This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

7 CFR Part 319 

[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0085] 

RIN 0579–AE04 

Importation of Fresh Andean 

Blackberry and Raspberry Fruit From 

Ecuador Into the Continental United 

States 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: We are proposing to amend 

the fruits and vegetables regulations to 

allow the importation of fresh Andean 

blackberry and raspberry fruit from 

Ecuador into the continental United 

States. As a condition of entry, the fruit 

would have to be produced in 

accordance with a systems approach 

that would include requirements for 

importation in commercial 

consignments, from a pest free 

production site within a certified low 

pest prevalence area for fruit flies, and 

pest monitoring and trapping. The fruit 

would also have to be accompanied by 

a phytosanitary certificate issued by the 

national plant protection organization of 

Ecuador bearing an additional 

declaration stating that the consignment 

was produced and prepared for export 

in accordance with the requirements of 

the systems approach. This action 

would allow for the importation of fresh 

Andean blackberry and raspberry fruit 

from Ecuador while continuing to 

provide protection against the 

introduction of quarantine pests into the 

continental United States. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before June 23, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0085. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2014–0085, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Supporting documents and any 

comments we receive on this docket 

may be viewed at http://

www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0085 or 

in our reading room, which 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) 799–7039 

before coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Claudia Ferguson, Senior Regulatory 

Policy Specialist, Regulatory 

Coordination and Compliance, 

Regulations, Permits and Manuals, PPQ, 

APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; (301) 851– 

2352; Claudia.Ferguson@

aphis.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The regulations in ‘‘Subpart–Fruits 

and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56–1 

through 319.56–71, 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. The regulations 

currently do not authorize the 

importation of fresh Andean blackberry 

and raspberry fruit from Ecuador. The 

national plant protection organization 

(NPPO) of Ecuador has requested that 

the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) amend the regulations 

to allow Andean blackberry and 

raspberry fruit to be imported from 

Ecuador into the continental United 

States. 

As part of our evaluation of Ecuador’s 

request, we have prepared a pest risk 

assessment (PRA), titled ‘‘Importation of 

Fresh Fruit of Andean Blackberry 

(Rubus glaucus Benth) and Raspberry 

(Rubus idaeus Linnaeus) into the 

Continental United States from 

Ecuador’’ (June 2012). The PRA 

evaluates the risks associated with the 

importation of fresh Andean blackberry 

and raspberry fruit into the continental 

United States from Ecuador. Copies of 

the PRA may be obtained by contacting 

the individual listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT or viewed on the 

Regulations.gov Web site (see 

ADDRESSES above for instructions for 

accessing Regulations.gov). 

The PRA identified three quarantine 

pests likely to follow the pathway of 

fresh Andean blackberry and raspberry 

fruit imported from Ecuador: 

Anastrepha fraterculus (South 

American fruit fly), Ceratitis capitata 

(Mediterranean fruit fly), and Copitarsia 

decolora, a moth. All of these pests were 

rated in the PRA as posing a high pest 

risk potential. 

APHIS has determined that measures 

beyond standard port of arrival 

inspection are required to mitigate the 

risks posed by these plant pests. 

Therefore, we are proposing to allow the 

importation of fresh Andean blackberry 

and raspberry fruit from Ecuador into 

the continental United States produced 

under a systems approach. 

APHIS has also prepared a risk 

management document for the 

importation of fresh Andean blackberry 

and raspberry fruit from Ecuador that 

identifies a systems approach of specific 

mitigation measures against the 

quarantine pests identified in the PRA 

and concludes that those measures, 

along with the general requirements for 

the importation of fruits and vegetables 

in the regulations, will be sufficient to 

prevent the introduction of the 

identified pests into the continental 

United States. Therefore, we are 

proposing to add the systems approach 

requirement to the regulations in a new 

§ 319.56–73. The proposed measures are 

described below. 

General Requirements 

Paragraph (a) of proposed § 319.56–73 

would set out general requirements for 

the NPPO of Ecuador and for growers 

and packers producing fresh Andean 

blackberry and raspberry fruit for export 

to the continental United States. 

