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1To view the notice and the PRA, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS2013-0052. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public of 

our decision to authorize the 

importation into the continental United 

States of Swiss chard from Colombia. 

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 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 Swiss chard from 

Colombia. 

DATES: Effective: November 20, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Dorothy Wayson, Senior Regulatory 

Policy Specialist, Plant Health 

Programs, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road 

Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; 

(301) 851–2036. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

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

1 through 319.56–61, 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 notice1 in the Federal 

Register on July 8, 2013 (78 FR 40688– 

40689, Docket No. APHIS–2013–0052), 

in which we announced the availability, 

for review and comment, of a PRA that 

evaluated the risks associated with the 

importation into the continental United 

States of Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris ssp. 

cicla (L.) Koch) from Colombia. The 

PRA consisted of a risk assessment 

identifying pests of quarantine 

significance that could follow the 

pathway of importation of Swiss chard 

from Colombia into the continental 

United States and a risk management 

document identifying phytosanitary 

measures to be applied to that 

commodity to mitigate the pest risk. We 

solicited comments on the notice for 60 

days ending on September 6, 2013. We 

did not receive any comments by that 

date. 

Therefore, in accordance with the 

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

are announcing our decision to 

authorize the importation into the 

continental United States of Swiss chard 

from Colombia subject to the following 

phytosanitary measures: 

• The Swiss chard must be imported 

in commercial consignments only; 

• The Swiss chard is subject to 

inspection at the port of entry; and 

• The Swiss chard must be 

accompanied by a phytosanitary 

certificate issued by the national plant 

protection organization of Colombia 

with the additional declaration stating 

that the consignment was inspected and 

found free of Copitarsia incommoda and 

Liriomyza huidobrensis. 

These conditions will be listed in the 

Fruits and Vegetables Import 

Requirements database (available at 

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/favir). In 

addition to these specific measures, 

Swiss chard from Colombia will be 

subject to the general requirements 

listed in § 319.56–3 that are applicable 

to the importation of all fruits and 

vegetables. 

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 13th day of 

November 2013. 

Michael C. Gregoire, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

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State Advisory Committees; Request 

for Applications 

AGENCY: United States Commission on 

Civil Rights. 

ACTION: Notice of period during which 

individuals may apply to be appointed 

to the Nevada Advisory Committee; 

request for applications. 

SUMMARY: Because the terms of the 

members of the Hawaii Advisory 

Committee are expiring as of March 16, 

2014, the United States Commission on 

Civil Rights hereby invites any 

individual who is eligible to be 

appointed to apply. The memberships 

covered by this notice are exclusively 

for the Nevada Advisory Committee, 

and applicants must be residents of 

Nevada to be considered. Letters of 

interest must be received by the Western 

Regional Office of the U.S. Commission 

on Civil Rights no later than January 18, 

2013. Letters of interest must be sent to 

the address listed below. 

DATES: Letters of interest for 

membership on the Nevada Advisory 

Committee should be received no later 

than January 18, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Send letters of interest to: 

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 

Western Regional Office, 300 North Los 

Angeles Street, Suite 2010, Los Angeles, 

CA 90012. Letter can also be sent via 

email to atrevino@usccr.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peter Minarik, Acting Regional Director, 

Western Regional Office, (213) 894– 

3437, pminarik@usccr.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Nevada Advisory Committees (SAC) is a 

statutorily mandated advisory 

committee of the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 

1975a. Under the charter for the SAC, 

the purpose is to provide advice and 

recommendations to the U.S. 

Commission on Civil Rights 

(Commission) on a broad range of civil 

rights matters in its respective state that 

pertain to alleged deprivations of voting 

rights or discrimination or denials of 

equal protection of the laws because of 

race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, 

or national origin, or the administration 

of justice. SACs also provide assistance 

to the Commission in its statutory 

obligation to serve as a national 

clearinghouse for civil rights 

information. 

The SAC consists of not more than 19 

members, each of whom will serve a 

two-year term. Members serve as unpaid 

Special Government Employees who are 

reimbursed for travel and expenses. To 


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be eligible to be on a SAC, applicants 

must be residents of Nevada and have 

demonstrated expertise or interest in 

civil rights issues. 

The Commission is an independent, 

bipartisan agency established by 

Congress in 1957 to focus on matters of 

race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, 

or national origin. Its mandate is to: 

• Investigate complaints from citizens 

that their voting rights are being 

deprived, 

• Study and collect information about 

discrimination or denials of equal 

protection under the law, 

• Appraise federal civil rights laws 

and policies, 

• Serve as a national clearinghouse 

on discrimination laws, 

• Submit reports and findings and 

recommendations to the President and 

the Congress, and 

• Issue public service announcements 

to discourage discrimination. 

