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Notices Federal Register

22557 

Vol. 77, No. 73 

Monday, April 16, 2012 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2012–0009] 

Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk 

Analysis for the Importation of 

Strawberry Fruit From Egypt Into the 

Continental United States 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that we have prepared a pest risk 

analysis that evaluates the risks 

associated with the importation into the 

continental United States of fresh 

strawberry fruit from Egypt. Based on 

that analysis, 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 strawberry fruit from Egypt. We 

are making the pest risk analysis 

available to the public for review and 

comment. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before June 15, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!documentDetail;D=APHIS–2012– 

0009–0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2012–0009, 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–2012–0009 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: Dr. 

Charisse Cleare, Project Coordinator, 

Regulations, Permits, and Manuals, 

PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 156, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; (301) 851– 

2037. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under the regulations in ‘‘Subpart— 

Fruits and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56– 

1 through 319.56–54, 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 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 Egypt to allow the 

importation of fresh strawberry 

(Fragaria spp.) fruit with calyx and 

short stalk from Egypt into the 

continental United States. Currently, 

fresh strawberry fruit is not authorized 

for entry from Egypt. We have 

completed a pest risk analysis for the 

purpose of evaluating the pest risks 

associated with the importation of fresh 

strawberry fruit into the continental 

United States. The analysis consists of 

a pest list identifying pests of 

quarantine significance that are present 

in Egypt and could follow the pathway 

of importation into the United States 

and a risk management document 

identifying phytosanitary measures that 

could be applied to the commodities to 

mitigate the pest risk. 

We have concluded that fresh 

strawberry fruit can be safely imported 

into the continental United States from 

Egypt using one or more of the five 

designated phytosanitary measures 

listed in § 319.56–4(b). The 

requirements for shipments of fresh 

strawberry fruit from Egypt would be as 

follows: 

• The fresh strawberry fruit may be 

imported into the continental United 

States in commercial consignments 

only; 

• Each consignment of fresh 

strawberry fruit must be inspected by 

the national plant protection 

organization of Egypt and accompanied 

by a phytosanitary certificate that 

includes an additional declaration 

stating that the consignment was 

inspected and found free of 

Chrysodeixis chalcites, Eutetranychus 

orientalis, and Spodoptera littoralis; and 

• The fresh strawberry fruit is subject 

to inspection upon arrival at the U.S. 

port of entry. 

Therefore, in accordance with 

§ 319.56–4(c), we are announcing the 

availability of our pest risk analysis for 

public review and comment. The pest 

risk analysis 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 pest risk analysis by 

calling or writing to the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. Please refer to the subject of 

the pest risk analysis you wish to review 

when requesting copies. 

After reviewing any comments we 

receive, we will announce our decision 

regarding the import status of fresh 

strawberry fruit from Egypt 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 

strawberry fruit from Egypt 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. 


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22558 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 73 / Monday, April 16, 2012 / Notices 

Done in Washington, DC, this 9th day of 

April 2012. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9062 Filed 4–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the Arkansas Advisory Committee 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the rules and 

regulations of the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights (Commission), and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), that a planning meeting of the 

Arkansas Advisory Committee to the 

Commission will convene on 

Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at 2 p.m. and 

adjourn at approximately 5 p.m. (CST). 

The meeting will convene at Mitchell & 

Williams Law Firm, 425 West Capitol 

Avenue, Suite 1800, Little Rock, 

Arkansas 72201. The purpose of this 

meeting is to collect preliminary 

background information and continue 

planning civil rights project. 

This meeting is available to the public 

or through the following toll-free call-in 

number: (866) 364–7584, conference call 

access code number 70873279. Any 

interested member of the public may 

call this number and listen to the 

meeting. Callers can expect to incur 

charges for calls they initiate over 

wireless lines, and the Commission will 

not refund any incurred charges. Callers 

will incur no charge for calls they 

initiate over land-line connections to 

the toll-free telephone number. Persons 

with hearing impairments may also 

follow the proceedings by first calling 

the Federal Relay Service at 1–800–977– 

8339 and providing the Service with the 

conference call number and contact 

name Farella E. Robinson. 

To ensure that the Commission 

secures an appropriate number of lines 

for the public, persons are asked to 

register by contacting Corrine Sanders of 

the Central Regional Office and TTY/ 

TDD telephone number, by 4 p.m. on 

May 24, 2012. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments. The 

comments must be received in the 

regional office by July 01, 2012. The 

address is U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights, 400 State Avenue, Suite 908, 

Kansas City, Kansas 66101. Comments 

may be emailed to frobinson@usccr.gov. 

