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vita; and (5) a biographical sketch of the 

nominee indicating current position, 

educational background, past and 

current research activities, recent 

relevant service, and other comments on 

the relevance of the nominee’s expertise 

to this peer review topic. Compensation 

is not available, in order to ensure an 

unbiased review process. 

Selection Process: An interagency 

panel will select from the available 

nominees according to the selection 

criteria presented above. An 

independent search for candidates to 

assemble a balanced group representing 

the expertise needed to fully evaluate 

the draft document may also occur. Up 

to eight reviewers will be selected who 

best provide expertise spanning the 

multiple areas listed above and, to the 

extent feasible, best provide a balance of 

perspectives. 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternate means for communication of 

program information (Braille, large 

print, audio tape, etc.) should contact 

USDA’s Target Center at (202) 720–2600 

(voice and TDD). 

Joseph W. Glauber, 

Chief Economist. 

[FR Doc. 2014–15872 Filed 7–7–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0053] 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Approval of an Information Collection; 

Pork and Poultry Products From 

Mexico Transiting the United States 

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 

the regulations for pork and poultry 

products from Mexico transiting the 

United States. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before September 

8, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0053. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS-2014-0053, 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-2014-0053 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: For 

information on pork and poultry 

products from Mexico transiting the 

United States, contact Dr. Lynette 

Williams, Senior Staff Veterinarian, 

National Import Export Services, VS, 

APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 40, 

Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–3300. 

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: Pork and Poultry Products From 

Mexico Transiting the United States. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0145. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

approval of an information collection. 

Abstract: Under the Animal Health 

Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.), 

the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) of the U.S. Department 

of Agriculture (USDA) is authorized, 

among other things, to prohibit or 

restrict the importation and interstate 

movement of animals, animal products, 

and other articles to prevent the 

introduction into and dissemination 

within the United States of animal 

diseases and pests. To fulfill this 

mission, APHIS regulates the 

importation of animals and animal 

products into the United States. The 

regulations are contained in title 9, 

chapter 1, subchapter D, parts 91 

through 99, of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR). 

The regulations in 9 CFR 94.15 allow 

pork and pork products and poultry 

carcasses, parts, and products (except 

eggs and egg products) that are not 

eligible for entry into the United States 

to transit the United States from 

specified States in Mexico, via land 

border ports, for export to another 

country. 

The regulations set out conditions for 

the transit movements that protect 

against the introduction of classical 

swine fever or Newcastle disease into 

the United States. These conditions 

involve the use of information 

collection activities, including the 

completion of a USDA, APHIS, 

Veterinary Services Application for 

Permit to Import or Transport 

Controlled Material or Organisms or 

Vectors (Veterinary Services Form 16– 

3), the placement of serially numbered 

seals on product containers, and the 

forwarding of a pre-arrival notification 

to U.S. port personnel. 

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 0.84 

hours per response. 

Respondents: U.S. importers of pork 

and poultry products from Mexico to 

the United States and the Federal 

animal health authorities in Mexico. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 34. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 1.471. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 50. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 42 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. 


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Done in Washington, DC, this 1st day of 

July 2014. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–15863 Filed 7–7–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0021] 

Notice of Availability of Pest Risk 

Analyses for the Importation of 

Chipilin Leaves and Edible Flowers of 

Chufle, Izote, and Pacaya From 

Guatemala Into the Continental United 

States 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that we have prepared pest risk analyses 

that evaluate the risks associated with 

importation of chipilin leaves and 

edible flowers of chufle, izote, and 

pacaya from Guatemala into the 

continental United States. Based on 

these analyses, we have determined 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 movement of 

chipilin leaves and edible flowers of 

chufle, izote, and pacaya from 

Guatemala. We are making these 

documents available to the public for 

review and comment. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before September 

8, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0021. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2014–0021, 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-2014-0021 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 Coordinator, Regulatory 

Coordination and Compliance, 

Regulations, Permits and Manuals, PPQ, 

APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 133, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; (301) 851– 

2352. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

regulations in ‘‘Subpart–Fruits and 

Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56–1 through 

319.56–68, referred to below as the 

regulations), the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 

prohibits or restricts 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. 

Section 319.56–4 contains a 

performance-based process for 

approving the importation of certain 

fruits and vegetables that, based on the 

findings of a pest risk analysis, can be 

safely imported subject to one or more 

of the phytosanitary measures listed in 

paragraph (b) of that section. 

APHIS received a request from the 

national plant protection organization 

(NPPO) of Guatemala to allow the 

importation of chipilin leaves 

(Crotalaria longirostrata) and edible 

flowers of chufle (Calathea 

macrosepala), izote (Yucca 

guatemalensis), and pacaya 

(Chamaedorea tepejilote) into the 

continental United States. 

As part of our evaluation of 

Guatemala’s request, we have prepared 

pest risk assessments (PRAs) to identify 

pests of quarantine significance that 

could follow the pathway of importation 

into the continental United States from 

Guatemala and, based on the PRAs, risk 

management documents (RMDs) to 

identify phytosanitary measures that 

could be applied to the commodities to 

mitigate the pest risk. (The PRAs 

evaluating the pest risks for chipilin 

leaves, chufle, and pacaya were 

originally drafted for a market access 

request from El Salvador; however, 

these PRAs also address the risks 

associated with importing these 

commodities from Guatemala.) We have 

concluded that chipilin leaves and 

edible flowers of chufle, izote, and 

pacaya can be safely imported from 

Guatemala to the continental United 

States using one or more of the five 

designated phytosanitary measures 

listed in § 319.56–4(b). These measures 

are: 

• The commodities must be imported 

as commercial consignments only; 

• Each consignment must be 

accompanied by a phytosanitary 

certificate issued by the NPPO of 

Guatemala; and 

• Each consignment is subject to 

inspection upon arrival at the port of 

entry to the United States. 

Therefore, in accordance with 

§ 319.56–4(c), we are announcing the 

availability of our PRAs and RMDs for 

public review and comment. The 

documents 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 PRAs and RMDs by 

calling or writing to the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. Please refer to the subject of 

the analysis you wish to review when 

requesting copies. 

After reviewing any comments we 

receive, we will announce our decision 

regarding the import status of chipilin 

leaves and edible flowers of chufle, 

izote, and pacaya from Guatemala in a 

subsequent notice. If the overall 

conclusions of our analyses and the 

Administrator’s determination of risk 

remain unchanged following our 

consideration of the comments, then we 

will authorize the importation of 

chipilin leaves and edible flowers of 

chufle, izote, and pacaya from 

Guatemala into the continental United 

States subject to the requirements 

specified in the RMDs. 

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 1st day of 

July 2014. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2014–0006] 

Codex Alimentarius Commission: 

Meeting of the Codex Committee on 

Processed Fruits and Vegetables 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary 

for Food Safety, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the Under 

Secretary for Food Safety, United States 


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