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Vol. 78, No. 223 

Tuesday, November 19, 2013 

1To view the proposed rule and the pest risk 

analysis we prepared for that action, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS2012-0042. 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

7 CFR Part 319 

[Docket No. APHIS–2012–0042] 

RIN 0579–AD69 

Importation of Fresh Beans, Shelled or 

in Pods, From Jordan Into the 

Continental United States 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: We are amending the fruits 

and vegetables regulations to allow the 

importation of commercial shipments of 

fresh beans, shelled or in pods (French, 

green, snap, and string), from Jordan 

into the continental United States. As a 

condition of entry, the beans must be 

produced in accordance with a systems 

approach that includes requirements for 

packing, washing, and processing. The 

beans must also be accompanied by a 

phytosanitary certificate attesting that 

all phytosanitary requirements have 

been met and that the consignment was 

inspected and found free of quarantine 

pests. This action allows for the 

importation of fresh beans, shelled or in 

pods, from Jordan into the continental 

United States while continuing to 

provide protection against the 

introduction of plant pests. 

DATES: Effective Date: December 19, 

2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Marc Phillips, Senior Regulatory 

Coordination Specialist, Regulatory 

Coordination and Compliance, PPQ, 

APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 156, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; (301) 851– 

2114. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The regulations in ‘‘Subpart-Fruits 

and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56–1 

through 319.56–61, referred to below as 

the regulations) prohibit or restrict the 

importation of fruits and vegetables into 

the United States from certain parts of 

the world to prevent the introduction 

and dissemination of plant pests that are 

new to or not widely distributed within 

the United States. 

On May 2, 2013, we published in the 

Federal Register (78 FR 25623–25626, 

Docket No. APHIS–2012–0042) a 

proposal 1 to amend the regulations to 

allow the importation of commercial 

shipments of fresh beans, shelled or in 

pods (French, green, snap, and string), 

from Jordan into the continental United 

States. As a condition of entry, the 

beans were required to be produced in 

accordance with a systems approach 

that includes requirements for packing, 

washing, and processing. The beans 

were also required to be accompanied 

by a phytosanitary certificate attesting 

that all phytosanitary requirements had 

been met and that the consignment was 

inspected and found free of quarantine 

pests. This proposed action was 

intended to allow for the importation of 

fresh beans, shelled or in pods, from 

Jordan into the continental United 

States while continuing to provide 

protection against the introduction of 

plant pests. 

We solicited comments concerning 

our proposal for 60 days ending July 1, 

2013. We did not receive any comments. 

Therefore, for the reasons given in the 

proposed rule, we are adopting the 

proposed rule as a final rule, without 

change. 

Note: In our May 2013 proposed rule, we 

proposed to add the conditions governing the 

importation of beans from Jordan as 

§ 319.56–59. In this final rule, those 

conditions are added as § 319.56–62. 

Executive Order 12866 and Regulatory 

Flexibility Act 

This final rule has been determined to 

be not significant for the purposes of 

Executive Order 12866 and, therefore, 

has not been reviewed by the Office of 

Management and Budget. 

In accordance with the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act, we have analyzed the 

potential economic effects of this action 

on small entities. The analysis is 

summarized below. Copies of the full 

analysis are available on the 

Regulations.gov Web site (see footnote 1 

in this document for a link to 

Regulations.gov) or by contacting the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

The Small Business Administration’s 

small-entity standard for U.S. farms that 

produce fresh beans is annual receipts 

of not more than $750,000. In 2007, the 

average market value of sales by the 

15,654 U.S. farms that produced snap 

beans for the fresh market was about 

$25,400, well below the small-entity 

standard. 

Jordan expects to export 200 metric 

tons of fresh beans to the continental 

United States annually. This quantity is 

equivalent to less than one-tenth of 1 

percent of U.S fresh snap bean 

production. While most entities that 

may be affected by the final rule are 

small, the impact of the rule will be 

minor. 

Under these circumstances, the 

Administrator of the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service has 

determined that this action will not 

have a significant economic impact on 

a substantial number of small entities. 

Executive Order 12988 

This final rule allows fresh beans, 

shelled or in pods, to be imported into 

the United States from Jordan. State and 

local laws and regulations regarding 

fresh beans imported under this rule 

will be preempted while the fruit is in 

foreign commerce. Fresh beans are 

generally imported for immediate 

distribution and sale to the consuming 

public and would remain in foreign 

commerce until sold to the ultimate 

consumer. The question of when foreign 

commerce ceases in other cases must be 

addressed on a case-by-case basis. No 

retroactive effect will be given to this 

rule, and this rule will not require 

administrative proceedings before 

parties may file suit in court challenging 

this rule. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

In accordance with section 3507(d) of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the information 

collection or recordkeeping 

requirements included in this final rule, 

which were filed under 0579–0405, 

have been submitted for approval to the 


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Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). When OMB notifies us of its 

decision, if approval is denied, we will 

publish a document in the Federal 

Register providing notice of what action 

we plan to take. 

