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1A list of pest-free-areas currently recognized by 

APHIS can be found at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ 

import_export/plants/manuals/ports/downloads/ 

DesignatedPestFreeAreas.pdf. 

2To view the notice and the comments we 

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

fdmspublic/component/ 

main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2010-0032. 

reviewed by FS officials who use the 

information to render decisions related 

to re-computations of timber sale share 

to be set-aside for small business timber 

purchasers. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 40. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 320. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–21147 Filed 8–18–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2010–0032] 

Determination of Pest-Free Areas in 

Mendoza Province, Argentina; Request 

for Comments 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that we have received a request from the 

Government of Argentina to recognize 

additional areas as pest-free areas for 

South American fruit fly (Anastrepha 

fraterculus) and all other economically 

important species of Anastrepha. After 

reviewing the documentation submitted 

in support of this request, the 

Administrator of the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service has 

determined that these areas meet the 

criteria in our regulations for 

recognition as pest-free areas. We are 

making that determination, as well as 

the evaluation document we have 

prepared in connection with this action, 

available for review and comment. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before October 18, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2010-0032- 

0005. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2010–0032, 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-2010-0032 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) 690–2817 

before coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Meredith C. Jones, Regulatory 

Coordination Specialist, Regulatory 

Coordination and Compliance, APHIS, 

4700 River Road Unit 156, Riverdale, 

MD 20737; (301) 734–7467. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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, can be safely 

imported subject to one or more of the 

designated phytosanitary measures 

listed in paragraph (b) of that section. 

One of the designated phytosanitary 

measures is that 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.1

Under the regulations in § 319.56–5, 

APHIS requires that determinations of 

pest-free areas be made in accordance 

with the criteria for establishing 

freedom from pests found in 

International Standards for 

Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) No. 4, 

‘‘Requirements For the Establishment of 

Pest Free Areas.’’ The international 

standard was established by the 

International Plant Protection 

Convention of the United Nations’ Food 

and Agriculture Organization and is 

incorporated by reference in our 

regulations in 7 CFR 300.5. In addition, 

APHIS must also approve the survey 

protocol used to determine and 

maintain pest-free status, as well as 

protocols for actions to be performed 

upon detection of a pest. Pest-free areas 

are subject to audit by APHIS to verify 

their status. 

APHIS received a request from the 

Government of Argentina to recognize 

an additional area of that country as 

being free of Ceratitis capitata, 

Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly). 

Specifically, the Government of 

Argentina asked that we recognize the 

Southern and Central Oases in the 

southern half of Mendoza Province as 

an area that is free of Medfly. 

In accordance with our process, we 

published a notice 2 in the Federal 

Register on June 25, 2010 (75 FR 36347– 

36348, Docket No. APHIS–2010–0032), 

in which we announced the availability, 

for review and comment, of a 

commodity import evaluation document 

(CIED) that evaluates the information 

presented by Argentina in support of its 

request to recognize additional areas as 

pest-free areas for Mediterranean fruit 

fly (Ceratitis capitata) in Argentina. We 

solicited comments on the notice for 60 

days ending on August 24, 2010. We 

received two comments by that date, 

one from a State agricultural official and 

the other from an official of Argentina’s 

national plant protection organization 

(NPPO). The first commenter 

acknowledged Argentina’s history of 

successful Medfly control efforts, but 

stated that APHIS should not relax its 

fruit fly-related restrictions until it can 

confirm that no other pest fruit flies– 

notably Anastrepha species fruit flies– 

are present in the area. The second 

commenter provided information to 

support a finding that the Mendoza 

Province is free of the South American 

fruit fly (Anastrepha fraterculus). As a 

result of these comments, APHIS 

contacted the Argentine NPPO, which 

requested that, in addition to the pestfree status for Ceratitis capitata, the 

Mendoza province of Argentina also be 

recognized as free of A. fraterculus. 

In accordance with our regulations 

and the criteria set out in ISPM No. 4, 

we have reviewed and approved the 

survey protocols and other information 

provided by Argentina relative to its 

system to establish A. fraterculus 

freedom, phytosanitary measures to 

maintain freedom, and system for the 

verification of the maintenance of 

freedom. Because this action concerns 

the expansion of a currently recognized 

pest-free area in Argentina from which 

fruits and vegetables are authorized for 


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importation into the United States, our 

review of the information presented by 

Argentina in support of its subsequent 

request to recognize the Mendoza 

province of Argentina as free of A. 

fraterculus is examined in a CIED titled 

‘‘Recognition of additional Provinces as 

Anastrepha fraterculus Pest-Free Areas 

(PFA) for Argentina.’’ 

The CIED may be viewed on the 

Regulations.gov Web site or in our 

reading room (see ADDRESSES above for 

instructions for accessing 

Regulations.gov and information on the 

location and hours of the reading room). 

