Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 81 / Tuesday, April 28, 2015 / Notices 23497 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion; Recordkeeping. 

Total Burden Hours: 37,107. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–09774 Filed 4–27–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2015–0012] 

Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk 

Analysis for the Importation of Fresh 

Pitahaya From Israel Into the 

Continental 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 risk 

analysis that evaluates the risks 

associated with importation of fresh 

pitahaya fruit from Israel into the 

continental United States. Based on the 

analysis, we have determined 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 pitahaya from Israel. 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 29, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/#!docket

Detail;D=APHIS-2015-0012. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2015–0012, 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-2015-0012 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. 

Richard Schading, Regulatory Policy 

Specialist, Regulatory Coordination and 

Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737– 

1231; (301) 851–2045. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

regulations in ‘‘Subpart–Fruits and 

Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56–1 through 

319.56–71, referred to below as the 

regulations), 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 plant pests from being 

introduced into or disseminated within 

the United States. 

Section 319.56–4 contains a 

performance-based process for 

approving the importation of certain 

fruits and vegetables 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 

national plant protection organization 

(NPPO) of Israel to allow the 

importation of fresh pitahaya fruit into 

the continental United States. As part of 

our evaluation of Israel’s request, we 

have prepared a pest risk assessment 

(PRA) to identify pests of quarantine 

significance that could follow the 

pathway of importation into the 

continental United States from Israel. 

Based on the PRA, a risk management 

document (RMD) was prepared to 

identify phytosanitary measures that 

could be applied to the pitahaya to 

mitigate the pest risk. We have 

concluded that fresh pitahaya fruit can 

be safely imported from Israel to the 

continental United States using one or 

more of the five designated 

phytosanitary measures listed in 

§ 319.56–4(b). These measures are: 

• The pitahaya must be imported as 

commercial consignments only; 

• Each consignment of pitahaya must 

be accompanied by a phytosanitary 

certificate issued by the NPPO of Israel; 

and 

• Each consignment of pitahaya is 

subject to inspection upon arrival at the 

port of entry to the United States. 

Therefore, in accordance with 

§ 319.56–4(c), we are announcing the 

availability of our PRA and RMD for 

public review and comment. The 

documents 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 PRA and RMD by 

calling or writing to the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. Please refer to the subject of 

the 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 

pitahaya fruit from Israel in a 

subsequent notice. If the overall 

conclusions of our analysis and the 

Administrator’s determination of risk 

remain unchanged following our 

consideration of the comments, then we 

will authorize the importation of fresh 

pitahaya fruit from Israel into the 

continental United States subject to the 

requirements specified in the RMD. 

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 22nd day of 

April 2015. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–09834 Filed 4–27–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2013–0047] 

U.S. Department of Agriculture 

Stakeholder Workshop on Coexistence 

ACTION: Notice; reopening of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: We are reopening the 

comment period for issues and 

proposals discussed during the 

workshop on agricultural coexistence 

that was held on March 12–13, 2015. 

This action will allow interested 

persons additional time to prepare and 

submit comments. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

notice published on February 3, 2015 

(80 FR 5729) and extended in a notice 

published on March 30, 2015 (80 FR 

16621) is reopened. We will consider all 

comments that we receive on or before 

May 11, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/#!docket

Detail;D=APHIS-2013-0047. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2013–0047, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 


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