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Puerto Rico State Plant Health Director’s 

office, to allow the interstate movement 

of fresh achachairu ́ fruit from Puerto 

Rico to the continental United States. 

We have completed a pest risk 

assessment (PRA) to identify pests of 

quarantine significance that could 

follow the pathway of interstate 

movement into the continental United 

States and, based on that PRA, have 

prepared a risk management document 

(RMD) to identify phytosanitary 

measures that could be applied to the 

commodity to mitigate the pest risk. We 

have concluded that fresh achachairu ́

fruit can be safely moved from Puerto 

Rico to the continental United States 

using one or more of the six designated 

phytosanitary measures listed in 

§ 318.13–4(b). 

Therefore, in accordance with 

§ 318.13–4(c), we are announcing the 

availability of our PRA and RMD 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 

instructions for accessing 

Regulations.gov and information on the 

location and hours of the reading room). 

You may request paper copies of the 

PRA and RMD by calling or writing to 

the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. Please refer to the 

subject of the documents when 

requesting copies. 

After reviewing the comments we 

receive, we will announce our decision 

regarding the interstate movement of 

fresh achachairu ́ fruit from Puerto Rico 

to the continental United States in a 

subsequent notice. If the overall 

conclusions of the analysis and the 

Administrator’s determination of risk 

remain unchanged following our 

consideration of the comments, then we 

will begin allowing the interstate 

movement of fresh achachairu ́ fruit from 

Puerto Rico to the continental United 

States subject to the requirements 

specified in the RMD. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701–7772 and 7781– 

7786; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 6th day of 

June 2014. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–13781 Filed 6–11–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0008] 

Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk 

Analysis for the Importation of Fresh 

Figs From Mexico 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 a pest list and 

risk management document regarding 

the risks associated with the 

importation into the continental United 

States of fresh figs from Mexico. Based 

on these documents, we have concluded 

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 figs from Mexico. We are making 

the documents available to the public 

for review and comment. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before August 11, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0008. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2014–0008, 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-2014-0008 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. 

Marc Phillips, Senior Regulatory Policy 

Specialist, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737– 

1231; (301) 851–2114. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

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 plant pests from being 

introduced into or disseminated within 

the United States. 

Section 319.56–4 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. 

APHIS received a request from the 

Government of Mexico to allow the 

importation of fresh figs (Ficus carica) 

into the continental United States. We 

have completed a pest list for this 

commodity to identify pests of 

quarantine significance that could 

follow the pathway of importation into 

the continental United States and, based 

on this list, have prepared a risk 

management document to identify 

phytosanitary measures that could be 

applied to fresh figs from Mexico to 

mitigate the pest risk. We have 

concluded that fresh figs can be safely 

imported into the continental United 

States from Mexico using one or more 

of the five designated phytosanitary 

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

measures are: 

• The figs may be imported into the 

continental United States in commercial 

consignments only. 

• The figs must be irradiated in 

accordance with 7 CFR part 305 with a 

minimum absorbed dose of 150 Gy. 

• If the irradiation treatment is 

applied outside the United States, each 

consignment of fruit must be jointly 

inspected by APHIS and the national 

plant protection organization (NPPO) of 

Mexico and accompanied by a 

phytosanitary certificate (PC) attesting 

that the fruit received the required 

irradiation treatment. The PC must also 

include an additional declaration stating 

that the consignment was inspected and 

found free of Maconellicoccus hirsutus 

and Nipaecoccus viridis. 

• If the irradiation treatment is 

applied upon arrival in the United 

States, each consignment of fruit must 

be inspected by the NPPO of Mexico 

prior to departure and accompanied by 

a PC attesting that the fruit was 

inspected and found free of 

Maconellicoccus hirsutus and 

Nipaecoccus viridis. 

• The commodity is subject to 

inspection at the U.S. port of entry. 

Therefore, we are announcing the 

availability of our pest list and risk 


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management document 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 

documents by calling or writing to the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. Please refer to the 

subject of the pest list and risk 

management document you wish to 

review when requesting copies. 

After reviewing any comments we 

receive, we will announce our decision 

regarding the import status of fresh figs 

from Mexico in a subsequent notice. If 

the overall conclusions of the analysis 

and the Administrator’s determination 

of risk remain unchanged following our 

consideration of the comments, then we 

will authorize the importation of fresh 

figs from Mexico into the continental 

United States subject to the 

requirements specified in the risk 

management 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 6th day of 

June 2014. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–13784 Filed 6–11–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2014–0016] 

Notice of Request for a New 

Information Collection: Food Safety 

Education Campaign Tracking 

Research 

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) regulations, the Food Safety and 

Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing 

its intention to request a new 

information collection for a food safety 

education campaign. 

