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Regulations authorized by the PPA 

concerning the importation of fruits and 

vegetables into the United States from 

certain parts of the world are contained 

in ‘‘Subpart-Fruits and Vegetables’’ (7 

CFR 319.56–1 through 319.5650). 

Under these regulations, clementines 

from Spain are subject to certain 

conditions before entering the United 

States to ensure that exotic plant pests, 

such as the Mediterranean fruit fly, are 

not introduced into the United States. 

The regulations require the use of 

information collection activities 

including a trust fund agreement, 

grower registration and agreement, a 

Mediterranean fruit fly management 

program, fruit fly trapping and control 

activities, recordkeeping, a 

phytosanitary certificate, and box 

labeling. 

We are asking the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve our use of these information 

collection activities for an additional 3 

years. 

The purpose of this notice is to solicit 

comments from the public (as well as 

affected agencies) concerning our 

information collection. These comments 

will help us: 

(1) Evaluate whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the burden of the collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(4) Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, through use, as 

appropriate, of automated, electronic, 

mechanical, and other collection 

technologies; e.g., permitting electronic 

submission of responses. 

Estimate of burden: The public 

reporting burden for this collection of 

information is estimated to average 

0.0032364 hours per response. 

Respondents: National plant health 

officials of Spain and growers and 

shippers of clementines. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 4,509. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 434.54281. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 1,958,919. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 6,340 hours. (Due to 

averaging, the total annual burden hours 

may not equal the product of the annual 

number of responses multiplied by the 

reporting burden per response.) 

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. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 25th day of 

May 2011. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2011–0039] 

Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk 

Analysis for the Importation of Fresh 

Apricot, Sweet Cherry, and Plumcot 

Fruit From South Africa 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 

apricot, sweet cherry, and plumcot fruit 

from South Africa. Based on our 

analysis, 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 

via the importation of those 

commodities from South Africa. We are 

making the pest risk analysis available 

to the public for review and comment. 

Based on the results of our analysis, we 

also determined that it is necessary to 

revise a treatment schedule in the Plant 

Protection and Quarantine Treatment 

Manual. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before August 1, 

2011. 

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=APHIS2011-0039 to submit or view comments 

and to view supporting and related 

materials available electronically. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Please send one copy of your comment 

to Docket No. APHIS–2011–0039, 

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. APHIS– 

2011–0039. 

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: Ms. 

Dorothy C. Wayson, Senior Regulatory 

Coordination Specialist, Regulations, 

Permits, and Manuals, PPQ, APHIS, 

4700 River Road, Unit 141, Riverdale, 

MD 20737; (301) 734–0772. 

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. 

APHIS received a request from the 

Government of South Africa to allow the 

importation of fresh apricot (Prunus 

armeniaca L.), sweet cherry (Prunus 

avium (L.) L., and plumcot (Prunus 

domestica × Prunus armeniaca) fruit 

from South Africa into the continental 

United States. APHIS completed a risk 

assessment to identify pests of 

quarantine significance that could 

follow the pathway of importation of 

those stone fruits. Based on that risk 

assessment, APHIS completed a risk 

management document identifying 

phytosanitary measures that could be 

applied to mitigate the possible pest 

risks. We have concluded that fresh 

apricot, sweet cherry, and plumcot fruit 

can be imported safely into the 

continental United States from South 

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1The Treatment Manual is available on the 

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

import_export/plants/manuals/index.shtml 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. 

Africa using one or more of the five 

designated phytosanitary measures 

listed in § 319.56–4(b). The specific 

measures that we would require for 

apricot, sweet cherry, and plumcot fruit 

imported from South Africa are as 

follows: 

• The fruit must be imported as a 

commercial consignment, as defined in 

§ 319.56–2. 

• Each consignment of fruit must be 

accompanied by a phytosanitary 

certificate issued by the national plant 

protection organization of South Africa. 

For apricots and plumcots only, the 

phytosanitary certificate must include 

an additional declaration stating that the 

fruit was inspected and found free of 

cinch bug (Macchiademus diplopterus). 

