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risk analysis and other relevant data, 

APHIS has prepared an environmental 

assessment (EA) concerning the field 

testing of the following unlicensed 

veterinary biological product: 

Requester: U.S. Geological Survey, 

National Wildlife Health Center. 

Product: Yersinia Pestis Vaccine, Live 

Raccoon Poxvirus Vector. 

Possible Field Test Locations: 

Arizona, Colorado, Montana, New 

Mexico, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and 

Wyoming. 

The above-mentioned product 

consists of a live recombinant raccoon 

poxvirus vector expressing two Yersinia 

pestis proteins. The vaccine is for the 

oral vaccination of certain wildlife 

species, specifically free-ranging prairie 

dogs, as an aid in the prevention and 

control of sylvatic plague. 

The EA has been prepared in 

accordance with: (1) The National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 

seq.), (2) regulations of the Council on 

Environmental Quality for 

implementing the procedural provisions 

of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500–1508), (3) 

USDA regulations implementing NEPA 

(7 CFR part 1b), and (4) APHIS’ NEPA 

Implementing Procedures (7 CFR part 

372). 

Unless substantial issues with adverse 

environmental impacts are raised in 

response to this notice, APHIS intends 

to issue a finding of no significant 

impact (FONSI) based on the EA and 

authorize shipment of the above product 

for the initiation of field tests following 

the close of the comment period for this 

notice. 

Because the issues raised by field 

testing and by issuance of a license are 

identical, APHIS has concluded that the 

EA that is generated for field testing 

would also be applicable to the 

proposed licensing action. Provided that 

the field test data support the 

conclusions of the original EA and the 

issuance of a FONSI, APHIS does not 

intend to issue a separate EA and FONSI 

to support the issuance of the product 

license, and would determine that an 

environmental impact statement need 

not be prepared. APHIS intends to issue 

a veterinary biological product license 

for this vaccine following completion of 

the field test provided no adverse 

impacts on the human environment are 

identified and provided the product 

meets all other requirements for 

licensing. 

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 151–159. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 15th day of 

April 2013. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–09144 Filed 4–17–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2012–0053] 

Importation of Fresh Oranges and 

Tangerines From Egypt Into the 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 

associated with oranges and tangerines 

from Egypt that identifies pests of 

concern. Subsequently, we prepared a 

commodity import evaluation document 

to determine the risk posed by peach 

fruit fly in oranges and tangerines from 

Egypt. Based on that evaluation, we 

have concluded that the application of 

one or more designated phytosanitary 

measures will be sufficient to mitigate 

the pest risk. In addition, we are 

advising the public that we have 

prepared a treatment evaluation 

document that describes a new 

treatment schedule that can be used to 

neutralize peach fruit fly and 

Mediterranean fruit fly in oranges and 

tangerines. We are making the pest list, 

commodity import evaluation 

document, and treatment evaluation 

document available to the public for 

review and comment. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before June 17, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2012-0053- 

0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2012–0053, 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–2012–0053 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. 

Tony Roma`n, Import Specialist, PPQ, 

APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 156, 

Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–2242. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under the regulations in ‘‘Subpart– 

Fruits and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56– 

1 through 319.56–58), 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 the introduction and 

dissemination of plant pests that are 

new to or not widely distributed 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. 

Oranges (Citrus sinensis) from Egypt 

were approved to be imported into the 

United States in 1969, subject to cold 

treatment for Mediterranean fruit fly 

(Ceratitis capitata); however, imports of 

oranges from Egypt were suspended in 

July 2002 due to the establishment of 

peach fruit fly (Bactrocera zonata), 

which is also a pest of citrus in Egypt. 

Currently, the importation of fresh 

oranges and tangerines (Citris reticulata) 

from Egypt is not authorized. We 

received a request from the national 

plant protection organization (NPPO) of 

Egypt to consider the use of cold 

treatment to mitigate for peach fruit fly 

in oranges and tangerines (including 

mandarins and clementines) based on 

new treatment data the NPPO 

developed. We determined that cold 

treatment can be effective for this pest. 

Because of the time that had passed 

since importation of oranges from Egypt 

was suspended, APHIS prepared a pest 

list to identify pests of quarantine 

significance that could follow the 

pathway of importation of oranges and 

tangerines from Egypt. Based on the pest 

list, we then completed a commodity 

import evaluation document (CIED) to 

identify phytosanitary measures that 

could be applied to mitigate the risks of 

introducing or disseminating the 

identified pests via the importation of 


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1The Treatment Manual is available on the 

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

import_export/plants/manuals/ports/downloads/ 

treatment.pdf or by contacting the Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection 

and Quarantine, Manuals Unit, 92 Thomas Johnson 

Drive, Suite 200, Frederick, MD 21702. 

oranges and tangerines from Egypt. We 

have concluded that fresh oranges and 

tangerines can safely be imported into 

the United States from Egypt using one 

or more of the five designated 

phytosanitary measures listed in 

§ 319.56–4(b). These measures are: 

• The oranges and tangerines must be 

treated in accordance with 7 CFR part 

305 for C. capitata and B. zonata; and 

• The oranges and tangerines must be 

accompanied by a phytosanitary 

certificate issued by the NPPO of Egypt 

stating that the consignment has begun 

or has undergone treatment for C. 

capitata and B. zonata in accordance 

with 7 CFR part 305, with an additional 

declaration stating that the fruit in the 

consignment was inspected and found 

free of B. zonata. 