Records generated by this meeting may 

be inspected and reproduced at the 

Central Regional Office, as they become 

available, both before and after the 

meeting. Persons interested in the work 

of this advisory committee are advised 

to go to the Commission’s Web site, 

www.usccr.gov, or to contact the Central 

Regional Office at the above email or 

street address. 

The meeting will be conducted 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the Commission and 

FACA. 

Dated in Washington, DC, April 11, 2012. 

Peter Minarik, 

Acting Chief, Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9024 Filed 4–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Docket 29–2012] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 155—Calhoun and 

Victoria Counties, TX; Application for 

Reorganization Under Alternative Site 

Framework 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board 

(the Board) by the Calhoun-Victoria 

Foreign Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ 

155, requesting authority to reorganize 

the zone under the alternative site 

framework (ASF) adopted by the Board 

(74 FR 1170–1173, 01/12/09 (correction 

74 FR 3987, 01/22/09); 75 FR 71069– 

71070, 11/22/10). The ASF is an option 

for grantees for the establishment or 

reorganization of general-purpose zones 

and can permit significantly greater 

flexibility in the designation of new 

‘‘usage-driven’’ FTZ sites for operators/ 

users located within a grantee’s ‘‘service 

area’’ in the context of the Board’s 

standard 2,000-acre activation limit for 

a general-purpose zone project. The 

application was submitted pursuant to 

the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), and the 

regulations of the Board (15 CFR part 

400). It was formally filed on April 9, 

2012. 

FTZ 155 was approved by the Board 

on October 24, 1988 (Board Order 398, 

55 FR 44510, 11/3/88), and expanded on 

June 18, 2008 (Board Order 1565, 73 FR 

36038–36039, 6/25/08). The current 

zone project includes the following 

sites: Site 1 (97 acres)—Calhoun County 

Navigation District’s marine terminal, 

2313 FM 1593 South, Point Comfort; 

Site 2 (494.3 acres)—Alcoa World 

Alumina, Highway 35, Point Comfort; 

Site 3 (120 acres)—West Calhoun 

Navigation District, Highway 185, Long 

Mott; Site 4 (135 acres)—Victoria 

Regional Airport, Business Highway 59, 

Victoria; Site 5 (29 acres)—CMC Safety 

Steel Service, 255 Skytop Road, 

Victoria; Site 6 (359 acres)—Victoria 

Navigation District, 1934 FM 1432, 

Victoria; and, Site 7 (11.46 acres)—Tres 

Palacios, Farm Road 1468, Markham. 

The grantee’s proposed service area 

under the ASF would be Calhoun, 

Victoria and Matagorda Counties, Texas. 

If approved, the grantee would be able 

to serve sites throughout the service area 

based on companies’ needs for FTZ 

designation. The proposed service area 

is within the Port Lavaca-Point Comfort 

Customs and Border Protection port of 

entry. 

The applicant is requesting authority 

to reorganize its zone project to include 

existing Sites 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 as 

‘‘magnet’’ sites and Sites 2 and 7 as 

‘‘usage-driven’’ sites. No new magnet or 

usage-driven sites are being requested at 

this time. Because the ASF only pertains 

to establishing or reorganizing a generalpurpose zone, the application would 

have no impact on FTZ 155’s authorized 

subzone. 

In accordance with the Board’s 

regulations, Camille Evans of the FTZ 

Staff is designated examiner to evaluate 

and analyze the facts and information 

presented in the application and case 

record and to report findings and 

recommendations to the Board. 

Public comment is invited from 

interested parties. Submissions (original 

and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the 

Board’s Executive Secretary at the 

address below. The closing period for 

their receipt is June 15, 2012. Rebuttal 

comments in response to material 

submitted during the foregoing period 

may be submitted during the subsequent 

15-day period to July 2, 2012. 

A copy of the application will be 

available for public inspection at the 

Office of the Executive Secretary, 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 2111, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20230–0002, and in the ‘‘Reading 

Room’’ section of the Board’s Web site, 

which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ 

ftz. For further information, contact 

Camille Evans at 

Camille.Evans@trade.gov or (202) 482– 

2350. 

Dated: April 9, 2012. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9057 Filed 4–13–12; 8:45 am] 

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