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5 U.S.C. 552a(d) requires that an 

individual be given access to, and the 

right to, amend files pertaining to him 

or her. Individual access to these files 

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investigations that their actions are 

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the opportunity to alter their actions or 

prevent detection of any illegal actions 

to escape prosecution. Release of these 

records would also disclose 

investigative techniques and procedures 

employed by AMS and other agencies, 

which would hamper law enforcement 

activities. 

5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3) requires that an 

accounting of disclosures be made 

available to an individual. This would 

impair investigations by alerting 

subjects of investigations to the 

existence of those investigations. 

Release of the information could result 

in the altering or destruction of 

documentary evidence, improper 

influencing of witnesses, and other 

activities that could impede or 

compromise the investigation. 5 U.S.C. 

552a(e)(1) requires that only such 

information as is relevant and necessary 

to accomplish a purpose of the agency 

required by statute or Executive Order 

can be maintained. Exemption from this 

provision is required because relevance 

and necessity can be determined only 

after information is evaluated. 

Evaluation at the time of collection is 

too consuming for the efficient conduct 

of an investigation. Further, determining 

relevance or necessity of specific 

information in the early stages of an 

investigation is not possible. 

5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4)(G) and (H), and (f) 

provides for notification and access 

procedures. These requirements, if 

followed, would necessarily alert 

subjects of investigations to the 

existence of the investigation which 

could impair the investigation. Access 

to the records likewise could interfere 

with investigative and enforcement 

proceedings; disclose confidential 

informants and information; constitute 

an unwarranted invasion of personal 

privacy of others; and reveal 

confidential investigative techniques 

and procedures. 

5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4)(I), requires that 

categories of sources of records in each 

system be published. Application of this 

provision could disclose investigative 

techniques and procedures and cause 

sources to refrain from giving such 

information because of fear of reprisal, 

or fear of breach of promises of 

anonymity and confidentially. This 

would compromise the ability to 

conduct investigations. 

Dated: December 8, 2010. 

Thomas J. Vilsack, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31400 Filed 12–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2010–0104] 

Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk 

Analysis for the Importation of Fresh 

Rambutan Fruit (Nephelium 

lappaceum) From Malaysia and 

Vietnam 

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 

rambutan fruit (Nephelium lappaceum) 

from Malaysia and Vietnam. Based on 

this analysis, we believe 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 

fresh rambutan fruit from Malaysia and 

Vietnam. 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 February 

14, 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=APHIS2010-0104 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–2010–0104, 

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– 

2010–0104. 

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. 

Claudia Ferguson, Regulatory Policy 

Specialist, Regulations, Permits, and 

Import Manuals, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 

River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1231; (301) 734–0754. 

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 assessment 

as likely to follow the import pathway; 

and/or 

• The fruits or vegetables are a 

commercial consignment. 

APHIS received requests from the 

Governments of Malaysia and Vietnam 

to allow the importation of fresh 

rambutan fruit (Nephelium lappaceum) 


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from Malaysia and Vietnam into the 

continental United States. We have 

completed a pest list for this commodity 

to identify pests of quarantine 

significance that could follow the 

pathway of importation into the United 

States and, based on this list, have 

prepared a risk management document 

to identify phytosanitary measures that 

could be applied to fresh rambutan fruit 

from Malaysia and Vietnam to mitigate 

the pest risk. We have concluded that 

fresh rambutan fruit can be safely 

imported into the continental United 

States from Malaysia and Vietnam 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 

a link to Regulations.gov and 

information on the location and hours of 

the reading room). You may request 

paper copies of the pest risk analysis by 

calling or writing to the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. Please refer to the subject of 

the pest risk analysis you wish to review 

when requesting copies. 

