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non-profit corporations or associations 

(including Rural Development Utilities 

Programs electric and 

telecommunications borrower 

cooperatives), units of local or state 

government, or federally-recognized 

Indian tribes. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 5 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Not-for-profit 

institutions, State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 5. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 5. 

Copies of this information collection 

can be obtained from MaryPat Daskal, 

Program Development and Regulatory 

Analysis, at (202) 720–7853, FAX: (202) 

720–4120. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Date: January 26, 2010. 

Jonathan Adelstein, 

Administrator, Rural Utilities Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2770 Filed 2–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS-2009-0097] 

Notice of Availability of Pest Risk 

Analyses for Importation of Fresh Figs, 

Pomegranates, and Baby Kiwi from 

Chile into the United States 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that we have prepared two pest risk 

analyses, one with respect to fresh figs 

and pomegranates grown in Chile and 

one with respect to fresh baby kiwi fruit 

grown in Chile. The analyses evaluate 

the risks associated with the 

importation into the continental United 

States of fresh figs, pomegranates, and 

baby kiwi fruit from Chile. Based on 

those analyses, 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 

figs, pomegranates, and baby kiwi from 

Chile. We are making the pest risk 

analyses, as well as an environmental 

assessment we have prepared in 

connection with this action, available to 

the public for review and comment. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before April 12, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

∑ Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

(http://www.regulations.gov/ 

fdmspublic/component/ 

main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS2009-0097) to submit or view comments 

and to view supporting and related 

materials available electronically. 

∑ Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Please send two copies of your comment 

to Docket No. APHIS-2009-0097, 

Regulatory Analysis and Development, 

PPD, APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 

River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 

20737-1238. Please state that your 

comment refers to Docket No. APHIS2009-0097. 

Reading Room: You may read any 

comments that we receive on this 

docket in our reading room. The reading 

room 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. 

Other Information: Additional 

information about APHIS and its 

programs is available on the Internet at 

(http://www.aphis.usda.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information concerning figs and 

pomegranates from Chile, contact Ms. 

Claudia Ferguson, Regulatory Policy 

Specialist, Regulatory Coordination and 

Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737- 

1236; (301) 734-0754. 

For information concerning baby kiwi 

fruit from Chile, contact Mr. David B. 

Lamb, Import Specialist, Regulatory 

Coordination and Compliance, PPQ, 

APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, 

Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; (301) 734- 

0627. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under the regulations in ‘‘SubpartFruits and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56-1 

through 319.56-50, 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. 

These measures are: 

∑ The fruits or vegetables are subject 

to inspection upon arrival in the United 

States and comply with all applicable 

provisions of § 319.56-3; 

∑ 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; 

∑ The fruits or vegetables are treated 

in accordance with 7 CFR part 305; 

∑ The fruits or vegetables are 

inspected in the country of origin by an 

inspector or an official of the national 

plant protection organization of the 

exporting country, and have been found 

free of one or more specific quarantine 

pests identified by the risk analysis as 

likely to follow the import pathway; 

and/or 

∑ The fruits or vegetables are a 

commercial consignment. 

APHIS received requests from the 

Government of Chile to allow the 

importation of fresh figs, pomegranates, 

and baby kiwi fruit from Chile into the 

United States. We have completed pest 

risk assessments to identify pests of 

quarantine significance that could 

follow the pathway of importation into 

the United States and, based on those 

pest risk assessments, have prepared 

risk management analyses to identify 

phytosanitary measures that could be 

applied to the commodities to mitigate 

the pest risk. We have concluded that 

fresh figs, pomegranates, and baby kiwi 

fruit can be safely imported into the 

continental United States from Chile 

using one or more of the five designated 

phytosanitary measures listed in 

§ 319.56-4(b). Therefore, in accordance 

with § 319.56-4(c), we are announcing 

the availability of our pest risk analyses 

for public review and comment. The 

pest risk analyses 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 

pest risk analyses by calling or writing 

to the persons listed under FOR FURTHER


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INFORMATION CONTACT. Please refer to the 

subject of the pest risk analysis that you 

wish to review when requesting copies. 

We have also prepared an 

environmental assessment in 

connection with this action which is 

available for review and comment in the 

same manner as the pest risk analyses. 

After reviewing the comments we 

receive, we will announce our decision 

regarding the import status of fresh figs, 

pomegranates, and baby kiwi fruit from 

Chile in a subsequent notice. If the 

overall conclusions of the analyses and 

the Administrator’s determination of 

risk remain unchanged following our 

consideration of the comments, then we 

will begin issuing permits for 

importation of fresh figs, pomegranates, 

and baby kiwi fruit from Chile into the 

continental United States subject to the 

requirements specified in the risk 

management analyses. 

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 3rd day 

of February 2010. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2795 Filed 2–9–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–S 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS-2009-0092] 

Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk 

Analysis for the Importation of Fresh 

False Coriander From Panama Into the 

Continental United States 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 false 

coriander from Panama. 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 false coriander from 

Panama. 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 April 12, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

∑ Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

(http://www.regulations.gov/ 

fdmspublic/component/ 

main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS2009-0092) to submit or view comments 

and to view supporting and related 

materials available electronically. 

∑ Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Please send two copies of your comment 

to Docket No. APHIS-2009-0092, 

Regulatory Analysis and Development, 

PPD, APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 

River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 

20737-1238. Please state that your 

comment refers to Docket No. APHIS2009-0092. 

Reading Room: You may read any 

comments that we receive on this 

docket in our reading room. The reading 

room 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. 

Other Information: Additional 

information about APHIS and its 

programs is available on the Internet at 

(http://www.aphis.usda.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

David Lamb, Import Specialist, 

Regulatory Coordination and 

Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737- 

1236; (301) 734-0627. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under the regulations in ‘‘Subpart— 

Fruits and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56-1 

through 319.56-50, 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. 

These measures are: 

∑ The fruits or vegetables are subject 

to inspection upon arrival in the United 

States and comply with all applicable 

provisions of § 319.56-3; 

∑ 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; 

∑ The fruits or vegetables are treated 

in accordance with 7 CFR part 305; 

∑ The fruits or vegetables are 

inspected in the country of origin by an 

inspector or an official of the national 

plant protection organization of the 

exporting country, and have been found 

free of one or more specific quarantine 

pests identified by the risk assessment 

as likely to follow the import pathway; 

and/or 

∑ The fruits or vegetables are a 

commercial consignment. 

APHIS received a request from the 

Government of Panama to allow the 

importation of fresh false coriander from 

Panama into the continental United 

States. We have completed a pest risk 

assessment to identify pests of 

quarantine significance that could 

follow the pathway of importation into 

the United States and, based on that 

pest risk assessment, have prepared a 

risk management document to identify 

phytosanitary measures that could be 

applied to fresh false coriander to 

mitigate the pest risk. We have 

concluded that fresh false coriander can 

be safely imported into the continental 

United States from Panama using one or 

more of the five designated 

phytosanitary measures listed in 

§ 319.56-4(b). 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 when requesting 

copies. 

After reviewing any comments we 

receive, we will announce our decision 

regarding the import status of fresh false 

coriander from Panama 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 issuing 

permits for importation of fresh false 

coriander from Panama into the 

continental United States subject to the 


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