The Commission invites any 

individual who is eligible to be 

appointed a member of the Nevada 

Advisory Committee covered by this 

notice to send a letter of interest and a 

resume to the address above. 

Dated: November 15, 2013. 

David Mussatt, 

Acting Chief, Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit. 

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Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the Tennessee Advisory Committee 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the rules and 

regulations of the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights (Commission) and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) that a meeting of the Tennessee 

Advisory Committee (Committee) to the 

Commission will be held on December 

11, 2013, at the Nashville Public 

Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, 

TN 37219. The meeting is scheduled to 

begin at 2:00 p.m. EST and adjourn at 

approximately 3:30 p.m. EST. The 

purpose of the meeting is to discuss the 

Committee’s report on ex-felon voting 

rights and plan other Committee 

projects. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments. The 

comments must be received in the 

Southern Regional Office of the 

Commission by January 11, 2014. The 

address is Southern Regional Office, 

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 61 

Forsyth Street SW., Suite 16T126, 

Atlanta, GA 30303. Persons wishing to 

email their comments or who desire 

additional information should contact 

Peter Minarik, Regional Director of the 

Southern Regional Office, at (404) 562– 

7000 (or for hearing impaired TDD 913– 

551–1414), or by email to pminarik@

usccr.gov. Hearing-impaired persons 

who will attend the meeting and require 

the services of a sign language 

interpreter should contact the Regional 

Office at least ten (10) working days 

before the scheduled date of the 

meeting. 

Records generated from this meeting 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Southern Regional Office, as they 

become available, both before and after 

the meeting. Persons interested in the 

work of this advisory committee are 

advised to go to the Commission’s Web 

site, www.usccr.gov, or to contact the 

Southern Regional Office at the above 

email or street address. The meeting 

will be conducted pursuant to the 

provisions of the rules and regulations 

of the Commission and FACA. 

Dated: November 15, 2013. 

David Mussatt, 

Acting Chief, Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit. 

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Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the Oregon Advisory Committee 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the rules and 

regulations of the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights (Commission), and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), that a meeting of the Oregon 

Advisory Committee to the Commission 

(Committee) will convene by conference 

call at 10:30 a.m. Pacific Time and 

adjourn at approximately 11:30 a.m. on 

December 9, 2013. The purpose of the 

meeting is to decide whether: (A) The 

Committee will do an overview 

examination of six topics—(i) 

immigration and the administration of 

justice, (ii) equal educational 

opportunity, (iii) civil rights of the 

mentally ill, (iv) human trafficking, (v) 

standing your ground laws, and (vi) 

women’s rights issues; or (B) the 

Committee will focus on doing a more 

in-depth study on just one of these 

issues; or (C) the Committee will do an 

overview, but of just three or four of the 

possible six topics. 

This meeting is available to the public 

through the following toll-free call-in 

number: 877–446–3914, conference ID: 

5498730. Any interested member of the 

public may call this number and listen 

to the meeting. Callers can expect to 

incur charges for calls they initiate over 

wireless lines, and the Commission will 

not refund any incurred charges. Callers 

will incur no charge for calls they 

initiate over land-line connections to 

the toll-free telephone number. Persons 

with hearing impairments may also 

follow the proceedings by first calling 

the Federal Relay Service at 1–800–977– 

8339 and providing the Service with the 

conference call number and conference 

ID number. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments. The 

comments must be received in the 

regional office by January 9, 2014. The 

address is U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights, Western Regional Office, 300 

North Los Angeles St., Suite 2010, Los 

Angeles, CA 90012. Comments may be 

emailed to atrevino@usccr.gov. 

Records generated by this meeting 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Western Regional Office, as they become 

available, both before and after the 

meeting, and they will be uploaded onto 

the database at www.facadatabase.gov. 

Persons interested in the work of this 

advisory committee are advised to go to 

the Commission’s Web site, 

www.usccr.gov, or to contact the 

Western Regional Office at the above 

email or street address. 

The meeting will be conducted 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the Commission and 

FACA. 

Dated: November 15, 2013. 

David Mussatt, 

Acting Chief, Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit. 

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Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the Hawaii Advisory Committee 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the rules and 

regulations of the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights (Commission) and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) that a meeting of the Hawaii 

Advisory Committee (Committee) to the 

Commission will convene by conference 

call at 10:00 a.m. Hawaiian Time 

(1:00 p.m. Pacific Time) on December 6, 

2013. The purpose of the meeting is for 

the Committee to discuss a report to the 

Commission on language access as a 

civil right. 

This meeting is available to the public 

through the following toll-free call-in 

number: 877–446–3914, conference ID: 

9935615. Any interested member of the 


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