25692 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 85 / Thursday, May 2, 2013 / Notices 

1To view the notice, supporting documents, and 

the comment we received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS2012-0004. 

Research, Extension, and Teaching 

Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3123) was 

amended by the Farm Security and 

Rural Investment Act of 2008 by 

deleting six members to the National 

Agricultural Research, Extension, 

Education, and Economics Advisory 

Board, which totals 25 members. Since 

the Advisory Boards inception by 

congressional legislation in 1996, each 

member has represented a specific 

category related to farming or ranching, 

food production and processing, forestry 

research, crop and animal science, landgrant institutions, non-land grant 

college or university with a historic 

commitment to research in the food and 

agricultural sciences, food retailing and 

marketing, rural economic development, 

and natural resource and consumer 

interest groups, among many others. 

The Board was first appointed by the 

Secretary of Agriculture in September 

1996 and one-third of its members were 

appointed for a one, two, and three-year 

term, respectively. The terms for 8 

members who represent specific 

categories will expire September 30, 

2013. Nominations for a 3-year 

appointment for these 8 vacant 

categories are sought. All nominees will 

be carefully reviewed for their expertise, 

leadership, and relevance to a category. 

The 8 slots to be filled are: 

F. National Food Animal Science 

Society 

G. National Crop, Soil, Agronomy, 

Horticulture, or Weed Science Society 

L. 1890 Land-Grant Colleges and 

Universities 

P. American Colleges of Veterinary 

Medicine 

T. Rural Economic Development 

U. National Consumer Interest Group 

V. National Forestry Group 

W. National Conservation or Natural 

Resource Groups 

Individuals and organizations who 

wish to nominate experts for this or any 

other USDA advisory committee should 

submit a letter to the Secretary listing 

these individuals’ names and business 

address, phone, and email contact 

information. These individuals may be 

contacted now or in the future to 

determine their interest in serving as a 

committee member. 

Candidates who wish to be 

considered for membership on the 

National Agricultural Research, 

Extension, Education, and Economics 

Advisory Board should submit an AD– 

755 application form and resume to the 

Secretary of Agriculture. Cover letters 

should be addressed to the Secretary of 

Agriculture. The application form and 

more information about advisory 

committees can be found at 

www.usda.gov/ 

advisory_committees.xml. 

Nominations for one individual who 

fits several of the categories listed 

above, or for more than one person who 

fits one category, will be accepted. In 

your nomination letter, please indicate 

the specific membership category for 

each nominee. Each nominee must fill 

out a form AD–755, ‘‘Advisory 

Committee Membership Background 

Information.’’ All nominees will be 

vetted before selection. 

Nominations are open to all 

individuals without regard to race, 

color, religion, sex, national origin, age, 

mental or physical handicap, marital 

status, or sexual orientation. To ensure 

that recommendations of the Advisory 

Board take into account the needs of the 

diverse groups served by the 

Department, membership shall include, 

to the extent practicable, individuals 

with demonstrated ability to represent 

all racial and ethnic groups, women and 

men, and person with disabilities. 

Appointments to the National 

Agricultural Research, Extension, 

Education, and Economics Advisory 

Board will be made by the Secretary of 

Agriculture. 

Done at Washington, DC, this 16th day of 

April 2013. 

Catherine Woteki, 

Under Secretary, Research, Education, and 

Economics. 

[FR Doc. 2013–10392 Filed 5–1–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–03–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2012–0004] 

Notice of Decision To Authorize the 

Importation of Fresh Barhi Dates From 

Israel 

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 United States of 

fresh dates of the cultivar Barhi from 

Israel. 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 dates of the cultivar Barhi from 

Israel. In addition, based on the findings 

of a treatment evaluation document, we 

are advising the public of our decision 

to add a treatment schedule for Ceratitis 

capitata in Barhi dates to the Plant 

Protection and Quarantine Treatment 

Manual. 

DATES: Effective Date: May 2, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Marc Phillips, Senior Regulatory Policy 

Specialist, Regulatory Coordination and 

Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road, Unit 156, Riverdale, MD 20737– 

1236; (301) 851–2114. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

regulations in ‘‘Subpart—Fruits and 

Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56–1 through 

319.56–58, 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 January 9, 2013 (78 FR 

1825–1826, Docket No. APHIS–2012– 

0004), in which we announced the 

availability, for review and comment, of 

a PRA that evaluates the risks associated 

with the importation into the United 

States of fresh dates (Phoenix dactylifera 

L.) of the cultivar Barhi (referred to 

below as Barhi dates) from Israel. 


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2The Treatment Manual is available on the 

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

import_export/plants/manuals/index.shtml or by 

contacting the APHIS PPQ Manuals Unit, 92 

Thomas Johnson Drive, Suite 200, Frederick, MD 

21702. 

The phytosanitary treatments 

regulations contained in part 305 of 7 

CFR chapter III (referred to below as the 

treatment regulations) set out standards 

for treatments required in parts 301, 

318, and 319 of 7 CFR chapter III for 

fruits, vegetables, and other articles. 