DATES: August 11, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: FSIS invites interested 

persons to submit comments on this 

information request. Comments may be 

submitted by one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: This 

Web site provides the ability to type 

short comments directly into the 

comment field on this Web page or 

attach a file for lengthier comments. Go 

to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the on-line instructions at that site for 

submitting comments. 

• Mail, including CD–ROMs, etc.: 

Send to Docket Clerk, U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, Food Safety and 

Inspection Service, Docket Clerk, 

Patriots Plaza 3, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW., Mailstop 3782, Room 8– 

163A, Washington, DC 20250–3700. 

• Hand- or Courier-Delivered 

Submittals: Deliver to Patriots Plaza 3, 

355 E Street SW., Room 8–163A, 

Washington, DC 20250–3700. 

Instructions: All items submitted by 

mail or electronic mail must include the 

Agency name and docket number FSIS– 

2014–0016. Comments received in 

response to this docket will be made 

available for public inspection and 

posted without change, including any 

personal information, to http://

www.regulations.gov. 

Docket: For access to background 

documents or comments received, go to 

the FSIS Docket Room at Patriots Plaza 

3, 355 E Street SW., Room 8–164, 

Washington, DC 20250–3700 between 

8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gina 

Kouba, Paperwork Reduction Act 

Coordinator, Food Safety and Inspection 

Service, USDA, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW., Room 6067, South 

Building, Washington, DC 20250; (202) 

690–6510. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Food Safety Education 

Campaign Tracking Research. 

Type of Request: New information 

collection. 

Abstract: FSIS has been delegated the 

authority to exercise the functions of the 

Secretary of Agriculture (7 CFR 2.18, 

2.53) as specified in the Federal Meat 

Inspection Act (FMIA) (21 U.S.C. 601, et 

seq.). FSIS protects the public by 

verifying that meat and poultry products 

are wholesome, not adulterated, and 

properly marked, labeled, and packaged. 

FSIS, in partnership with the Ad 

Council, the Food and Drug 

Administration, and the Center for 

Disease Control, has developed a 

national public service advertising 

campaign to educate the public about 

the importance of safe food handling 

and how to reduce the risks associated 

with foodborne illness. The Ad Council 

and FSIS are seeking approval of an 

information collection to help measure 

the impact of the campaign. The 

collection will take the form of a survey 

among members of the target audience, 

parents and guardians, age 20–45, who 

are caregivers to children under the age 

of 12 and cook meals at home at least 

four times per week. The survey will 

gauge awareness of the advertising, 

attitudes regarding safe food 

preparation, and self-reported 

prevention behaviors. The survey was 

fielded once prior to launch of materials 

(benchmark) in 2011, and again in 2012 

(wave 2), to assess any shifts following 

campaign launch. A third wave of the 

study is planned for later in 2014 to 

better understand current sentiments 

surrounding food safe behaviors. 

The Ad Council will use the same 

phone survey methodology in this 

survey as in the benchmark and wave 2 

surveys in order to allow for comparison 

of any shifts in awareness, attitudes, and 

behavior over time. While the 

respondents who participated in the 

benchmark or wave 2 surveys will not 

be the same as those in the wave 3 

survey, the same quotas will be set to 

ensure that the wave 3 sample 

characteristics are similar to the prior 

waves (e.g., 40%/60% mix of men and 

women, ages 20–45 years old, mix of 

income levels). This approach allows us 

to assess trends over time (2011–2014) 

on key campaign objectives. 

Estimate of Burden: FSIS estimates 

that it will take each respondent 15 

minutes and each non-respondent 2 

minutes to participate in the survey. 

Respondents: Consumers. 

Estimated No. of Respondents: 1200 

respondents and 6000 non-respondents. 

Estimated No. of Annual Responses 

per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 500 hours. Copies of this 

information collection assessment can 

be obtained from Gina Kouba, 

Paperwork Reduction Act Coordinator, 

Food Safety and Inspection Service, 

USDA, 1400 Independence SW., Room 

6077, South Building, Washington, DC 

20250, (202) 690–6510. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of FSIS’s functions, including whether 

the information will have practical 

utility; (b) the accuracy of FSIS’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information, including 

through the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 


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