You may request paper copies of the 

CIED by calling or writing to the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Therefore, in accordance with 

§ 319.56–5(c), we are announcing the 

Administrator’s determination that the 

Southern and Central Oases in the 

southern half of Mendoza Province meet 

the criteria of § 319.56–5(a) and (b) with 

respect to freedom from the South 

American fruit fly and all other 

economically important species of 

Anastrepha. After reviewing the 

comments we receive on this notice and 

taking into consideration the comments 

we received on our June 2010 notice 

regarding the areas’ Medfly status, we 

will announce our decision regarding 

the status of these areas with respect to 

their freedom from Medfly and South 

American fruit fly. If the 

Administrator’s determination remains 

unchanged, we will amend the list of 

pest-free areas to list Southern and 

Central Oases of the Mendoza Province 

of Argentina as free of Medfly and South 

American fruit fly. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 15th day of 

August 2011. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–21213 Filed 8–18–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Availability to School Food Authorities 

of Nutrition Information and Ingredient 

Lists for Foods Used in School Food 

Service: Request for Information 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Request for information from 

the public. 

SUMMARY: Schools participating in the 

National School Lunch Program and the 

School Breakfast Program (‘‘SMPs’’) 

need nutrition information and 

ingredient lists for menu planning and 

to assess foods to be used in meeting 

meal pattern requirements of the SMPs. 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 

Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is 

interested in examining what nutrition 

information and ingredient lists are 

made available to schools, the manner 

and scope of the information’s 

accessibility, and how that information 

and accessibility compare with the 

information schools may be seeking. 

FNS would like to better understand 

what information sources, such as the 

Child Nutrition Database, USDA Foods 

nutrition fact sheets, and information 

directly from the manufacturer, are used 

by schools to both procure foods and 

plan menus for the SMPs. FNS has 

received numerous inquiries from 

schools seeking assistance in locating 

and assessing nutrition information and 

ingredient lists for USDA Foods as well 

as commercially selected foods. A better 

understanding of what nutrition 

information and ingredients lists are 

provided, the source of the information 

and the medium in which the 

information is received are all necessary 

components to fully understand what 

resources schools need to successfully 

plan SMPs meals. In addition, we 

anticipate this information will provide 

FNS with key insights in our 

implementation of Section 9(a)(4)(C) of 

the Richard B. Russell National School 

Lunch Act, 42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(4)(C) as 

amended by Section 242 of the Healthy, 

Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, Public 

Law 111–296. 

DATES: Information must be received on 

or before November 17, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Information may be 

submitted through the Federal 

eRulemaking portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Information may also be submitted by 

mail to: Alexandra Lewin, Nutritionist, 

3101 Park Center Drive, Room 500, 

Alexandria, VA 22302. Respondents are 

strongly encouraged to submit 

comments through http:// 

www.regulations.gov, as it will simplify 

the review of their input and help to 

ensure that it receives full 

consideration. All information 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be included in the record and will be 

made available to the public. Please be 

advised that the substance of the 

information and the identity of the 

individuals or entities submitting the 

information will be subject to public 

disclosure. All information will be made 

available publicly on the Internet at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alexandra Lewin, Nutritionist, at 

Alexandra.lewin@fns.usda.gov or 703– 

305–2705. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Background 

Schools that participate in the SMPs 

must meet Federal meal pattern 

requirements and compliance 

assessments. Selecting and ordering 

foods commercially and through the 

USDA Foods program involves a 

number of factors that include an 

understanding of both the nutritional 

content of and ingredients contained in 

food offered to schools and ultimately 

served to students. In addition, as 

schools look to increase the nutritional 

quality of the meals served, meet 

revised meal pattern requirements, 

apply for HealthierUS School Challenge 

certification, and/or detect allergens that 

may affect their students, access to 

relevant, timely and comprehensive 

nutrition information and ingredient 

lists is essential. 

FNS would like to better understand 

what, where, and how nutrition 

information and ingredient lists are 

provided to schools—and what 

information schools are seeking—when 

ordering and receiving products to 

prepare as part of a school meal. 

2. Key Issues on Which Public Input is 

Requested 

This document requests the public to 

inform FNS on the following statements 

as they relate to foods served in school 

meal programs: 

a. How schools obtain nutrition 

information and ingredient lists about 

foods used in school food service, 

including commercially selected foods 

and USDA Foods, when ordering food 

for a school (e.g., computerized ordering 

system, contacting the manufacturer 

directly, searching the manufacturer’s 

Web site, etc.). 

b. How schools obtain nutrition 

information and ingredient lists about 

commercially selected foods and USDA 

Foods when food gets delivered to a 

school (e.g., fact sheet, label on 

institutional pack, vendor Web site, 

etc.). 

c. Whether nutrition information and 

ingredient lists are easily accessible 

prior to ordering food. 

d. Whether nutrition information and 

ingredient lists are easily accessible 

when food gets delivered to a school. 

e. Whether nutrition information and 

ingredient lists available to schools 

prior to ordering food are adequate. 

f. Whether nutrition information and 

ingredient lists provided upon delivery 

to schools are adequate. 


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