis (PRA), 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 PRA that evaluates the risks 

associated with the importation of a 

particular fruit or vegetable. Following 

the close of the 60-day comment period, 

APHIS may begin issuing permits for 

importation of the fruit or vegetable 

subject to the identified designated 

measures if: (1) No comments were 

received on the PRA; (2) the comments 

on the PRA revealed that no changes to 

the PRA were necessary; or (3) changes 

to the PRA 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 October 12, 2010 (75 FR 

62500–62501, Docket No. APHIS–2010– 

0096), in which we announced the 

availability, for review and comment, of 

a PRA that evaluates the risks associated 

with the importation into the 

continental United States of fresh 

strawberries (Fragaria spp.) from Jordan. 

We solicited comments on the notice for 

60 days ending on December 13, 2010. 

We received one comment by that date, 

from a State department of agriculture. 

In the PRA, APHIS determined that 

six plant pests have a high risk potential 

of being introduced into the United 

States via the pathway of strawberries 

from Jordan. The PRA notes that two of 

these pests, Eutetranychus orientalis 

and Thrips major, could potentially 

avoid detection beneath the calyx of the 

strawberries due to their small size. The 

commenter referred to this potential risk 

and suggested that the national plant 

protection organization (NPPO) of 

Jordan be required to notify APHIS in 

the event of pest detections or changes 

in pest management practices they 

recommend to growers and 

packinghouses. 

We acknowledge the risk that these 

plant pests could potentially evade 

detection and be introduced into the 

United States in the manner referred to 

by the commenter. However, while the 

pests themselves may potentially evade 

detection by their small size, their 

presence can be detected by visible 

signs of discoloration and damage to 

fruits and leaves. Moreover, APHIS has 

permitted the entry of commercial 

strawberries from several countries in 

Asia, Europe, and South America where 

one or both of these pests of concern 

occur. Over several decades, there have 

only been a few isolated interceptions of 

Eutetranychus orientalis and Thrips 

major in strawberry consignments. 

For these reasons, together with 

Jordan’s use of integrated pest 

management practices in the production 

of commercial strawberries, APHIS has 

concluded that commercial strawberries 

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for export from Jordan are unlikely to 

contain the identified quarantine pests. 

Accordingly, we have determined that 

no changes to the PRA are necessary 

based on the comment. 

Therefore, in accordance with the 

regulations in § 319.56–4(c)(2)(ii), we 

are announcing our decision to begin 

issuing permits for the importation into 

the continental United States of fresh 

strawberries from Jordan subject to the 

following phytosanitary measures: 

• Each consignment of strawberry 

fruit must be accompanied by a 

Phytosanitary Certificate (PC) issued by 

Jordan’s NPPO stating that the 

strawberries were grown in Jordan and 

bearing the following additional 

declaration: ‘‘This consignment has been 

inspected and found free of 

Cacoecimorpha pronubana, 

Chrysodeixis chalcites, Eutetranychus 

orientalis, Monilinia fructigena, 

Spodoptera littoralis, and Thrips 

major.’’ 

• The strawberries are imported as 

commercial consignments only. 

• The strawberries are subject to 

inspection at the port of entry into the 

continental United States. 

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 10th day of 

January 2011. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–3445 Filed 2–15–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Farm Service Agency 

Dairy Industry Advisory Committee; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: As required by the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 

the Farm Service Agency (FSA) 

announces a public meeting of the Dairy 

Industry Advisory Committee (Dairy 

Committee) to review and approve the 

final recommendations to the Secretary 

of Agriculture. The Dairy Committee is 

responsible for making 

recommendations to the Secretary on 

policy issues impacting the dairy 

industry. Instructions regarding 

registering for and listening to the 

conference call meeting is provided in 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

of this notice. 

DATES: Public meeting: The public 

meeting will be held via conference call 

on March 3, 2011, at 1 p.m. EST. 

Registration: You must register by 

March 2, 2011. 

Comments: We will accept written 

comments we receive by March 3, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

online: Go to http://www.fsa.usda.gov/ 

DIAC. Follow the online instructions for 

submitting comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Solomon Whitfield, Designated Federal 

Official; phone: (202) 720–9886; e-mail: 

solomon.whitfield@wdc.usda.gov. 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means for communication 

(Braille, large print, audio tape, etc.) 

should contact the USDA Target Center 

at (202) 720–2600 (voice and TDD). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In August 

2009, USDA established the Dairy 

Committee. The Dairy Committee 

reviews issues of farm milk price 

volatility and dairy farmer profitability. 

The Dairy Committee provides 

recommendations to the Secretary on 

how USDA can best address these issues 

to meet the dairy industry’s needs. 

The Secretary of Agriculture selected 

a diverse group of members representing 

a broad spectrum of persons interested 

in providing suggestions and ideas on 

how USDA can tailor its programs to 

meet the dairy industry’s needs. Equal 

opportunity practices were considered 

in all appointments to the Dairy 

Committee in accordance with USDA 

policies. The Secretary announced the 

members on January 6, 2010. 

Representatives include: Producers and 

producer organizations, processors and 

processor organizations, consumers, 

academia, a retailer, and a state 

representative. 

The Dairy Committee will hold its 

final public meeting via conference call 

on March 3, 2011, at 1 p.m. EST. The 

dairy industry and public are invited to 

listen in to the conference call and to 

provide written comments, but will not 

be allowed to provide oral comments at 

the meeting. Although the purpose of 

the March 3, 2011, meeting is for the 

Dairy Committee to vote on the final 

report, as required by the FACA 

regulation in 41 CFR 102–3.140(c), ‘‘any 

member of the public is permitted to file 

a written statement with the advisory 

committee,’’ therefore, written 

comments will be accepted. The final 

report will not be changed as a result of 

comments submitted for this final 

meeting, but all comments submitted 

on-line will be available on the Dairy 

Committee Web site. 

Instructions for Attending the Meeting 

Available conference call-in lines for 

the public are limited to the first 100 

registered public attendees. All persons 

wishing to listen to the meeting via 

conference call must register through 

DIAC@wdc.usda.gov by March 2, 2011. 

An e-mail confirmation will be sent to 

each registered public listener providing 

call-in instructions for the meeting. Due 

to logistical constraints, registration will 

close at 11:59 p.m. EST on March 2, 

2011. 

Additional information about the 

public meeting, meeting agenda, 

materials and minutes, and how to 

provide comments is available at the 

Dairy Committee Web site: http:// 

www.fsa.usda.gov/DIAC. 

If you require special 

accommodations, please use the contact 

information above. 

Notice of these meetings is provided 

in accordance with section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended, (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2). 

Signed in Washington, DC, on February 10, 

2011. 

Jonathan W. Coppess, 

Administrator, Farm Service Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2011–3496 Filed 2–15–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Amador County Resource Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Amador County Resource 

Advisory Committee will meet in Sutter 

Creek, California. The committee is 

meeting as authorized under the Secure 

Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act (Pub. L. 110–343) 

and in compliance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act. The RAC will 

review, discuss and vote on proposed 

projects. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

March 3, 2011 beginning at 6 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

10877 Conductor Blvd., Sutter Creek, 

CA. Written comments should be sent to 

Frank Mosbacher; Forest Supervisor’s 

Office; 100 Forni Road; Placerville, CA 

95667. Comments may also be sent via 

e-mail to fmosbacher@fs.fed.us, or via 

facsimile to 530–621–5297. 

All comments, including names and 

addresses when provided, are placed in 

the record and are available for public 

inspection and copying. The public may 

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