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Vol. 81, No. 180 

Friday, September 16, 2016 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2016–0047] 

Pale Cyst Nematode; Update of 

Quarantined Areas 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that we have made changes to the areas 

in the State of Idaho that are 

quarantined to prevent the spread of 

pale cyst nematode. The description of 

the quarantined area has been updated 

several times since the last notice was 

published on September 8, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Jonathan M. Jones, National Program 

Manager, Emergency and Domestic 

Programs, PPQ, 4700 River Road, Unit 

160, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851– 

2128. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The pale 

cyst nematode (PCN, Globodera pallida) 

is a major pest of potato crops in cooltemperature areas. Other solanaceous 

hosts include tomatoes, eggplants, 

peppers, tomatillos, and some weeds. 

The PCN is thought to have originated 

in Peru and is now widely distributed 

in many potato-growing regions of the 

world. PCN infestations may be 

expressed as patches of poor growth. 

Affected potato plants may exhibit 

yellowing, wilting, or death of foliage. 

Even with only minor symptoms on the 

foliage, potato tuber size can be affected. 

Unmanaged infestations can cause 

potato yield loss ranging from 20 to 70 

percent. The spread of this pest in the 

United States could result in a loss of 

domestic or foreign markets for U.S. 

potatoes and other commodities. 

In 7 CFR part 301, the PCN quarantine 

regulations (§§ 301.86 through 301.86–9, 

referred to below as the regulations) set 

out procedures for determining the areas 

quarantined for PCN and impose 

restrictions on the interstate movement 

of regulated articles from quarantined 

areas. 

Section 301.86–3 of the regulations 

sets out the procedures for determining 

the areas quarantined for PCN. 

Paragraph (a) of § 301.86–3 states that, 

in accordance with the criteria listed in 

§ 301.86–3(c), the Administrator will 

designate as a quarantined area each 

field that has been found to be infested 

with PCN, each field that has been 

found to be associated with an infested 

field, and any area that the 

Administrator considers necessary to 

quarantine because of its inseparability 

for quarantine enforcement purposes 

from infested or associated fields. 

Paragraph (d) provides for the 

removal of fields from quarantine. An 

infested field will be removed from 

quarantine when a protocol approved by 

the Administrator as sufficient to 

support the removal of infested fields 

from quarantine has been completed 

and the field has been found to be free 

of PCN. An associated field will be 

removed from quarantine when the field 

has been found to be free of PCN 

according to a protocol approved by the 

Administrator as sufficient to support 

removal of associated fields from 

quarantine. Any area other than infested 

or associated fields that has been 

quarantined by the Administrator 

because of its inseparability for 

quarantine enforcement purposes from 

infested or associated fields will be 

removed from quarantine when the 

relevant infested or associated fields are 

removed from quarantine. 

Paragraph (a) of § 301.86–3 further 

provides that the Administrator will 

publish a description of the quarantined 

area on the Plant Protection and 

Quarantine (PPQ) Web site. The 

description of the quarantined area will 

include the date the description was last 

updated and a description of the 

changes that have been made to the 

quarantined area. The description of the 

quarantined area may also be obtained 

by request from any local office of PPQ; 

local offices are listed in telephone 

directories. Finally, paragraph (a) 

establishes that, after a change is made 

to the quarantined area, we will publish 

a notice in the Federal Register 

informing the public that the change has 

occurred and describing the change to 

the quarantined area. 

Therefore, we are publishing this 

notice to inform the public of changes 

to the PCN quarantined areas in 

Bonneville and Bingham Counties in the 

State of Idaho. The changes are as 

follows: 

• In 2011, we added 15,044 acres and 

removed 667 acres, resulting in 14,641 

acres regulated, of which 1,467 acres 

were infested; 

• In 2012, we added 4,356 acres and 

removed 5,363 acres, resulting in 14,740 

acres regulated, of which 1,915 acres 

were infested; 

• In 2013, we added 688 acres and 

removed 4,651 acres, resulting in 10,774 

acres regulated, of which 2,300 acres 

were infested; 

• In 2014, we added 1,315 acres and 

removed 2,094 acres, resulting in 7,734 

acres regulated of which 2,897 acres 

were infested; and 

• In 2015, we added 2,586 acres and 

removed 321 acres, resulting in 9,999 

acres regulated, of which 2,897 acres 

were infested. 

The current map of the quarantined 

area can be viewed on the PPQ Web site 

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

health/plant_pest_info/potato/ 

pcn.shtml. 

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

7786; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 12th day of 

September 2016. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2016–22328 Filed 9–15–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2016–0049] 

Notice of Availability of a Treatment 

Evaluation Document; Cold Treatment 

of Grapefruit From Australia 

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 determined that it is 

warranted to amend cold treatment 

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