• Apricots and plumcots must be cold 

treated for fruit flies (Ceratitis spp.) and 

false codling moth (Thaumatotibia 

leucotreta) in accordance with 7 CFR 

part 305. 

• Sweet cherries must be cold treated 

for the Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis 

capitata) in accordance with 7 CFR part 

305. 

• Each consignment of fruit is subject 

to inspection upon arrival in the United 

States. 

Therefore, in accordance with 

§ 319.56–4(c), we are announcing the 

availability of our pest risk analysis for 

public review and comment. 

Based on the findings detailed in our 

risk management document, we are also 

updating the Plant Protection and 

Quarantine (PPQ) Treatment Manual.1

As noted above, apricots, sweet cherries, 

and plumcots imported into the 

continental United States from South 

Africa would be required to undergo 

cold treatment in accordance with 7 

CFR part 305. In § 305.2, paragraph (b) 

states that approved treatment 

schedules are set out in the PPQ 

Treatment Manual. 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 

circumstances in which an immediate 

need exists are described in 

§ 305.3(b)(1). 

In accordance with § 305.3(a)(1), we 

are providing notice that we have 

determined that it is necessary to revise 

treatment schedule T107–e, which 

provides a cold treatment schedule 

intended to prevent the spread of false 

codling moth and Natal fruit fly 

(Ceratitis rosa) via the interstate 

movement or importation of apricot, 

grape, nectarine, peach, and plum fruit. 

Our risk management document states 

that apricots and plumcots must be 

treated for false codling moth and Natal 

fruit fly, as well as the Mediterranean 

fruit fly and the Bezzi fruit fly (Ceratitis 

quinaria), using treatment schedule 

T107–e. The risk management 

document further states that although 

T107–e is not specifically approved for 

the Mediterranean or the Bezzi fruit fly, 

APHIS considers it to be an adequate 

treatment for both because it is more 

stringent than any other cold treatment 

approved for fruit flies. Moreover, 

although the hybrid plumcot is not 

listed among commodities that this 

treatment is approved for, its parent 

fruits, plum and apricot, are. APHIS has 

concluded, therefore, that plumcots can 

be effectively treated in accordance with 

T107–e to protect against the spread of 

false codling moth and of other species 

of fruit fly in addition to Natal fruit fly. 

Therefore, we have determined that 

treatment schedule T107–e can include 

plumcots among the commodities to 

which the treatment may be applied and 

the Mediterranean and the Bezzi fruit 

fly among the pests it is intended to 

eliminate. 

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 

apricot, sweet cherry, and plumcot fruit 

from South Africa and the change to the 

PPQ Treatment Manual. 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 

apricot, sweet cherry, and plumcot fruit 

from South Africa into the continental 

United States, subject to the 

requirements specified in the risk 

management document. We will also 

issue a new version of the PPQ 

Treatment Manual incorporating the 

changes to treatment schedule T107–e 

discussed above. 

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 25th day of 

May 2011. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Siskiyou Resource Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Siskiou Resource 

Advisory Committee will meet in Smith 

River, California. The committee is 

authorized under the Secure Rural 

Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act (Pub. L. 110–343) 

(the Act) and operates in compliance 

with the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act. The purpose of the committee is to 

improve collaborative relationships and 

to provide advice and recommendations 

to the Forest Service concerning projects 

and funding consistent with the title II 

of the Act. The meeting is open to the 

public. The purpose of the meeting is to 

review and recommend projects 

submitted for funding under Title II of 

The Secure Rural Schools and 

Cummunity and Self-Determination Act 

of 2000. Existing projects will be 

reviewed also. 

DATES: The meeting will be held June 

30, 2011, 830 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

Howonquet Hall Community Center, 

101 Indian Court, Smith River, CA. 

Written comments may be submitted as 

described under SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

All comments, including names and 

addresses when provided, are placed in 

the record and are available for public 

inspection and copying. The public may 

inspect comments received at Medford 

Interagency Office, 3040 Biddle Road, 

Medford, OR 97504. Please call ahead to 

541–618–2113 to facilitate entry into the 

building to view comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Virginia Gibbons, Public Affairs Officer, 

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, 

541–618–2113. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern 

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