E-Government Act Compliance 

The Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service is committed to 

compliance with the E-Government Act 

to promote the use of the Internet and 

other information technologies, to 

provide increased opportunities for 

citizen access to Government 

information and services, and for other 

purposes. For information pertinent to 

E-Government Act compliance related 

to this rule, please contact Mrs. Celeste 

Sickles, APHIS’ Information Collection 

Coordinator, at (301) 851–2908. 

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 319 

Coffee, Cotton, Fruits, Imports, Logs, 

Nursery stock, Plant diseases and pests, 

Quarantine, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Rice, 

Vegetables. 

Accordingly, we are amending 7 CFR 

part 319 as follows: 

PART 319—FOREIGN QUARANTINE 

NOTICES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 319 

continues to read as follows: 

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. 

■ 2. A new § 319.56–62 is added to read 

as follows: 

§ 319.56–62 Fresh beans, shelled or in 

pods, from Jordan. 

Fresh beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), 

shelled or in pods (French, green, snap, 

and string), may be imported into the 

continental United States from Jordan 

only under the conditions described in 

this section. These conditions are 

designed to prevent the introduction of 

the following quarantine pests: 

Chrysodeixis chalcites, Helicoverpa 

armı ́gera, Lampides boeticus Liriomyza 

huidobrensis, Maconellicoccus hirsutus, 

Phoma exigua var. diversispora, and 

Spodoptera littoralis. 

(a) Packinghouse requirements. The 

beans must be packed in packing 

facilities that are approved and 

registered with Jordan’s national plant 

protection organization (NPPO). Each 

shipping box must be marked with the 

identity of the packing facility. 

(b) Post-harvest processing. The beans 

must be washed in potable water. Each 

bean pod must be either cut into 

chevrons or pieces that do not exceed 2 

centimeters in length, or shredded or 

split the length of the bean pod. Split or 

shredded bean pod pieces may not 

exceed 8 centimeters in length and 8.5 

millimeters in diameter. 

(c) Commercial consignments. The 

beans must be imported as commercial 

consignments only. 

(d) Phytosanitary certificate. Each 

consignment of fresh beans must be 

accompanied by a phytosanitary 

certificate issued by Jordan’s NPPO 

attesting that the conditions of this 

section have been met and that the 

consignment has been inspected and 

found free of the pests listed in this 

section. 

(Approved by the Office of Management and 

Budget under control number 0579–0405) 

Done in Washington, DC, this 13th day of 

November 2013. 

Michael C. Gregoire, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–27689 Filed 11–18–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Utilities Service 

7 CFR Part 1726 

Electric System Construction Policies 

and Procedures 

CFR Correction 

In Title 7 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations, Parts 1600 to 1759, revised 

as of January 1, 2013, on page 246, in 

§ 1726.14, the second definition of 

Minor modification or improvement is 

removed. 

[FR Doc. 2013–27735 Filed 11–18–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1505–01–D 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

10 CFR Part 95 

[NRC–2011–0268] 

RIN 3150–AJ07 

Facility Security Clearance and 

Safeguarding of National Security 

Information and Restricted Data 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Direct final rule; confirmation of 

effective date. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is confirming the 

effective date of October 21, 2013, for 

the direct final rule that was published 

in the Federal Register on August 7, 

2013. This direct final rule updated the 

NRC’s regulations to standardize the 

frequency of required security education 

training for employees of NRC licensees 

possessing security clearances so that 

such training will be conducted 

annually consistent with the objectives 

of Executive Order 13526, Classified 

National Security Information. In 

addition, this direct final rule allowed 

licensees flexibility in determining the 

means and methods for providing this 

training, established uniformity in the 

frequency of licensee security education 

and training programs, and enhanced 

the protection of classified information. 

DATES: The effective date of October 21, 

2013, is confirmed for this direct final 

rule. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2011–0268 when contacting the 

NRC about the availability of 

information regarding this document. 

You may access publicly-available 

information related to this document 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2011–0268. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Carol 

Gallagher; telephone: 301–287–3422; 

email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For 

technical questions, contact the 

individual listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

document. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS): You may access publicly 

available documents online in the NRC 

Library at http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html. To begin the search, 

select ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and 

then select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS 

Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, 

please contact the NRC’s Public 

Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 

1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by 

email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. 

• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and 

purchase copies of public documents at 

the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daniel W. Lenehan, Office of the 

General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– 

3501; email: Daniel.Lenehan@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

7, 2013 (78 FR 48037), the NRC 

published a direct final rule that 

amended its regulations in § 95.33 of 

Title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations. The direct final rule 

amendments required NRC licensees (or 

their designees) to conduct classified 


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