13972 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 50 / Tuesday, March 15, 2011 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2011–0013] 

Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk 

Analysis for the Importation of Fresh 

Papaya Fruit From Malaysia Into the 

Continental United States 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that we have prepared a pest risk 

analysis for the purpose of evaluating 

the pest risks associated with the 

importation of fresh papaya (Carica 

papaya) fruit from Malaysia into the 

continental United States. Based on our 

analysis, we have concluded that the 

application of one or more designated 

phytosanitary measures will be 

sufficient to mitigate the pest risk. 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 May 16, 

2011. 

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-2011-0013 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–2011–0013, 

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– 

2011–0013. 

Reading Room: You may read any 

comments that we receive on the risk 

analysis 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: Mr. 

Phillip B. Grove, Regulatory 

Coordinator, Regulatory Coordination 

and Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 

River Road, Unit 156, Riverdale, MD 

20737; (301) 734–6280. 

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 

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 § 319.56–3; 

• The fruits or vegetables are 

imported from a pest-free area in the 

country of origin that meets the 

requirements of § 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 Malaysia to allow the 

importation of edible fresh fruit of 

papaya (Carica papaya) into the 

continental United States. Currently, 

fresh papaya fruit are not authorized for 

entry from Malaysia. APHIS completed 

a pest risk analysis for the purpose of 

evaluating the pest risks associated with 

the importation of fresh papaya fruit 

from Malaysia into the continental 

United States. The analysis consists of 

a pest list identifying pests of 

quarantine significance that are present 

in Malaysia and could follow the 

pathway of importation into the United 

States and a risk management document 

identifying phytosanitary measures that 

could be applied to the commodity to 

mitigate the pest risk. 

We have concluded that fresh papaya 

fruit can safely be imported into the 

continental United States from Malaysia 

using one or more of the five designated 

phytosanitary measures listed in 

§ 319.56–4(b). Therefore, in accordance 

with § 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 

analysis by calling or writing to the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. Please refer to the 

subject of the analysis that you wish to 

review when requesting copies. 

After reviewing any comments we 

receive, we will announce our decision 

regarding the import status of fresh 

papaya fruit from Malaysia in a 

subsequent notice. If the overall 

conclusions of the analysis and the 

Administrator’s determination of risk 

remain unchanged following our 

consideration of the comments, then we 

will begin issuing permits for the 

importation of fresh papaya fruit from 

Malaysia into the continental United 

States subject to the requirements 

specified in the risk management 

document. 

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 9th day of 

March 2011. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5961 Filed 3–14–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Farm Service Agency 

United States Warehouse Act; Export 

Food Aid Commodities Licensing 

Agreement 

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Farm Service Agency 

(FSA) proposes adding export food aid 

commodities (EFAC) to the agricultural 

products for which warehouse licenses 

may be issued under the United States 


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