After reviewing any comments we 

receive, we will announce our decision 

regarding the import status of fresh 

rambutan fruit from Malaysia and 

Vietnam 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 rambutan fruit from 

Malaysia and Vietnam 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 

December 2010. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31461 Filed 12–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Black Hills National Forest, Northern 

Hills Ranger District; South Dakota; 

Steamboat Project 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The Forest Service will 

prepare an environmental impact 

statement on a proposal to implement 

multiple resource management actions 

within the Steamboat Project Area to 

implement the amended Black Hills 

National Forest Land and Resource 

Management Plan. The Steamboat 

Project Area covers approximately 

21,833 acres of National Forest System 

land and approximately 2,713 acres of 

interspersed private land northwest of 

Rapid City, South Dakota. Proposed 

actions include a combination of 

vegetation and fuels treatments to 

provide structural diversity in big game 

winter range, reduce the risk of 

mountain pine beetle infestations and 

reduce the risk of high severity wildfire. 

The proposed action includes 

approximately 4,665 acres of 

commercial thinning, 970 acres of 

overstory removal, 1,408 acres of noncommercial thinning, 1,379 acres of 

shelterwood cuts, 255 acres of group 

selection, 1,186 acres of individual tree 

selection, 636 acres of hardwood 

enhancement, 200 acres of meadow 

enhancement, 1,031 acres of productother-than-log thinning, 460 acres of 

understory thinning, and 190 acres of 

patch clearcutting. In addition, 

approximately 10,608 acres will be 

analyzed for prescribed burning. 

Approximately 18 miles of new road 

construction would be necessary to 

carry out the proposed vegetation 

management actions. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received by 

January 14, 2011. The draft 

environmental impact statement is 

expected May 2011 and the final 

environmental impact statement is 

expected September 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Rhonda O’Byrne, District Ranger, 

Northern Hills Ranger District, 2014 N. 

Main Street, Spearfish, SD 57783. 

Comments may also be sent via e-mail 

to comments-rocky-mountain-blackhills-northern-hills@fs.fed.us with 

‘‘Steamboat Project’’ as the subject or via 

facsimile to 605–642–4156. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chris Stores, Assistant NEPA Planner, 

Northern Hills Ranger District, 2014 N. 

Main Street, Spearfish, SD 57783. 

Telephone number: 605–642–4622. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern 

Time, Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose and Need for Action 

The purpose of and need for the 

action in the Steamboat project area is 

to create greater structural diversity in 

an area managed for big game winter 

range, to reduce the risk of mountain 

pine beetle infestation, and to reduce 

the risk of high severity wildfire. All 

actions are intended to move toward or 

achieve related Forest Plan Goals and 

Objectives, consistent with Forest Plan 

Standards and Guidelines. 

Proposed Action 

The Forest Service is proposing 

actions on National Forest System lands 

to move toward or achieve Forest Plan 

Goals and Objectives in the Steamboat 

project area northwest of Rapid City, 

South Dakota and adjacent to the towns 

of Nemo and Piedmont, South Dakota. 

Proposed actions include the following: 

Create structural diversity in an area 

managed as big game winter range 

through meadow enhancement, 

hardwood enhancement, uneven-aged 

management, thinning of the forest’s 

overstory and understory, and patch 

clear cuts to create open browsing areas. 

Reduce acres at high or medium 

susceptibility to mountain pine beetle 

by thinning stands and changing stand 

structure. Commercial and noncommercial (including prescribed 

burning) methods may be used. 

Reduce acres at high or very high risk 

to wildfire by thinning stands and 

reducing the amount of fuel available to 

fires. Commercial and non-commercial 

(including prescribed burning) methods 

may be used. 

Road construction and maintenance 

activities would be necessary to access 

areas proposed for timber harvest. New 

roads would be closed following 

management activities. 

Implementation of proposed activities 

would likely begin sometime during 

2012 and continue for up to ten years 

following a project decision. 

The Forest Service is the sole 

responsible agency for this project; no 

cooperators are participating in project 

planning. 

Responsible Official 

Rhonda O’Byrne, District Ranger, 

Northern Hills Ranger District, 2014 

North Main Street, Spearfish, SD 57783. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

The decision to be made is whether or 

not to approve the proposed action or 

alternatives to the proposed action that 

may be developed. No Forest Plan 

amendments are proposed. 


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