Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 164 / Wednesday, August 25, 2010 / Notices 52305 

comment refers to Docket No. APHIS2010-0061. 

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 B. Lamb, Import Specialist, PPQ, 

APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, 

Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 734- 

0627. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under the regulations in ‘‘Subpart— 

Regulated Articles From Hawaii and the 

Territories’’ (7 CFR 318.13-1 through 

318.13-26, 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 interstate 

movement of fruits and vegetables into 

the United States from Hawaii, Puerto 

Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and 

the Commonwealth of the Northern 

Mariana Islands to prevent plant pests 

and noxious weeds from being 

introduced into and spread within the 

continental United States. (The 

continental United States is defined in 

§ 318.13-2 of the regulations as the 48 

contiguous States, Alaska, and the 

District of Columbia.) 

Section 318.13-4 contains a 

performance-based process for 

approving the interstate movement 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 and vegetables are 

inspected in the State of origin or in the 

first State of arrival; 

∑ The fruits and vegetables originated 

from a pest-free area in the State of 

origin and the grower from which the 

fruit or vegetable originated has entered 

into a compliance agreement with the 

Administrator; 

∑ The fruits and vegetables are treated 

in accordance with 7 CFR part 305 and 

the treatment is certified by an 

inspector; 

∑ The fruits and vegetables articles are 

inspected and certified in the State of 

origin by an inspector and have been 

found free of one or more specific 

quarantine pests identified by risk 

analysis as likely to follow the pathway; 

∑ The fruits and vegetables are moved 

as commercial consignments only; and/ 

or 

∑ The fruits and vegetables may be 

distributed only within a defined area 

and the boxes or containers in which 

the fruits or vegetables are distributed 

must be marked to indicate the 

applicable distribution restrictions. 

APHIS received a request from the 

Hawaii Department of Agriculture to 

allow the interstate movement of fresh 

guava fruit from Hawaii to the 

continental United States. We have 

completed a pest list to identify pests of 

quarantine significance that could 

follow the pathway of interstate 

movement into the continental United 

States and, based on that pest list, have 

prepared a risk management analysis to 

identify phytosanitary measures that 

could be applied to the commodity to 

mitigate the pest risk. We have 

concluded that guavas can be safely 

moved from Hawaii to the continental 

United States using one or more of the 

six designated phytosanitary measures 

listed in § 318.13-4(b). Therefore, in 

accordance with § 318.13-4(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 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 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 the comments we 

receive, we will announce our decision 

regarding the interstate movement of 

guavas from Hawaii to the continental 

United States 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 allowing the interstate 

movement of guavas from Hawaii to the 

continental United States subject to the 

requirements specified in the risk 

management document. 

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

7786; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 18th day 

of August 2010. 

Kevin Shea 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–21129 Filed 8–24–10: 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–S 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS-2010-0059] 

Notice of Availability of a Treatment 

Evaluation Document 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that we have determined that it is 

necessary to revise a treatment schedule 

in the Plant Protection and Quarantine 

Treatment Manual and to retain the 

current treatment schedule with a 

different treatment number. We have 

prepared a treatment evaluation 

document that discusses the existing 

treatment schedule, describes the new 

treatment schedule, and explains why 

these change are necessary. We are 

making the treatment evaluation 

document available to the public for 

review and comment. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before October 25, 

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=APHIS2010-0059) 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-2010-0059, 

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. APHIS2010-0059. 

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, 


srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES
52306 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 164 / Wednesday, August 25, 2010 / Notices 

aThe 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. 

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: Dr. 

Inder P. S. Gadh, Senior Risk Manager– 

Treatments, Regulations, Permits, and 

Manuals, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road 

Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; 

(301) 734-8758. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The regulations in 7 CFR chapter III 

are intended, among other things, to 

prevent the introduction or 

dissemination of plant pests and 

noxious weeds into or within the United 

States. Under the regulations, certain 

plants, fruits, vegetables, and other 

articles must be treated before they may 

be moved into the United States or 

interstate. The phytosanitary treatments 

regulations contained in part 305 of 7 

CFR chapter III (referred to below as the 

regulations) 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.a

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 T314-a, which 

provides a heat treatment schedule for 

ash logs, including firewood, and all 

hardwood firewood that are moved from 

emerald ash borer quarantined areas. 

We have also determined that it is 

necessary to retain the current T314-a as 

a general treatment for various wood 

pests (rather than just emerald ash 

borer); we would redesignate this 

treatment schedule as T314-c in the 

Treatment Manual. 

The reasons for these changes are 

described in a treatment evaluation 

document we have prepared to support 

this action. The treatment evaluation 

document 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 

treatment evaluation document by 

calling or writing to the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. Please refer to the subject of 

the treatment evaluation document 

when requesting copies. 

After reviewing the comments we 

receive, we will announce our decision 

regarding the changes to the Treatment 

Manual that are described in the 

treatment evaluation document in a 

subsequent notice. If our determination 

that it is necessary to revise T314-a and 

add a new T314–c remains unchanged 

following our consideration of the 

comments, then we will make available 

a new version of the PPQ Treatment 

Manual that reflects the revision of 

T314-a and the addition of T314-c. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 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 18th day 

of August 2010. 

Kevin Shea 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–21131 Filed 8–24–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Alaska Region Amendment 80 

Permits and Reports. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0565. 

Form Number(s): NA. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

(extension of a currently approved 

information collection). 

Number of Respondents: 38. 

Average Hours per Response: 

Applications for cooperative quota 

share, for cooperative and cooperative 

quota permit, and for limited access 

fishery permit, 2 hours; applications to 

transfer quota share and cooperative 

quota, 2 hours; annual cooperative 

report, 25 hours; appeals, 4 hours. 

Burden Hours: 155. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. Amendment 80 

to the Fishery Management Plan for 

Groundfish of the Bering Sea and 

Aleutian Islands Management Area 

(BSAI FMP), primarily allocates BSAI 

non-pollock trawl groundfish fisheries 

among fishing sectors and facilitates the 

formation of harvesting cooperatives in 

the head-and-gut trawl catcher/ 

processor sector. Sector allocations and 

associated cooperatives allow 

participants to focus less on harvest rate 

maximization and more on optimizing 

their harvest. This, in turn, allows a 

reduction in unwanted incidental catch, 

improved retention, improved 

utilization, and improved economic 

health of the head-and-gut trawl 

catcher/processor sector. Amendment 

80 established a limited access privilege 

program for the non-American Fisheries 

Act trawl catcher/processor sector. 

The Amendment 80 permits and 

reports collection provides participants 

with a management system that allows 

for improved efficiency by providing an 

environment in which, revenues can be 

increased and operating costs can be 

reduced. Depending on the magnitude 

of these potential efficiency gains and 

the costs of bycatch reduction, increases 

in efficiency could be used to cover the 

costs of bycatch reduction measures or 

provide additional benefits to 

participants. 

Licenses and vessels used to qualify 

for the Amendment 80 Program (either 

to be included in the non-AFA trawl 

catcher/processor sector or to be used in 

Amendment 80 cooperative formation) 

are restricted from being used outside of 

the Amendment 80 sector, except that 

any eligible vessel authorized to fish 

pollock under the AFA would still be 

authorized to fish under this statute. 

Fishery participants that join a 

cooperative receive an exclusive harvest 

privilege not subject to harvest by other 

vessel operators; may consolidate 

fishing operations on a specific vessel or 

subset of vessels, thereby reducing 

monitoring and enforcement and other 

operational costs; and harvest fish in a 

more economically efficient and less 

wasteful manner. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Frequency: Annually and on occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, 

(202) 395–3897. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 


srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES