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requirements specified in the risk 

management document. 

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 3rd day 

of February 2010. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2782 Filed 2–8–10; 7:26 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS-2010-0003] 

Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk 

Analysis for the Importation of Fresh 

Male Summer Squash Flowers From 

Israel 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 of fresh 

male summer squash flowers from Israel 

into the continental United States. 

Based on that analysis, we have 

concluded that the application of one or 

more designated phytosanitary 

measures will be sufficient to mitigate 

the pest risk. 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 April 12, 

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=APHIS2010-0003) to submit or view comments 

and to view supporting and related 

materials available electronically. 

∑ Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Please send two copies of your comment 

to Docket No. APHIS-2010-0003, 

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. APHIS2010-0003. 

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. 

Donna L. West, Senior Import 

Specialist, Regulatory Coordination and 

Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737; 

(301) 734-0627. 

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. 

These measures are: 

∑ The fruits or vegetables are subject 

to inspection upon arrival in the United 

States and comply with all applicable 

provisions of § 319.56-3; 

∑ The fruits or vegetables are 

imported from a pest-free area in the 

country of origin that meets the 

requirements of § 319.56-5 for freedom 

from that pest and are accompanied by 

a phytosanitary certificate stating that 

the fruits or vegetables originated in a 

pest-free area in the country of origin; 

∑ The fruits or vegetables are treated 

in accordance with 7 CFR part 305; 

∑ The fruits or vegetables are 

inspected in the country of origin by an 

inspector or an official of the national 

plant protection organization of the 

exporting country, and have been found 

free of one or more specific quarantine 

pests identified by the risk analysis as 

likely to follow the import pathway; 

and/or 

∑ The fruits or vegetables are a 

commercial consignment. 

APHIS received a request from the 

Government of Israel to allow the 

importation of fresh male summer 

squash flowers, Cucurbita pepo L. into 

the continental United States. Currently, 

fresh male summer squash flowers are 

not authorized for entry from Israel. We 

completed a pest risk assessment to 

identify pests of quarantine significance 

that could follow the pathway of 

importation if such imports were to be 

allowed. Based on the pest risk 

assessment, we then completed a risk 

management document to identify 

phytosanitary measures that could be 

applied to mitigate the risks of 

introducing or disseminating the 

identified pests via the importation of 

fresh male summer squash flowers from 

Israel. We have concluded that fresh 

male summer squash flowers can safely 

be imported into the continental United 

States from Israel using one or more of 

the five designated phytosanitary 

measures listed in § 319.56-4(b). 

Therefore, in accordance with § 319.56- 

4(c), we are announcing the availability 

of our pest risk analysis for public 

review and comment. The 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 analyses by calling 

or writing to the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Please 

refer to the subject of the analysis that 

you wish to review when requesting 

copies. 

After reviewing any comments we 

receive, we will announce our decision 

regarding the import status of fresh male 

summer squash flowers from Israel 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 issuing permits for the 

importation of fresh male summer 

squash flowers from Israel into the 

continental United States subject to the 

requirements specified in the risk 

management document. 

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 3rd day 

of February 2010. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2784 Filed 2–8–10; 7:27 am] 

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