Therefore, in accordance with 

§ 319.56–4(c), we are announcing the 

availability of our pest list and CIED for 

public review and comment. The pest 

list and CIED 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 also request paper copies of 

the pest list and CIED by calling or 

writing to the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

After reviewing any comments we 

receive, we will announce our decision 

regarding the import status of fresh 

oranges and tangerines 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 

oranges and tangerines from Egypt into 

the United States subject to the 

requirements specified in the CIED. 

New Treatment 

The phytosanitary treatments 

regulations contained in part 305 of 7 

CFR chapter III set out standards for 

treatments required in parts 301, 318, 

and 319 of 7 CFR chapter III for fruits, 

vegetables, and other articles. 

In § 305.2, paragraph (b) states that 

approved treatment schedules are set 

out in the Plant Protection and 

Quarantine (PPQ) Treatment Manual.1

Section 305.3 sets out a process for 

adding, revising, or removing treatment 

schedules in the PPQ Treatment 

Manual. In that section, paragraph (a) 

sets out the process for adding, revising, 

or removing treatment schedules when 

there is no immediate need to make a 

change. 

The PPQ Treatment Manual does not 

currently provide a treatment schedule 

for B. zonata in oranges and tangerines. 

In accordance with § 305.3(a)(1), we are 

providing notice of a new cold 

treatment schedule T107–l that we have 

determined is effective against B. zonata 

in oranges and tangerines. 

In addition to B. zonata, C. capitata 

(Medfly) is another pest of concern in 

oranges originating from Egypt. The new 

cold treatment schedule T107–l is more 

stringent than the old treatment 

schedule approved for C. capitata in 

oranges and tangerines, T107–a, and 

therefore we have determined that the 

new cold treatment schedule is also 

adequate to mitigate risks from C. 

capitata. 

The reasons for these determinations 

are described in a treatment evaluation 

document (TED) we have prepared to 

support this action. The TED may be 

viewed on the Regulations.gov Web site 

or in our reading room. You may also 

request paper copies of the TED by 

calling or writing to the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

After reviewing the comments we 

receive, we will announce our decision 

regarding the changes to the PPQ 

Treatment Manual that are described in 

the TED in a subsequent notice. If our 

determination that it is necessary to add 

new treatment schedule T107–1 remains 

unchanged following our consideration 

of the comments, then we will make 

available a new version of the PPQ 

Treatment Manual that reflects the 

addition of T107–l. 

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 15th day of 

April 2013. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–09146 Filed 4–17–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2011–0072] 

Plants for Planting Whose Importation 

Is Not Authorized Pending Pest Risk 

Analysis; Notice of Addition of Taxa of 

Plants for Planting To List of Taxa 

Whose Importation Is Not Authorized 

Pending Pest Risk Analysis 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that we are adding 31 taxa of plants for 

planting that are quarantine pests and 

107 taxa of plants for planting that are 

hosts of 13 quarantine pests to our lists 

of taxa of plants for planting whose 

importation is not authorized pending 

pest risk analysis. A previous notice 

made data sheets that detailed the 

scientific evidence we evaluated in 

making the determination that the taxa 

are quarantine pests or hosts of 

quarantine pests available to the public 

for review and comment. This notice 

responds to the comments we received 

and makes available final versions of the 

data sheets, with changes in response to 

comments. 

DATES: Effective Date: May 20, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Arnold Tschanz, Senior Regulatory 

Policy Specialist, Plants for Planting 

Policy, RPM, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737– 

1236; (301) 851–2018. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under the regulations in ‘‘Subpart— 

Plants for Planting’’ (7 CFR 319.37 

through 319.37–14, referred to below as 

the regulations), the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of 

the U.S. Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) prohibits or restricts the 

importation of plants for planting 

(including living plants, plant parts, 

seeds, and plant cuttings) to prevent the 

introduction of quarantine pests into the 

United States. Quarantine pest is 

defined in § 319.37–1 as a plant pest or 

noxious weed that is of potential 

economic importance to the United 

States and not yet present in the United 

States, or present but not widely 

distributed and being officially 

controlled. 

In a final rule published in the 

Federal Register on May 27, 2011 (76 

FR 31172–31210, Docket No. APHIS– 

2006–0011), and effective on June 27, 


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