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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 79, No. 200 

Thursday, October 16, 2014 

1To view the notice and risk documents, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/

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

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0021] 

Notice of Decision To Authorize 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. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public of 

our decision to authorize the 

importation of chipilin leaves and 

edible flowers of chufle, izote, and 

pacaya from Guatemala into the 

continental United States. Based on the 

findings of pest risk analyses, which we 

made available to the public to review 

and comment through a previous notice, 

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 chipilin leaves and 

edible flowers of chufle, izote, and 

pacaya from Guatemala. 

DATES: Effective Date: October 16, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Claudia Ferguson, Senior Regulatory 

Policy Specialist, 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 

319.56–71, 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 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 begin issuing permits for 

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 July 8, 2014 (79 FR 38484, 

Docket No. APHIS–2014–0021), in 

which we announced the availability, 

for review and comment, of pest risk 

assessments that evaluate the risks 

associated with the importation into the 

continental United States of chipilin 

leaves and edible flowers of chufle, 

izote, and pacaya from Guatemala and 

risk management documents prepared 

to identify phytosanitary measures that 

could be applied to the commodities to 

mitigate the pest risk. 

We solicited comments on the pest 

risk assessments and risk management 

documents for 60 days ending on 

September 8, 2014. We did not receive 

any comments by that date. 

Therefore, in accordance with 

§ 319.56–4(c)(2)(ii), we are announcing 

our decision to authorize the 

importation of chipilin leaves and 

edible flowers of chufle, izote, and 

pacaya from Guatemala into the 

continental United States subject to the 

following phytosanitary measures: 

• The commodities must be imported 

into the continental United States in 

commercial consignments only. 

• Each consignment must be 

accompanied by a phytosanitary 

certificate issued by the national plant 

protection organization of Guatemala. 

• Each consignment is subject to 

inspection upon arrival at the port of 

entry to the United States. 

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, 

chipilin leaves and edible flowers of 

chufle, izote, and pacaya from 

Guatemala will be subject to the general 

requirements listed in § 319.56–3 that 

are applicable to the importation of all 

fruits and vegetables. 

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 9th day of 

October 2014. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24634 Filed 10–15–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Notice of Emergency 

Approval of New Information 

Collection for Feasibility of Tribal 

Administration of Federal Nutrition 

Assistance Programs 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service 

(FNS), USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces FNS’ intention to 

request emergency approval from the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) and invites the general public 

and other public agencies to comment 

on this proposed information collection. 

This is a new collection for the purpose 

of determining the interest among 

Indian Tribal Organizations (ITOs) in 

administering FNS programs, the 

capacity of ITOs to do so, and legislative 

and regulatory implications. 


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