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inch (20mm) be addressed. AFFI 

requested a change in the style 

designations for minced style, and a 

correction to the text. The members 

agreed with the proposed section 

concerning requirements for Styles, 

Type I, Whole onions and Type II, Pearl 

onions. The members did not agree with 

the proposed descriptions in 

requirements for whole onions and 

pearl onions for Styles: Type I, whole 

onions of 3⁄4 inch to 1–7/8 inches in 

diameter and Type II, pearl onions of 1⁄4

inch to 7⁄8 inch in diameter. Also, the 

members did not agree with the 

proposed section concerning Acceptable 

Quality Levels (AQLs) for quality 

defects and submitted examples of 

specifications from buyers. The 

members expressed concern because 

defects were defined by weight, not by 

count. Larger units would be allowed a 

smaller number of defects and smaller 

units would be allowed a large number 

of defects. The members stated that the 

definitions of ‘‘good appearance’’ and 

‘‘reasonably good appearance’’ were too 

similar. 

AFFI recommended that the product 

description include a heat treatment and 

suggested that AMS consider a 

requirement that onions be blanched. 

AFFI members requested that the 

product description be limited to 

individually quick frozen onions. There 

were also concerns that microbiological 

requirements, storage temperatures, 

shelf life requirements, and limits for 

chemical and pesticide residues were 

not addressed in the proposed frozen 

onion grade standards. 

AMS incorporated these comments to 

make further changes to the proposed 

grade standards in the discussion draft. 

However, in June 2010 AMS received 

additional feedback from AFFI 

members. These AFFI members 

indicated that this and other frozen 

vegetable grade standards did not 

include requirements for shelf-life, 

storage temperature, microbiological, or 

chemical pesticide residue. 

Nonetheless, commodities covered by 

U.S. grade standards must comply with 

all of the regulatory food safety 

requirements of the Food and Drug 

Administration, the Environmental 

Protection Agency, and applicable state 

and local regulations. 

The proposed standards for frozen 

onions would continue to use the 

standard format for U.S. standards for 

grades using ‘‘individual attributes.’’ 

Specifically, the standards would 

provide for the ‘‘individual attribute’’ 

procedure for product grading with 

sample sizes, tolerances, and acceptance 

numbers of allowable defects with 

single letter grade designation. Also, the 

standards would define the term ‘‘frozen 

onions’’ and establish ‘‘strips,’’ ‘‘diced,’’ 

‘‘whole,’’ ‘‘chopped,’’ and ‘‘other’’ as the 

style designations. The proposal also 

would define quality factors, AQLs, and 

tolerances for defects that affect frozen 

onions and determine sample unit sizes 

for this commodity. These grade 

standards would establish the grade 

levels ‘‘A,’’ ‘‘B,’’ and ‘‘Substandard.’’ The 

AQLs, tolerances, and acceptance 

numbers for each quality factor as 

defined for each grade level would also 

be established. 

The grade of a sample unit of frozen 

onions would be ascertained 

considering the factors of varietal 

characteristics, flavor and odor, 

appearance, color, defects, absence of 

grit or dirt, and character. 

These grade standards would provide 

a common language for trade, a means 

of measuring value in the marketing of 

frozen onions, and provide guidance in 

the effective utilization of frozen onions. 

The official grade of a lot of frozen 

onions covered by these standards 

would be determined by the procedures 

set forth in the Regulations Governing 

Inspection and Certification of 

Processed Products Thereof, and Certain 

Other Processed Foods Products (§ 52.1 

to 52.83). 

AMS is publishing this notice with a 

sixty-day comment period that will 

provide a sufficient amount of time for 

interested persons to comments on the 

proposed new standards for frozen 

onions. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621–1627. 

Dated: May 24, 2011. 

Rayne Pegg, 

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–13501 Filed 5–31–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2011–0035] 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Approval of an Information Collection; 

Importation of Clementines From 

Spain 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Extension of approval of an 

information collection; comment 

request. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service’s intention to 

request an extension of approval of an 

information collection associated with 

regulations for the importation of 

clementines from Spain. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before August 1, 

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-2011-0035 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–2011–0035, 

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– 

2011–0035. 