Paragraph (a)(1) of proposed § 319.56– 

73 would require the NPPO of Ecuador 

to provide an operational workplan to 

APHIS that details the activities that the 

NPPO would, subject to APHIS’ 

approval of the workplan, carry out to 

meet the requirements of proposed 

§ 319.56–73. An operational workplan is 

an agreement developed between 


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1An approved designee is an entity with which 

the NPPO creates a formal agreement that allows 

that entity to certify that the appropriate procedures 

have been followed. The approved designee can be 

a contracted entity, a coalition of growers, or the 

growers themselves. 

APHIS’ Plant Protection and Quarantine 

program, officials of the NPPO of a 

foreign government, and, when 

necessary, foreign commercial entities, 

that specifies in detail the phytosanitary 

measures that will be carried out to 

comply with our regulations governing 

the importation of a specific 

commodity. Operational workplans 

apply only to the signatory parties and 

establish detailed procedures and 

guidance for the day-to-day operations 

of specific import/export programs. 

Operational workplans also establish 

how specific phytosanitary issues are 

dealt with in the exporting country and 

make clear who is responsible for 

dealing with those issues. The 

implementation of a systems approach 

typically requires an operational 

workplan to be developed. 

Paragraph (a)(2) of proposed § 319.56– 

73 would state that APHIS will be 

directly involved with the NPPO of 

Ecuador in monitoring and auditing 

implementation of the systems 

approach. 

Paragraph (a)(3) of proposed § 319.56– 

73 would state that only commercial 

consignments of fresh Andean 

blackberry and raspberry fruit from 

Ecuador would be allowed to be 

imported into the continental United 

States. Commercial consignments are 

less likely to be infested with plant 

pests than noncommercial 

consignments. Noncommercial 

consignments are more prone to 

infestations because the commodity is 

often ripe to overripe, may be of a 

variety with unknown susceptibility to 

pests, and is often grown with little or 

no pest control. 

Production Site Requirements 

Paragraph (b) of proposed § 319.56–73 

would require certain mitigation 

measures to be taken under the systems 

approach at the registered production 

sites. Paragraph (b)(1) would require the 

production site to carry out any 

phytosanitary measures specified in the 

operational workplan. Examples of 

measures may include field monitoring, 

bait spraying, and trapping. 

Both Andean blackberries and 

raspberries have been established in the 

scientific literature as poor hosts of 

Anastrepha fraterculus and Ceratitis 

capitata. Currently, APHIS does not 

require mitigations for Ceratitis capitata 

for raspberries imported from countries 

with this pest, including Colombia, 

Costa Rica, El Salvador, France, 

Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and 

Panama. Therefore, mitigations for 

Ceratitis capitata other than requiring 

commercial production and inspections 

are not included in the systems 

approach. However, there are a few 

recorded instances of Anastrepha 

fraterculus infesting Andean 

blackberries in the field. Because of the 

slightly stronger host status potential for 

Anastrepha fraterculus in blackberries 

and raspberries, we would include in 

the operational workplan a requirement 

for field trapping and bait spraying in 

order to maintain low pest prevalence 

for this pest. 

Paragraph (b)(2) of proposed § 319.56– 

73 would require that all production 

sites participating in the Andean 

blackberry and raspberry fruit export 

program be registered with the NPPO of 

Ecuador. Such registration would 

facilitate traceback of a consignment of 

blackberry and raspberry fruit to the 

production site in the event that 

quarantine pests were discovered in the 

consignment at the port of first arrival 

into the United States. APHIS would 

reserve the right to conduct oversight 

visits at the production site in the event 

of pest interceptions or other problems. 

Paragraph (b)(3) would require the 

NPPO of Ecuador or their designee 1 to 

conduct a fruit fly trapping program for 

the detection of Anastrepha fraterculus 

at each production site. This program 

would support efforts for pest free 

production sites within a certified low 

pest prevalence area for fruit flies. 

Details of the trapping program and 

designation, if applicable, would be 

specified in the operational workplan. 

Paragraph (b)(4) would require that 

the NPPO of Ecuador maintain records 

of trap placement, trap checks, and any 

captures of Anastrepha fraterculus. The 

trapping records would have to be 

maintained and available for APHIS’ 

review for at least 1 year. 

Lastly, paragraph (b)(5) would require 

that the NPPO of Ecuador also maintain 

an APHIS-approved quality control 

program to monitor or audit the 

trapping program, the details of which 

would be specified in the operational 

workplan. 

Packinghouse Requirements 

Paragraph (c) of proposed § 319.56–73 

would set forth requirements for 

mitigation and inspection measures 

specified under the operational 

workplan that would have to take place 

at registered packinghouses. 

Paragraph (c)(1) would require that 

packinghouses be registered with the 

NPPO of Ecuador and comply with the 

requirements for inspecting and 

safeguarding fruit as specified in the 

operational workplan. If issues should 

arise, registration would allow for the 

traceback of a box of fruit to its place of 

production and packinghouse and 

would allow APHIS and the NPPO of 

Ecuador to determine what remedial 

actions are necessary. 

Paragraph (c)(2) would require that 

while in use for exporting Andean 

blackberries and raspberries to the 

continental United States, the 

packinghouses may only accept fruit 

from registered production sites. 

Paragraph (c)(3) would state that if a 

single Anastrepha fraterculus, Ceratitis 

capitata, or Copitarsia decolora is 

detected by the NPPO of Ecuador in a 

consignment, that consignment may not 

be exported to the continental United 

States. Furthermore, if a single 

Anastrepha fraterculus or Ceratitis 

capitata were detected in a consignment 

at the port of entry, the consignment 

would be traced back to the production 

site and would result in immediate 

cancellation of exports to the 

continental United States from that 

production site. The registered 

production site would lose its ability to 

export Andean blackberries and 

raspberries to the continental United 

States until APHIS and the NPPO of 

Ecuador mutually determine that risk 

mitigation is achieved. 

Phytosanitary Certificate 

The NPPO of Ecuador would be 

responsible for export certification, 

inspection, and issuance of 

phytosanitary certificates. Paragraph (d) 

of proposed § 319.56–73 would require 

each consignment of Andean 

blackberries and/or raspberries to be 

accompanied by a phytosanitary 

certificate issued by the NPPO of 

Ecuador bearing an additional 

declaration stating that the consignment 

was produced and prepared for export 

in accordance with the requirements of 

§ 319.56–73. 

Executive Order 12866 and Regulatory 

Flexibility Act 

This proposed rule has been reviewed 

under Executive Order 12866. The 

proposed 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 by contacting the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT or on the 


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Regulations.gov Web site (see 

ADDRESSES above for instructions for 

accessing Regulations.gov). 

The proposed rule is in response to a 

market access request from the 

Government of Ecuador for APHIS 

authorization to allow the importation 

of fresh Andean raspberries (Rubus 

idaeus) and blackberries (Rubus 

occidentalis) into the continental United 

States under a systems approach. The 

systems approach would integrate 

prescribed mitigation measures that 

cumulatively achieve the appropriate 

level of phytosanitary protection. 

Generally, APHIS allows the 

importation of fresh fruits and 

vegetables when requested by a foreign 

government, and when sound science 

and an analysis of the risks show that 

it is appropriate to do so. 

U.S. entities that may be impacted by 

the proposed rule are U.S. producers of 

fresh raspberries, blackberries, and 

loganberries, the majority of which are 

produced in Oregon (98 percent of U.S. 

blackberries and almost all 

loganberries), Washington (95 percent of 

U.S. red raspberries) and California (84 

percent of all color raspberries). As a 

species, Andean raspberries and 

blackberries are similar to loganberries. 

Impacts of the proposed rule on U.S. 

entities would be dependent upon the 

quantity of fresh Andean raspberries 

and blackberries from Ecuador. In 2005, 

Ecuador had approximately 10,564 acres 

of Andean blackberry and raspberry 

crops with a potential production 

output of 6,840 metric tons (about 15 

million pounds) of fruit. Between 2000 

and 2006, Ecuador exported an average 

of 13 metric tons (about 28,660 pounds) 

of Andean blackberries and raspberries. 

In 2007, exports of fresh Andean 

raspberries and Andean blackberries 

from Ecuador reached 90 metric tons 

(about 198,416 pounds). According to 

an Ecuadorian government estimate, the 

maximum quantity of fresh Andean 

raspberries and blackberries that could 

be exported to the United States is less 

than 182 metric tons per year or 401.24 

thousand pounds. 

On average, between 2008 and 2012 

the United States imported 37.22 

million pounds of fresh raspberries, and 

between 2011 and 2013 imported 63 

million pounds of fresh blackberries. 

Compared to the total average U.S. 

imports of fresh raspberries and 

blackberries, the Ecuadorian import 

share would be less than 0.5 percent of 

the total U.S. imports for these fruits. 

Under these circumstances, the 

Administrator of the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service has 

determined that this action would not 

have a significant economic impact on 

a substantial number of small entities. 

Executive Order 12988 

This proposed rule would allow fresh 

Andean blackberry and raspberry fruit 

to be imported into the continental 

United States from Ecuador. If this 

proposed rule is adopted, State and 

local laws and regulations regarding 

fresh Andean blackberry and raspberry 

fruit imported under this rule would be 

preempted while the fruit is in foreign 

commerce. Fresh fruits 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 caseby-case basis. If this proposed rule is 

adopted, 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 proposed 

rule have been submitted for approval to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). Please send written comments 

to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attention: 

Desk Officer for APHIS, Washington, DC 

20503. Please state that your comments 

refer to Docket No. APHIS–2014–0085. 

Please send a copy of your comments to: 

(1) APHIS, using one of the methods 

described under ADDRESSES at the 

beginning of this document, and (2) 

Clearance Officer, OCIO, USDA, Room 

404–W, 14th Street and Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250. 

Allowing the importation of fresh 

Andean blackberry and raspberry fruit 

into the continental United States from 

Ecuador will require an operational 

workplan, production site registration, 

packinghouse registration, a quality 

control program, recordkeeping, and 

phytosanitary certificates issued by the 

NPPO of Ecuador stating that the 

consignments were produced and 

prepared for export in accordance with 

the requirements of § 319.56–73. The 

fruit would also be required to be 

imported in commercial consignments. 

We are soliciting comments from the 

public (as well as affected agencies) 

concerning our proposed information 

collection and recordkeeping 

requirements. These comments will 

help us: 

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper performance of our agency’s 

functions, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

information collection, 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 

information collection on those who are 

to respond (such as through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology; e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses). 

Estimate of burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 2.833 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: NPPO, producers, 

exporters. 

Estimated number of respondents: 23. 

Estimated number of responses per 

respondent: 2.608. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 60. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 170 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.) 

Copies of this information collection 

can be obtained from Ms. Kimberly 

Hardy, APHIS’ Information Collection 

Coordinator, at (301) 851–2727. 

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 proposed rule, please contact Ms. 

Kimberly Hardy, APHIS’ Information 

Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851– 

2727. 

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 propose to amend 7 

CFR part 319 as follows: 


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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. Section 319.56–73 is added to read 

as follows: 

§ 319.56–73. Andean blackberries and 

raspberries from Ecuador. 

Andean blackberries (Rubus glaucus 

Benth) and raspberries (Rubus idaeus 

Linnaeus) may be imported into the 

continental United States from Ecuador 

under the conditions described in this 

section and other applicable provisions 

of this subpart. These conditions are 

designed to prevent the introduction of 

the following quarantine pests: 

Anastrepha fraterculus, Ceratitis 

capitata, and Copitarsia decolora. 

(a) General requirements. (1) The 

national plant protection organization 

(NPPO) of Ecuador must provide an 

operational workplan to APHIS that 

details the systems approach to pest 

mitigations and other specific 

requirements that the NPPO of Ecuador 

will, subject to APHIS’ approval of the 

workplan, carry out to meet the 

requirements of this section. 

(2) APHIS will be directly involved 

with the NPPO of Ecuador in 

monitoring and auditing 

implementation of the systems 

approach. 

(3) Andean blackberry and raspberry 

fruit from Ecuador may be imported into 

the continental United States in 

commercial consignments only. 

(b) Production site requirements. (1) 

Each production site must carry out the 

phytosanitary measures specified in the 

APHIS-approved operational workplan. 

(2) All places of production that 

participate in the export program must 

be approved by and registered with the 

NPPO of Ecuador. APHIS reserves the 

right to conduct oversight visits in the 

event of pest interceptions or other 

problems. 

(3) The NPPO of Ecuador or their 

designee must conduct a fruit fly 

trapping program for the detection of 

Anastrepha fraterculus at each 

production site in accordance with the 

operational workplan. If a designee 

conducts the program, the designation 

must be detailed in the operational 

workplan. The approved designee can 

be a contracted entity, a coalition of 

growers, or the growers themselves. 

(4) The NPPO of Ecuador must 

maintain records of trap placement, trap 

checks, and any captures of Anastrepha 

fraterculus. The trapping records must 

be maintained for APHIS’ review for at 

least 1 year. 

(5) The NPPO of Ecuador must 

maintain a quality control program, 

approved by APHIS, to monitor or audit 

the trapping program in accordance 

with the operational workplan. 

(c) Packinghouse requirements. (1) 

Packinghouses must be registered with 

the NPPO of Ecuador and comply with 

the requirements as specified in the 

operational workplan. 

(2) While in use for exporting Andean 

blackberries and raspberries to the 

continental United States, the 

packinghouses may only accept fruit 

from registered production sites. 

(3) If a single Anastrepha fraterculus, 

Ceratitis capitata, or Copitarsia decolora 

is detected by the NPPO in a 

consignment, the consignment may not 

be exported to the United States. 

Furthermore, if a single Anastrepha 

fraterculus or Ceratitis capitata is 

detected in a consignment at the port of 

entry and traced back to a registered 

production site, that production site 

will lose its ability to export Andean 

blackberries and raspberries to the 

continental United States until APHIS 

and the NPPO of Ecuador mutually 

determine that risk mitigation is 

achieved. 

(d) Phytosanitary certificate. Each 

consignment of Andean blackberries 

and/or raspberries must be accompanied 

by a phytosanitary certificate issued by 

the NPPO of Ecuador and bear an 

additional declaration stating that the 

consignment was produced and 

prepared for export in accordance with 

the requirements of § 319.56–73. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 20th day of 

April 2015. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–09578 Filed 4–23–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

7 CFR Part 319 

[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0086] 

RIN 0579–AE07 

Importation of Fresh Peppers From 

Ecuador Into the United States 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: We are proposing to amend 

the fruits and vegetables regulations to 

allow the importation of fresh peppers 

into the United States from Ecuador. As 

a condition of entry, the fruit would 

have to be produced in accordance with 

a systems approach that would include 

requirements for fruit fly trapping, preharvest inspections, production sites, 

and packinghouse procedures designed 

to exclude quarantine pests. The fruit 

would also be required to be imported 

in commercial consignments and 

accompanied by a phytosanitary 

certificate issued by the national plant 

protection organization of Ecuador 

stating that the consignment was 

produced and prepared for export in 

accordance with the requirements in the 

systems approach. This action would 

allow for the importation of fresh 

peppers from Ecuador while continuing 

to provide protection against the 

introduction of plant pests into the 

United States. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before June 23, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0086. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2014–0086, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Supporting documents and any 

comments we receive on this docket 

may be viewed at http://

www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0086 or 

in our reading room, which 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) 799–7039 

before coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Claudia Ferguson, Senior Regulatory 

Policy Specialist, Regulatory 

Coordination and Compliance, 

Regulations, Permits and Manuals, PPQ, 

APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; (301) 851– 

2352; Claudia.Ferguson@

aphis.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The regulations in ‘‘Subpart—Fruits 

and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56–1 

through 319.56–71, referred to below as 

the regulations) prohibit or restrict the 

importation of fruits and vegetables into 


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