In § 305.2, paragraph (b) states that 

approved treatment schedules are set 

out in the Plant Protection and 

Quarantine (PPQ) Treatment Manual.2

Section 305.3 sets out a process for 

adding, revising, or removing treatment 

schedules in the PPQ Treatment 

Manual. In that section, paragraph (a) 

sets out the process for adding, revising, 

or removing treatment schedules when 

there is no immediate need to make a 

change. 

One of the measures that we proposed 

in the notice to mitigate the risk 

associated with the importation of Barhi 

dates from Israel was treating the dates 

with cold treatment for Ceratitis 

capitata. Because no such cold 

treatment schedule for Barhi dates 

previously existed in the PPQ Treatment 

Manual, in accordance with paragraph 

(a) of § 305.3 of the treatment 

regulations, the notice also announced 

the availability of a treatment evaluation 

document (TED) that evaluated the 

efficacy of cold treatment for Barhi dates 

as a mitigation for C. capitata, and 

described a cold treatment schedule for 

C. capitata in Barhi dates that we 

proposed to add to the PPQ Treatment 

Manual. 

We solicited comments on the notice 

for 60 days ending on March 11, 2013. 

We received one comment by that date, 

from a private citizen. The commenter 

supported the importation of Barhi 

dates from Israel into the United States. 

Therefore, in accordance with the 

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

are announcing our decision to 

authorize the importation into the 

United States of fresh Barhi dates from 

Israel subject to the following 

phytosanitary measures: 

• The dates may be imported into the 

United States in commercial 

consignments only; 

• The dates must be treated in 

accordance with 7 CFR part 305 for C. 

capitata; and 

• The dates must be accompanied by 

a phytosanitary certificate issued by the 

national plant protection organization of 

Israel stating that the consignment has 

begun or has undergone treatment 

T107–i, with the additional declaration 

stating that the fruit in the consignment 

was inspected and found free of 

Mauginiella scaettae. 

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, 

Barhi dates from Israel 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. 

In addition, in accordance with the 

regulations in § 305.3(a)(2), we are 

announcing our decision to add a new 

cold treatment schedule T107–i for C. 

capitata in Barhi dates, as described in 

the TED, to the PPQ Treatment Manual. 

The new treatment will be listed in the 

PPQ Treatment Manual, which is 

available at the Web address and 

mailing address in footnote 2 of this 

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 26th day of 

April 2013. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–10384 Filed 5–1–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest; 

Snohomish County, WA; Green 

Mountain Lookout Removal 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: This project would remove 

the historic fire lookout on Green 

Mountain and relocate it to Circle Peak, 

authorizing the use of motorized 

equipment and mechanical transport 

within the Glacier Peak Wilderness in 

connection with the removal. Green 

Mountain Lookout is approximately one 

air mile inside Glacier Peak Wilderness, 

Darrington Ranger District, Mt. BakerSnoqualmie National Forest. Circle Peak 

is on National Forest land outside 

Wilderness and approximately six miles 

southwest of Green Mountain. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received by June 

3, 2013. The draft environmental impact 

statement is expected November 2013, 

and the final environmental impact 

statement is expected March 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Attn: Todd Griffin, Project Leader, Mt. 

Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, 2930 

Wetmore Avenue, Suite 3A, Everett, 

Washington 98201. Comments may also 

be sent via email to 

toddgriffin@fs.fed.us, or via facsimile to 

(425) 783–0141. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Todd Griffin, Project Leader, at (360) 

677–2258. 

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: The Green 

Mountain Lookout is located in the 

western portion of the 573,000-acre 

Glacier Peak Wilderness near 

Darrington, Washington. It was built in 

1933 by the Civilian Conservation Corps 

as part of a fire detection system in the 

North Cascade Mountains. The lookout 

served in this role until 1984 when 

aerial fire detection became more 

prevalent; the fire staffing was gradually 

replaced by wilderness ranger staffing. 

In 1964 the North Cascades National 

Park Act expanded Glacier Peak 

Wilderness to include the point of 

Green Mountain on which the lookout 

is sited. In 1987, the lookout was listed 

on the National Register of Historic 

Places. Through the years, natural 

elements have taken a toll on the 

lookout. Maintenance and restoration 

efforts have been on-going for several 

decades, with major reconstruction in 

1950 and 1998. In 2002, the lookout was 

disassembled and removed from Green 

Mountain in order to make repairs to a 

deteriorating foundation. In 2009, the 

repairs to the foundation were 

completed, and the lookout was flown 

back to its original location at Green 

Mountain and placed on the new 

foundation. 

In 2010, a lawsuit was filed against 

the Forest Service seeking declaratory 

judgment and injunction requiring the 

removal of the lookout. The plantiff 

alleged that the Forest Service violated 

the Wilderness Act and the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) with 

the removal and reassembly of the 

lookout, and the use of mechanized 

transport. The court agreed with the 

plantiff’s claims and ordered the Forest 

Service to remove the lookout. In an 

amended decision, the court granted a 


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