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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

7 CFR Part 319 

[Docket No. APHIS–2013–0018] 

RIN 0579–AD80 

Importation of Mangoes From Jamaica 

Into the Continental United States 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: We are proposing to amend 

the regulations concerning the 

importation of fruits and vegetables to 

allow the importation of fresh mangoes 

from Jamaica into the continental 

United States. As a condition of entry, 

the mangoes would have to be produced 

in accordance with a systems approach 

employing a combination of mitigation 

measures for certain fruit flies, soft scale 

insects, and diseases and would have to 

be inspected prior to exportation from 

Jamaica and found free of these pests 

and diseases. The mangoes would have 

to be imported in commercial 

consignments only and would have to 

be treated to mitigate the risk of fruit 

flies. The mangoes would also have to 

be accompanied by a phytosanitary 

certificate. This action would allow the 

importation of mangoes from Jamaica 

while continuing to protect against the 

introduction of plant pests into the 

United States. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before June 16, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0018. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2013–0018, 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-2013-0018 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: Mr. 

Tony Roma ́n, Regulatory Policy 

Specialist, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737– 

1231; (301) 851–2242. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The regulations in ‘‘Subpart–Fruits 

and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56–1 

through 319.56–66, 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 national plant protection 

organization (NPPO) of Jamaica has 

requested that the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 

amend the regulations to allow fresh 

mangoes from Jamaica to be imported 

into the continental United States. 

In order to assess the risks associated 

with the importation of mangoes from 

Jamaica, we have prepared a pest risk 

assessment (PRA), titled ‘‘Importation of 

Mango Fruit, Mangifera indica, from 

Jamaica into the Continental United 

States’’ (March 2013). The PRA 

identified five pests of quarantine 

significance present in Jamaica that 

could be introduced into the continental 

United States through the importation of 

mangoes: 

Fruit Flies 

• West Indian fruit fly (Anastrepha 

obliqua) 

• Caribbean fruit fly (Anastrepha 

suspensa) 

Scale 

• Moestus soft scale (Coccus moestus) 

Fungus 

• Phomopsis mangiferae 

Bacterium 

• Xanthomonas campestris pv. 

mangiferaeindicae 

For pests rated high risk (A. obliqua 

and A. suspensa), specific phytosanitary 

measures beyond standard port-of-entry 

inspection are strongly recommended. 

For pests rated medium risk (C. 

moestus, P. mangiferae, and X. 

campestris pv. mangiferaeindicae), 

specific phytosanitary measures beyond 

standard port-of-entry inspection may 

be necessary. To recommend specific 

measures to mitigate the risk posed by 

the pests identified in the PRA, we 

prepared a risk management document 

(RMD). Copies of the PRA and RMD 

may be obtained from the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT or viewed on the 

Regulations.gov Web site (see 

ADDRESSES above for instructions for 

accessing Regulations.gov). 

Based on the recommendations of the 

RMD, we are proposing to allow the 

importation of mangoes from Jamaica 

into the continental United States only 

if they are produced in accordance with 

a systems approach. The systems 

approach we are proposing would 

require that mangoes be imported under 

the conditions described below. These 

conditions would be added to the 

regulations in a new § 319.56–67. 

General Requirements 

Paragraph (a) of § 319.56–67 would 

set out general requirements for the 

NPPO of Jamaica and for growers and 

packers producing mangoes for export 

to the continental United States. 

Paragraph (a)(1) would require the 

NPPO of Jamaica to provide an 

operational workplan to APHIS that 

details activities that the NPPO of 

Jamaica, subject to APHIS’ approval of 

the workplan, will carry out to meet the 

requirements of proposed § 319.56–67. 

The implementation of a systems 

approach typically requires an 

operational workplan to be developed. 

An operational workplan is an 

agreement between 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 comply with our 

regulations governing the import or 

export of a specific commodity. 

Operational workplans apply only to the 


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signatory parties and establish detailed 

procedures and guidance for the day-today operations of specific export 

programs. 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. 