Reading Room: You may read any 

comments that we receive on this 

docket 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: For 

information on regulations for the 

importation of clementines from Spain, 

contact Mr. William Wesela, Staff 

Officer, Preclearance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 

River Road Unit 60, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1236; (301) 734–5718. For copies 

of more detailed information on the 

information collection, contact Mrs. 

Celeste Sickles, APHIS’ Information 

Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851– 

2908. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: 

Importation of Clementines From Spain. 

OMB Number: 0579–0203. 

Type of Request: Extension of an 

approval of an information collection. 

Abstract: The Plant Protection Act 

(PPA, 7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) authorizes 

the Secretary of Agriculture to restrict 

the importation, entry, or interstate 

movement of plants, plant products, and 

other articles to prevent the 

introduction of plant pests, including 

fruit flies, into the United States or their 

dissemination within the United States. 

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Regulations authorized by the PPA 

concerning the importation of fruits and 

vegetables into the United States from 

certain parts of the world are contained 

in ‘‘Subpart-Fruits and Vegetables’’ (7 

CFR 319.56–1 through 319.5650). 

Under these regulations, clementines 

from Spain are subject to certain 

conditions before entering the United 

States to ensure that exotic plant pests, 

such as the Mediterranean fruit fly, are 

not introduced into the United States. 

The regulations require the use of 

information collection activities 

including a trust fund agreement, 

grower registration and agreement, a 

Mediterranean fruit fly management 

program, fruit fly trapping and control 

activities, recordkeeping, a 

phytosanitary certificate, and box 

labeling. 

We are asking the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve our use of these information 

collection activities for an additional 3 

years. 

The purpose of this notice is to solicit 

comments from the public (as well as 

affected agencies) concerning our 

information collection. These comments 

will help us: 

(1) Evaluate whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the burden of the collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(4) Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, through use, as 

appropriate, of automated, electronic, 

mechanical, and other collection 

technologies; e.g., permitting electronic 

submission of responses. 

Estimate of burden: The public 

reporting burden for this collection of 

information is estimated to average 

0.0032364 hours per response. 

Respondents: National plant health 

officials of Spain and growers and 

shippers of clementines. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 4,509. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 434.54281. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 1,958,919. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 6,340 hours. (Due to 

averaging, the total annual burden hours 

may not equal the product of the annual 

number of responses multiplied by the 

reporting burden per response.) 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 25th day of 

May 2011. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–13502 Filed 5–31–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2011–0039] 

Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk 

Analysis for the Importation of Fresh 

Apricot, Sweet Cherry, and Plumcot 

Fruit From South Africa 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 that evaluates the risks 

associated with the importation into the 

continental United States of fresh 

apricot, sweet cherry, and plumcot fruit 

from South Africa. Based on our 

analysis, we have concluded that the 

application of one or more designated 

phytosanitary measures will be 

sufficient to mitigate the risks of 

introducing or disseminating plant pests 

via the importation of those 

commodities from South Africa. We are 

making the pest risk analysis available 

to the public for review and comment. 

Based on the results of our analysis, we 

also determined that it is necessary to 

revise a treatment schedule in the Plant 

Protection and Quarantine Treatment 

Manual. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before August 1, 

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=APHIS2011-0039 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–2011–0039, 

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– 

2011–0039. 

Reading Room: You may read any 

comments that we receive on this 

docket 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: Ms. 

Dorothy C. Wayson, Senior Regulatory 

Coordination Specialist, Regulations, 

Permits, and Manuals, PPQ, APHIS, 

4700 River Road, Unit 141, Riverdale, 

MD 20737; (301) 734–0772. 

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. 

APHIS received a request from the 

Government of South Africa to allow the 

importation of fresh apricot (Prunus 

armeniaca L.), sweet cherry (Prunus 

avium (L.) L., and plumcot (Prunus 

domestica × Prunus armeniaca) fruit 

from South Africa into the continental 

United States. APHIS completed a risk 

assessment to identify pests of 

quarantine significance that could 

follow the pathway of importation of 

those stone fruits. Based on that risk 

assessment, APHIS completed a risk 

management document identifying 

phytosanitary measures that could be 

applied to mitigate the possible pest 

risks. We have concluded that fresh 

apricot, sweet cherry, and plumcot fruit 

can be imported safely into the 

continental United States from South 

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