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1The Treatment Manual is available 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. 

2To view the rule and supporting documents, 

including the environmental assessment, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=

APHIS-2011-0060. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 23rd day of 

January 2014. . 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–01758 Filed 1–29–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2013–0095] 

Notice of Availability of a Treatment 

Evaluation Document for Methyl 

Bromide Treatment for Kumquat 

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 

necessary to immediately add to the 

Plant Protection and Quarantine 

Treatment Manual a treatment schedule 

for methyl bromide fumigation of 

kumquats to control certain fruit flies. 

We have prepared a treatment 

evaluation document that describes the 

new treatment schedule and explains 

why we have determined that it is 

effective at neutralizing fruit flies. We 

are making this treatment evaluation 

document available to the public for 

review and comment. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before March 31, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

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

Detail;D=APHIS-2013-0095-0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2013–0095, 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-2013-0095 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. 

Marc Phillips, Senior Regulatory Policy 

Specialist with Regulations, Permits and 

Manuals, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road 

Unit 135, Riverdale, MD 20737–1236; 

(301) 851–2114. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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.1

Section 305.3 sets out a process for 

adding, revising, or removing treatment 

schedules in the PPQ Treatment 

Manual. In that section, paragraph (b) 

sets out the process for adding, revising, 

or removing treatment schedules when 

there is an immediate need to make a 

change. The circumstances in which an 

immediate need exists are described in 

§ 305.3(b)(1). They are: 

• PPQ has determined that an 

approved treatment schedule is 

ineffective at neutralizing the targeted 

plant pest(s). 

• PPQ has determined that, in order 

to neutralize the targeted plant pest(s), 

the treatment schedule must be 

administered using a different process 

than was previously used. 

• PPQ has determined that a new 

treatment schedule is effective, based on 

efficacy data, and that ongoing trade in 

a commodity or commodities may be 

adversely impacted unless the new 

treatment schedule is approved for use. 

• The use of a treatment schedule is 

no longer authorized by the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency or by 

any other Federal entity. 

We have determined that a new 

methyl bromide fumigation treatment 

schedule to control the fruit flies 

Ceratitis capitata and Anastrepha 

fraterculus on kumquat (Fortunella 

japonica) is effective, and we have 

determined that ongoing trade in 

kumquat will be adversely impacted 

unless the new treatment is approved 

for use. 

On July 10, 2013, we published in the 

Federal Register (78 FR 41259–41265, 

Docket No. APHIS–2011–0060) a rule 2

to amend the regulations to allow the 

importation of several species of fresh 

citrus and Citrus hybrids (‘‘citrus fruit’’), 

including kumquat, from Uruguay into 

the continental United States under 

certain conditions. Under § 319.56–59, 

citrus fruit other than lemons must be 

treated in accordance with part 305, and 

lemons may be imported without 

treatment if harvested green between 

May 15 and August 31; otherwise, 

lemons must be treated as well. 

Currently, there are cold treatment 

schedules listed in the PPQ Treatment 

Manual to mitigate the risk of fruit flies 

on many citrus varieties, but there is 

currently no treatment available for 

kumquat from Uruguay. 

Therefore, in accordance with 

§ 305.3(b)(2), we have determined that it 

is necessary to immediately add a new 

treatment schedule for kumquat in the 

PPQ Treatment Manual. Based on 

existing treatments of several citrus 

commodities to control C. capitata and 

A. fraterculus, we are adding a new 

treatment schedule, T101-n-3, to treat 

kumquat for C. capitata and A. 

fraterculus when imported into the 

United States from countries that are 

authorized to export kumquat to the 

United States. The addition of the 

methyl bromide treatment for kumquat 

will ensure adequate quarantine 

security from fruit flies, and resolve the 

inconsistency inherent in § 319.56–59 

that lists kumquat as a fruit that may be 

imported into the continental United 

States if treated in accordance with part 

305 for C. capitata and A. fraterculus. 

This treatment schedule will be listed 

in a separate section of the PPQ 

Treatment Manual, which will indicate 

that T101-n-3 was added through the 

immediate process described in 

§ 305.3(b) and that is subject to change 

or removal based on public comment. 

The reasons for this revision 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. 

We are also announcing that we have 

prepared a finding of no significant 

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impact (FONSI) for this action. The 

FONSI, which is based on the 

environmental assessment (EA) 

prepared for the rulemaking that led to 

our July 2013 final rule, documents our 

conclusion that the importation of 

kumquats from Uruguay under the 

conditions prescribed in our July 2013 

final rule, including treatment in 

accordance with the PPQ Treatment 

Manual, will not have a significant 

impact on the quality of the human 

environment. 

The EA and FONSI were 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). 

After reviewing the comments we 

receive, we will announce our decision 

regarding the new treatment schedule 

that is described in the TED in a 

subsequent notice, in accordance with 

paragraph (b)(3) of § 305.3. If we do not 

receive any comments, or the comments 

we receive do not change our 

determination that the treatment is 

effective, we will affirm the treatment 

schedule’s addition to the PPQ 

Treatment Manual and make available a 

new version of the PPQ Treatment 

Manual in which T101-n-3 is listed in 

the main body of the manual. If we 

receive comments that lead us to 

determine that T101-n-3 needs to be 

changed or removed, we will make 

available a new version of the PPQ 

Treatment Manual that reflects the 

changes to or the removal of treatment 

schedule T101-n-3. 

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 23rd day of 

January 2014. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–01761 Filed 1–29–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Forestry Research Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Forestry Research 

Advisory Council (FRAC) will meet in 

Washington, DC. The Council is 

required by Section 1441 of the 

Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 to 

provide advice to the Secretary of 

Agriculture on accomplishing efficiently 

the purposes of the Act of October 10, 

1962 (16 U.S.C. 582a, et seq.), 

commonly known as the McIntireStennis Act of 1962. The Council also 

provides advice relative to the Forest 

Service research program, authorized by 

the Forest and Rangeland Renewable 

Resources Research Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 

95–307, 92 Stat. 353, as amended; 16 

U.S.C. 1600 (note)). The meeting is open 

to the public. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

February 20 and 21, 2014, from 8:30 

a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Forest Service International 

Programs office located at 1 Thomas 

Circle, Suite 400, Washington, DC. 

Written comments may be submitted as 

described under Supplementary 

Information. All comments, including 

names and addresses, when provided, 

are placed in the record and available 

for public inspection and copying. The 

public may inspect comments received 

at the USDA Forest Service— 

Washington Office. Visitors are 

encouraged to call ahead at 202–205– 

1665 to facilitate entry into the USDA 

Forest Service building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daina Apple, USDA Forest Service, 

Office of the Deputy Chief for Research 

and Development, by phone at 202– 

205–1665. Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

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

between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., 

Eastern Standard Time, Monday 

through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the meeting is to discuss 

current and emerging forestry and 

natural resource research issues. The 

discussion is limited to the Forest 

Service, National Institute of Food and 

Agriculture staff and Council members; 

however, persons who wish to bring 

forestry research matters to the attention 

of the Council may file written 

statements with the Council staff before 

or after the meeting. Written comments 

concerning this meeting should be 

addressed to Daina Apple, Designated 

Federal Officer, Forestry Research 

Advisory Council, USDA Forest Service, 

Office of Research and Development, 

Mail Stop 1120, 1400 Independence 

Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20250–1120, 

by February 14, 2014. Comments may 

also be sent via fascimile to 202–205– 

1530. 

Meeting Accommodations: If you 

require sign language interpreting, 

assistive listening devices or other 

reasonable accommodation, please 

request this in advance of the meeting 

by contacting the person listed in the 

section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. All reasonable 

accommodations requests are managed 

on a case-by-case basis. 

Dated: January 23, 2014. 

Carlos Rodriguez-Franco, 

Associate Deputy Chief, for Research and 

Development. 

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