Paragraph (a)(2) would require 

mangoes to be grown at places of 

production that are registered with the 

NPPO of Jamaica and that meet the 

agreed upon specifications detailed in 

the workplan. Registering places of 

production would allow APHIS and the 

NPPO of Jamaica to trace consignments 

of mangoes back to the orchard of origin 

if a pest or disease of concern is 

detected. If a pest or disease is detected 

at the port of entry in the United States, 

the consignment of mangoes would be 

prohibited entry into the United States 

and further shipments from the place of 

production where the mangoes were 

grown will be prohibited until an 

investigation is conducted and APHIS 

and the NPPO of Jamaica agree that the 

risk has been mitigated. 

Paragraph (a)(3) would require the 

mangoes to be imported in commercial 

consignments only. Produce grown 

commercially is less likely to be infested 

with plant pests than noncommercial 

shipments. Noncommercial shipments 

are more prone to infestations because 

the commodity is often ripe to overripe, 

could be of a variety with unknown 

susceptibility to pests, and is often 

grown with little or no pest control. 

Commercial consignments, as defined in 

§ 319.56–2, are consignments that an 

inspector identifies as having been 

imported for sale and distribution. Such 

identification is based on a variety of 

indicators, including, but not limited to: 

Quantity of produce, type of packaging, 

identification of grower or packinghouse 

on the packaging, and documents 

consigning the fruits or vegetables to a 

wholesaler or retailer. 

Treatment 

Paragraph (b) would require the 

mangoes to be treated for Anastrepha 

spp. fruit flies in accordance with 7 CFR 

part 305. The mangoes could be treated 

with a hot water immersion for fruit 

flies. Hot water immersion treatment 

T102–a has been used to treat mangoes 

for fruit flies since 1987. Many countries 

in Central and South America export 

mangoes to the United States using hot 

water immersion treatment, almost all 

those exporting countries have used 

T102–a. Hot water dip, although not an 

APHIS-approved method for mitigating 

the risk of scales, kills scales on the 

surface of mangoes. This treatment, in 

conjunction with other safeguards that 

would be required by the regulations for 

mangoes from Jamaica, would reduce 

the likelihood that mangoes will 

introduce C. moestus and Anastrepha 

spp. fruit flies. 

Additionally, the Plant Protection and 

Quarantine Treatment Manual, found 

online at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/

import_export/plants/manuals/ports/

downloads/treatment.pdf, lists 

minimum absorbed irradiation doses for 

plant pests and classes of plant pests, 

and includes a 150-gray dose for fruit 

flies, including Anastrepha spp. 

Irradiation has been used successfully to 

treat fruits and vegetables imported 

from other countries as well as moving 

fruit interstate from Hawaii. 

Within part 305, § 305.9 contains a 

number of other requirements for 

irradiation treatment, including 

monitoring by APHIS inspectors and 

safeguarding of the fruit. Section 305.9 

also provides that the irradiation 

treatment could be conducted at an 

approved facility in Jamaica or in the 

United States. If irradiation is to be 

applied in the United States, each 

consignment of fruit would have to be 

inspected by a Jamaican inspector prior 

to departure and accompanied by a 

phytosanitary certificate issued by the 

NPPO of Jamaica. 

Packaging 

Paragraph (c) would require that the 

mangoes be safeguarded from exposure 

to fruit flies from the time of treatment 

to export, including packaging that 

prevents access by fruit flies and other 

injurious insect pests. This safeguarding 

may include tarps, insect-proof boxes or 

containers, and double-door entrances 

to packinghouses or other facilities. The 

package containing the mangoes could 

not contain any other fruit, including 

mangoes not qualified for importation 

into the United States. Safeguarding 

movement of fruit from the field to the 

packinghouse, and subsequently to the 

place of export, is standard procedure 

for export programs in countries where 

fruit flies occur. 

Inspection for Scale Insects 

Paragraph (d) would require that 

mangoes be inspected by the NPPO of 

Jamaica for C. moestus. C. moestus 

infestations produce spots and 

discoloration on the surface of the fruit, 

often at the stem end of the fruit. 

Therefore, inspection prior to export 

from Jamaica would effectively remove 

this pest of concern from the pathway. 

Plant Pathogens 

Paragraph (e) would require that P. 

mangiferae and X. campestris pv. 

mangiferaeindicae, which we consider 

to be of medium risk of introduction 

and dissemination within the 

continental United States, be addressed 

in one of the following ways: 

• The mangoes would be treated with 

a broad-spectrum pre- or post-harvest 

fungicidal application, or 

• The mangoes would be inspected 

during preclearance activities and found 

free of P. mangiferae and X. campestris 

pv. mangiferaeindicae. 

Pre- or post-harvest fungicidal 

applications have proven to be 

successful to mitigate fungal disease for 

mangoes imported from other countries. 

In addition, symptoms of P. mangiferae 

and X. campestris pv. 

mangiferaeindicae and can be easily 

seen and detected in the field on mango 

leaves and fruit during pre-harvest 

inspection. X. campestris pv. 

mangiferaeindicae infection on mango 

fruit results in lesions that develop into 

water-soaked halos that become raised, 

blacken, and crack open. These 

conspicuous lesions usually produce 

gummy exudates and are discernible 

with the naked eye. Therefore, 

inspection prior to export from Jamaica 

would effectively remove these 

pathogens of concern from the pathway. 

Phytosanitary Certificate 

Paragraph (f) would require each 

consignment of fruit to be accompanied 

by a phytosanitary certificate issued by 

the NPPO of Jamaica. For mangoes that 

were subject to treatment in Jamaica, the 

phytosanitary certificate would have to 

bear an additional declaration 

confirming that the mangoes were 

subjected to treatment in accordance 

with 7 CFR part 305 for Anastrepha spp. 

fruit flies and that the mangoes were 

inspected and found free of C. moestus 

and were either treated with a pre- or 

post-harvest fungicidal application or 

were inspected prior to export and 

found free of P. mangiferae and X. 

campestris pv. mangiferaeindicae. If the 

mangoes are to be treated for 

Anastrepha spp. fruit flies upon arrival 

in the United States, the additional 

declaration must state that the mangoes 

were inspected and found free of C. 

moestus and were either treated with 

pre- or post-harvest fungicidal 

application or they were inspected prior 

to export and found free of P. 

mangiferae and X. campestris pv. 

mangiferaeindicae. 

Mangoes imported from Jamaica into 

the United States would also be subject 

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

Executive Order 12866 and Regulatory 

Flexibility Act 

This proposed rule has been 

determined to be not significant for the 


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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 

Regulations.gov Web site (see 

ADDRESSES above for instructions for 

accessing Regulations.gov). 

The annual quantity that Jamaica 

expects to export to the United States, 

261 metric tons, represents less than 

0.08 percent of U.S. mango imports 

(349,692 metric tons in 2012, primarily 

from Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, and 

Guatemala). While mangoes are grown 

in Florida and Hawaii, and in smaller 

quantities in California and Texas, U.S. 

annual production totals only about 

3,000 metric tons. The additional mango 

imports from Jamaica would not cause 

a significant decrease in mango prices or 

otherwise substantially affect the 

market. U.S. importers may benefit 

marginally in having Jamaica as another 

source of fresh mangoes. 

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 

mangoes to be imported into the 

continental United States from Jamaica. 

If this proposed rule is adopted, State 

and local laws and regulations regarding 

mangoes 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 case-by-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–2013–0018. 

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. A 

comment to OMB is best assured of 

having its full effect if OMB receives it 

within 30 days of publication of this 

proposed rule. 

This proposed rule would amend the 

fruits and vegetables regulations to 

allow the importation of mangoes from 

Jamaica into the continental United 

States. As a condition of entry, the 

mangoes would have to be produced 

under a systems approach employing a 

combination of mitigation measures for 

certain fruit flies, soft scale insects, and 

diseases and would have to be inspected 

prior to exportation from Jamaica and 

found free of these pests and diseases. 

The mangoes would have to be 

imported in commercial consignments 

only and would have to be treated to 

mitigate the risk of these pests and 

diseases. The mangoes would also have 

to be accompanied by a phytosanitary 

certificate with an additional 

declaration confirming that the 

specified conditions for importation 

have been met. Implementing this 

rulemaking would require an 

operational workplan, registration of 

places of production, and the 

completion of phytosanitary certificates. 

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 1.581 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: NPPO of Jamaica, 

mango producers in Jamaica, and U.S. 

importers. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 2. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 37. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 74. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 117 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 Mrs. Celeste 

Sickles, APHIS’ Information Collection 

Coordinator, at (301) 851–2908. 

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 

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 propose to amend 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. Section 319.56–67 is added to read 

as follows: 

§ 319.56–67 Mangoes from Jamaica. 

Mangoes (Mangifera indica) may be 

imported into the continental United 

States from Jamaica only under the 

following conditions: 

(a) General requirements. (1) The 

national plant protection organization 

(NPPO) of Jamaica must provide an 

operational workplan to APHIS that 


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details the activities that the NPPO of 

Jamaica, subject to APHIS’ approval of 

the workplan, will carry out to meet the 

requirements of this section. 

(2) The mangoes must be grown at 

places of production that are registered 

with the NPPO of Jamaica and that meet 

the specifications detailed in the 

workplan. If a pest or disease is detected 

at the port of entry in the United States, 

the consignment of mangoes would be 

prohibited entry into the United States 

and further shipments from the place of 

production where the mangoes were 

grown will be prohibited until an 

investigation is conducted and APHIS 

and the NPPO of Jamaica agree that the 

risk has been mitigated. 

(3) The mangoes may be imported in 

commercial consignments only. 

(b) Treatment. The mangoes must be 

treated for Anastrepha spp. fruit flies in 

accordance with part 305 of this 

chapter. 

(c) Packaging. The mangoes must be 

safeguarded from exposure to fruit flies 

from the time of treatment to export, 

including packaging that prevents 

access by fruit flies and other injurious 

insect pests. The package containing the 

mangoes could not contain any other 

fruit, including mangoes not qualified 

for importation into the United States. 

(d) Inspection. The mangoes must be 

inspected by the NPPO of Jamaica and 

found free of Coccus moestus. 

(e) Plant pathogens. The risks 

presented by Phomopsis mangiferae and 

Xanthomonas campestris pv. 

mangiferaeindicae must be addressed in 

one of the following ways: 

(1) The mangoes are treated with a 

broad-spectrum pre- or post-harvest 

fungicidal application; or 

(2) The mangoes are inspected prior to 

export from Jamaica and found free of 

P. mangiferae and X. campestris pv. 

mangiferaeindicae. 

(f) Phytosanitary certificate. Each 

consignment of fruit must be inspected 

by the NPPO of Jamaica and 

accompanied by a phytosanitary 

certificate issued by the NPPO of 

Jamaica with one of the following 

additional declarations. 

(1) For mangoes that were subject to 

treatment for Anastrepha spp. fruit flies 

in Jamaica, the additional declaration 

must state that the mangoes were 

subjected to treatment in accordance 

with 7 CFR part 305 for Anastrepha spp. 

fruit flies; that the mangoes were 

inspected and found free of C. moestus; 

and that the mangoes were either treated 

with a pre- or post-harvest fungicidal 

application or they were inspected prior 

to export and found free of P. 

mangiferae and X. campestris pv. 

mangiferaeindicae. 

(2) If the mangoes are to be treated for 

Anastrepha spp. fruit flies upon arrival 

in the United States, the additional 

declaration must state that the mangoes 

were inspected and found free of C. 

moestus and were either treated with a 

pre- or post-harvest fungicidal 

application or inspected prior to export 

and found free of P. mangiferae and X. 

campestris pv. mangiferaeindicae. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 9th day of 

April 2014. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–08480 Filed 4–14–14; 8:45 am] 

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

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[NRC–2013–0271] 

RIN 3150–AJ31 

List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage 

Casks: Transnuclear, Inc. Standardized 

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AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

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ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is proposing to 

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by revising the Transnuclear, Inc. 

Standardized Advanced NUHOMS®

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email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For 

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Please refer to Docket ID–NRC–2013– 

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