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AHS into the United States. Equids from 

countries where AHS exists are eligible 

for importation into the United States 

only after undergoing a 60-day 

quarantine. 

The regulations in 9 CFR part 92, 

§ 92.2, contain requirements for 

requesting the recognition of the animal 

health status of a region or for the 

approval of the export of a particular 

type of animal or animal product to the 

United States from a foreign region. If, 

after review and evaluation of the 

information submitted in support of the 

request the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS) believes the 

request can be safely granted, APHIS 

will make its evaluation available for 

public comment through a notice 

published in the Federal Register. 

Following the close of the comment 

period, APHIS will review all comments 

received and will make a final 

determination regarding the request that 

will be detailed in another notice 

published in the Federal Register. 

In March 2009, the Government of 

Saudi Arabia submitted documentation 

to APHIS seeking recognition of the 

entire country of Saudi Arabia as a 

region free of AHS. In response to Saudi 

Arabia’s request, APHIS evaluated the 

risk of introducing AHS into the United 

States via the importation of equids 

from Saudi Arabia in accordance with 9 

CFR part 92. Based on this evaluation, 

APHIS concluded that AHS is not 

known to be present in Saudi Arabia 

and that the surveillance, prevention, 

and control measures implemented by 

Saudi Arabia are sufficient to minimize 

the likelihood of introducing AHS into 

the United States via imports of equids. 

Therefore, in accordance with 

§ 92.2(e), we are announcing the 

availability of our evaluation of the AHS 

status of Saudi Arabia for public review 

and comment. The evaluation may be 

viewed on the Regulations.gov Web site 

or in our reading room. (Instructions for 

accessing Regulations.gov and 

information on the location and hours of 

the reading room are provided under the 

heading ADDRESSES at the beginning of 

this notice.) The evaluation, as well as 

the information evaluated, may also be 

viewed at https://web01.aphis.usda.gov/ 

db/mtaddr.nsf/WebView?OpenView. 

After reviewing any comments we 

receive, we will announce our decision 

regarding the disease status of Saudi 

Arabia with respect to AHS and the 

import status of susceptible animals in 

a subsequent notice. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1622 and 8301–8317; 

21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 

CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 6th day of 

June 2014. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–13786 Filed 6–11–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0029] 

Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk 

Analysis for Interstate Movement of 

Fresh Achachairu ́ Fruit From Puerto 

Rico 

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 (PRA) that evaluates the risks 

associated with the interstate movement 

into the continental United States of 

fresh achachairu ́ fruit from Puerto Rico. 

Based on that analysis, we believe 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 interstate 

movement of achachairu ́ from Puerto 

Rico. We are making the PRA available 

to the public for review and comment. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before August 11, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0029. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2014–0029, 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-2014-0029 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. 

David Lamb, Senior Regulatory Policy 

Specialist, Regulatory Coordination and 

Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737– 

1231; (301) 851–2103. 

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 

(USDA) 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 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 a 

grower and research scientist with the 

Puerto Rico Department of Agriculture, 

with support from the USDA 

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Puerto Rico State Plant Health Director’s 

office, to allow the interstate movement 

of fresh achachairu ́ fruit from Puerto 

Rico to the continental United States. 

We have completed a pest risk 

assessment (PRA) to identify pests of 

quarantine significance that could 

follow the pathway of interstate 

movement into the continental United 

States and, based on that PRA, have 

prepared a risk management document 

(RMD) to identify phytosanitary 

measures that could be applied to the 

commodity to mitigate the pest risk. We 

have concluded that fresh achachairu ́

fruit can be safely moved from Puerto 

Rico 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 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 

instructions for accessing 

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 documents when 

requesting copies. 

After reviewing the comments we 

receive, we will announce our decision 

regarding the interstate movement of 

fresh achachairu ́ fruit from Puerto Rico 

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 fresh achachairu ́ fruit from 

Puerto Rico to the continental United 

States subject to the requirements 

specified in the RMD. 

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

7786; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 6th day of 

June 2014. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–13781 Filed 6–11–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0008] 

Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk 

Analysis for the Importation of Fresh 

Figs From Mexico 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 list and 

risk management document regarding 

the risks associated with the 

importation into the continental United 

States of fresh figs from Mexico. Based 

on these documents, 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 

or noxious weeds via the importation of 

fresh figs from Mexico. We are making 

the documents available to the public 

for review and comment. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before August 11, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0008. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2014–0008, 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-2014-0008 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, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737– 

1231; (301) 851–2114. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under the regulations in ‘‘Subpart— 

Fruits and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56– 

1 through 319.56–68, 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 

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 Mexico to allow the 

importation of fresh figs (Ficus carica) 

into the continental United States. We 

have completed a pest list for this 

commodity to identify pests of 

quarantine significance that could 

follow the pathway of importation into 

the continental United States and, based 

on this list, have prepared a risk 

management document to identify 

phytosanitary measures that could be 

applied to fresh figs from Mexico to 

mitigate the pest risk. We have 

concluded that fresh figs can be safely 

imported into the continental United 

States from Mexico using one or more 

of the five designated phytosanitary 

measures listed in § 319.56–4(b). These 

measures are: 

• The figs may be imported into the 

continental United States in commercial 

consignments only. 

• The figs must be irradiated in 

accordance with 7 CFR part 305 with a 

minimum absorbed dose of 150 Gy. 

• If the irradiation treatment is 

applied outside the United States, each 

consignment of fruit must be jointly 

inspected by APHIS and the national 

plant protection organization (NPPO) of 

Mexico and accompanied by a 

phytosanitary certificate (PC) attesting 

that the fruit received the required 

irradiation treatment. The PC must also 

include an additional declaration stating 

that the consignment was inspected and 

found free of Maconellicoccus hirsutus 

and Nipaecoccus viridis. 

• If the irradiation treatment is 

applied upon arrival in the United 

States, each consignment of fruit must 

be inspected by the NPPO of Mexico 

prior to departure and accompanied by 

a PC attesting that the fruit was 

inspected and found free of 

Maconellicoccus hirsutus and 

Nipaecoccus viridis. 

• The commodity is subject to 

inspection at the U.S. port of entry. 

Therefore, we are announcing the 

availability of our pest list and risk 


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