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1To view the notice, the PRA, and the comments 

we received, go to http://www.regulations.gov/ 

fdmspublic/component/ 

main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2011-0018. 

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Schedules for the type of record being 

maintained. 

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Sukhvinder Singh, United States 

Agency for International Development, 

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Arlington, VA. 22202. 

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Individuals requesting notification of 

the existence of records on them must 

send the request in writing to the Chief 

Privacy Officer, USAID, 2733 Crystal 

Drive, 11th Floor, Arlington, VA 22202. 

The request must include the 

requestor’s full name, his/her current 

address and a return address for 

transmitting the information. The 

request shall be signed by either 

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under penalty of perjury and reasonably 

specify the record contents being 

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BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2011–0018] 

Notice of Decision To Authorize the 

Importation of Fresh Persimmon From 

the Republic of South Africa 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public of 

our decision to authorize the 

importation into the continental United 

States of fresh persimmon fruit from the 

Republic of South Africa. Based on the 

findings of a pest risk analysis, which 

we made available to the public for 

review and comment through a previous 

notice, 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 persimmon fruit 

from South Africa. 

DATES: Effective Date: July 27, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Phillip B. Grove, Regulatory 

Coordinator, Regulatory Coordination 

and Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 

River Road Unit 156, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1236; (301) 734–6280. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under the regulations in ‘‘Subpart— 

Fruits and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56– 

1 through 319.56–51, 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 of the regulations 

contains a performance-based process 

for approving the importation of 

commodities that, based on the findings 

of a pest risk analysis (PRA), can be 

safely imported subject to one or more 

of the designated phytosanitary 

measures listed in paragraph (b) of that 

section. Under that process, APHIS 

publishes a notice in the Federal 

Register announcing the availability of 

the PRA that evaluates the risks 

associated with the importation of a 

particular fruit or vegetable. Following 

the close of the 60-day comment period, 

APHIS may authorize the importation of 

the fruit or vegetable subject to the 

identified designated measures if: (1) No 

comments were received on the PRA; (2) 

the comments on the PRA revealed that 

no changes to the PRA were necessary; 

or (3) changes to the PRA were made in 

response to public comments, but the 

changes did not affect the overall 

conclusions of the analysis and the 

Administrator’s determination of risk. 

In accordance with that process, we 

published a notice 1 in the Federal 

Register on March 21, 2011 (76 FR 

15280, Docket No. APHIS–2011–0018), 

in which we announced the availability, 

for review and comment, of a PRA that 

evaluates the risks associated with the 

importation into the continental United 

States of fresh persimmon fruit 

(Diospyros kaki) from the Republic of 

South Africa. We solicited comments on 

the notice for 60 days ending on May 

20, 2011. We received one comment by 

that date, from a State agriculture 

agency. 

The commenter stated that the PRA 

identified nine quarantine pest species 

that could potentially accompany 

shipments of fresh persimmon fruit 

from the Republic of South Africa into 

the United States and stated that the 

potential introduction of these pests 

into the commenter’s State would pose 

a risk to the State’s agriculture. The 

commenter suggested allowing 

persimmon fruit from South Africa to be 

shipped to States where the pests do not 

exist and would be less likely to 

establish in order to evaluate the 

effectiveness of the recommended 

mitigation measures. 

The PRA, which includes a 

qualitative, pathway-initiated pest risk 

assessment and a risk management 

document, not only identifies nine 

quarantine pests that could potentially 

accompany shipments of fresh 

persimmon fruit from the Republic of 

South Africa but also identifies 

mitigation measures that will be 

required for this commodity to be 

imported into any State in the 

continental United States. The 

mitigation measures for persimmons 

from South Africa have been previously 

evaluated and proven effective for other 

commodities, and we will continuously 

monitor the effectiveness of those 

mitigations with port-of-entry 

inspections. We do not consider it 

necessary to prohibit the importation of 

a commodity based on identification of 

quarantine pests that could potentially 

accompany consignments when proven 

mitigations are available for this risk 


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44890 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 144 / Wednesday, July 27, 2011 / Notices 

1To view the notice, the CIED, and the comments 

we received, go to http://www.regulations.gov/ 

fdmspublic/component/ 

main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2011-0015. 

and will be required as a condition of 

importation. 

Therefore, in accordance with the 

regulations in § 319.56–4(c)(2)(ii), we 

are announcing our decision to 

authorize the importation into the 

continental United States of fresh 

persimmon fruit from the Republic of 

South Africa subject to the following 

phytosanitary measures: 

• The persimmon fruit may be 

imported into the continental United 

States in commercial consignments 

only. 

• The persimmon fruit must be 

irradiated in accordance with 7 CFR 

part 305 with a minimum absorbed dose 

of 400 Gy. 

• If the irradiation treatment is 

applied outside the United States, each 

consignment of fruit must be precleared 

by APHIS inspectors in the Republic of 

South Africa. The persimmon fruit must 

be jointly inspected by APHIS and the 

national plant protection organization 

(NPPO) of South Africa and 

accompanied by a phytosanitary 

certificate (PC) attesting that the fruit 

received the required irradiation 

treatment. 

• If the irradiation treatment is to be 

applied upon arrival in the United 

States, each consignment of fruit must 

be inspected by the NPPO of South 

Africa prior to departure and 

accompanied by a PC. 

• The commodity is subject to 

inspection at the U.S. port-of-entry. 

These conditions will be listed in the 

Fruits and Vegetables Import 

Requirements database (available at 

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/favir). In 

addition to these specific measures, 

persimmon fruit from the Republic of 

South Africa will be subject to the 

general requirements listed in § 319.56– 

3 that are applicable to the importation 

of all fruits and vegetables. Further, for 

fruits and vegetables requiring treatment 

as a condition of entry, the 

phytosanitary treatments regulations in 

7 CFR part 305 contain administrative 

and procedural requirements that must 

be observed in connection with the 

application and certification of specific 

treatments. 

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 22nd day of 

July 2011. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2011–0015] 

Notice of Decision To Authorize the 

Importation of Garlic From the 

European Union and Other Countries 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public of 

our decision to authorize the 

importation into the continental United 

States of garlic from the European 

Union and other countries. Based on the 

findings of a commodity import 

evaluation document, which we made 

available to the public for review and 

comment through a previous notice, 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 garlic from the European 

Union and other countries. 

DATES: Effective Date: July 27, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Tony Roma ́n, Import Specialist, Plant 

Protection and Quarantine, APHIS, 4700 

River Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1236; (301) 734–5820. 

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 of the regulations 

contains a performance-based process 

for approving the importation of 

commodities that, based on the findings 

of a pest risk analysis (PRA), can be 

safely imported subject to one or more 

of the designated phytosanitary 

measures listed in paragraph (b) of that 

section. Under that process, APHIS 

publishes a notice in the Federal 

Register announcing the availability of 

the PRA that evaluates the risks 

associated with the importation of a 

particular fruit or vegetable. Following 

the close of the 60-day comment period, 

APHIS may authorize the importation of 

the fruit or vegetable subject to the 

identified designated measures if: (1) No 

comments were received on the PRA; (2) 

the comments on the PRA revealed that 

no changes to the PRA were necessary; 

or (3) changes to the PRA were made in 

response to public comments, but the 

changes did not affect the overall 

conclusions of the analysis and the 

Administrator’s determination of risk. 

In accordance with that process, we 

published a notice 1 in the Federal 

Register on March 21, 2011 (76 FR 

15279–15280, Docket No. APHIS–2011– 

0015), in which we announced the 

availability, for review and comment, of 

a commodity import evaluation 

document (CIED) that evaluates the risks 

associated with the importation into the 

continental United States of fresh garlic 

from the European Union (EU) and 

other countries. For the purposes of this 

document, the EU and other countries 

refers to Algeria, Armenia, Austria, 

Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and 

Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech 

Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Georgia, 

Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, 

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, 

Lebanon, Lithuania, the Republic of 

Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, 

Morocco, Palestine Authority, Portugal, 

Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, 

Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Syria, 

Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, 

Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. 

These countries are currently 

authorized to export garlic (dry bulbs, 

no green leaves) to the United States 

only if the commodity undergoes 

vacuum fumigation for the weevil pests 

Brachycerus spp. and Dyspessa ulula. 

Three countries, France, Italy, and 

Spain, are exempt from the required 

fumigation. Imports of garlic from 

France are allowed with a phytosanitary 

certificate (PC) containing an additional 

declaration that the garlic was inspected 

and found free from Brachycerus spp. 

and Dyspessa ulula. Similarly, the 

regulations in § 319.56–13 provide that 

imports of garlic from Italy and Spain 

are approved if the garlic is 

accompanied by a PC which contains an 

additional declaration that the garlic has 

been inspected by the national plant 

protection organization of the exporting 

country and found free of Brachycerus 

spp. and Dyspessa ulula, based on field 

inspection and reexamination at the 

port of export. Based on the evidence 

presented in the CIED, we determined 

that the measures currently in place for 

garlic imported from France, Italy, and 

Spain are adequate to manage pest risks 


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