46268 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 148 / Tuesday, August 2, 2011 / Notices 

The provisions of paragraph (a)(i) of 

the Additional U.S. Note 5, Chapter 17 

in the HTS authorize the Secretary of 

Agriculture to establish the in-quota 

TRQ amounts (expressed in terms of 

raw value) for imports of raw cane sugar 

and certain sugars, syrups, and molasses 

that may be entered under the 

subheadings of the HTS subject to the 

lower tier of duties of the TRQs for entry 

during each fiscal year. The Office of the 

U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) is 

responsible for the allocation of these 

quantities among supplying countries 

and areas. 

Section 359(k) of the Agricultural 

Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended 

requires that at the beginning of the 

quota year the Secretary of Agriculture 

establish the TRQs for raw cane sugar 

and refined sugars at the minimum 

levels necessary to comply with 

obligations under international trade 

agreements, with the exception of 

specialty sugar. 

Notice is hereby given that I have 

determined, in accordance with 

paragraph (a)(i) of the Additional U.S. 

Note 5, Chapter 17 in the HTS and 

section 359(k) of the 1938 Act, that an 

aggregate quantity of up to 1,117,195 

MTRV of raw cane sugar described in 

subheading 1701.11.10 of the HTS may 

be entered or withdrawn from 

warehouse for consumption during FY 

2012 (October 1, 2011–September 30, 

2012). This is the minimum amount to 

which the United States is committed 

under the WTO Uruguay Round 

Agreements. I have further determined 

that an aggregate quantity of 112,718 

MTRV of sugars, syrups, and molasses 

described in subheadings 1701.12.10, 

1701.91.10, 1701.99.10, 1702.90.10, and 

2106.90.44 may be entered or 

withdrawn from warehouse for 

consumption during FY 2012. Of this 

quantity of 112,718 MTRV, the quantity 

of 92,374 MTRV is reserved for the 

importation of specialty sugars as 

defined by the USTR. The total of 

112,718 MTRV includes the 22,000 

MTRV minimum level necessary to 

comply with U.S. WTO Uruguay Round 

commitments, of which 1,656 MTRV is 

reserved for specialty sugar. Because the 

specialty sugar TRQ is first-come, firstserved, tranches are needed to allow for 

orderly marketing throughout the year. 

The FY 2012 specialty sugar TRQ will 

be opened in five tranches. The first 

tranche, totaling 1,656 MTRV, will open 

October 12, 2011. All specialty sugars 

are eligible for entry under this tranche. 

The second tranche will open on 

October 26, 2011, and be equal to 33,565 

MTRV. The remaining tranches will 

each be equal to 19,051 MTRV, with the 

third opening on January 11, 2012; the 

fourth, on April 11, 2012; and the fifth, 

on July 11, 2012. The second, third, 

fourth, and fifth tranches will be 

reserved for organic sugar and other 

specialty sugars not currently produced 

commercially in the United States or 

reasonably available from domestic 

sources. 

* Conversion factor: 1 metric ton = 

1.10231125 short tons. 

Karris T. Gutter, 

Under Secretary, Acting Farm and Foreign 

Agricultural Services. 

[FR Doc. 2011–19517 Filed 8–1–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2011–0031] 

Notice of Availability of Pest Risk 

Analyses for the Importation of Fresh 

Pitaya and Pomegranates From Mexico 

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 pest risk analyses 

that evaluate the risks associated with 

the importation into the continental 

United States of fresh pitaya and 

pomegranates from Mexico. Based on 

these analyses, 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 importation of 

fresh pitaya and pomegranates from 

Mexico. We are making the pest risk 

analyses available to the public for 

review and comment. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before October 3, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!documentDetail;D=APHIS–2011– 

0031–0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2011–0031, 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–2011–0031 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) 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. 

Marc Phillips, Regulatory Policy 

Specialist, Regulations, Permits, and 

Import Manuals, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 

River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1231; (301) 734–4394. 

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. 

APHIS received requests from the 

Government of Mexico to allow the 

importation of fresh pitaya (Hylocereus 

spp.) and pomegranates (Punica 

granatum L.) into the continental 

United States. We have completed pest 

lists for these commodities to identify 

pests of quarantine significance that 

could follow the pathway of importation 

into the continental United States and, 

based on these lists, have prepared risk 

management documents to identify 

phytosanitary measures that could be 

applied to fresh pitaya and 

pomegranates from Mexico to mitigate 

the pest risk. We have concluded that 

fresh pitaya and pomegranates 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 pitaya and pomegranates may 

be imported into the continental United 

States in commercial consignments 

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• The pitaya and pomegranates 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. 

• 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. For consignments of 

pitaya, the inspection must include a 

sampling procedure mutually agreed 

upon by APHIS and the NPPO of 

Mexico. 

• For consignments of pitaya, the PC 

must also include an additional 

declaration stating that the consignment 

was inspected and found free of Milax 

spp., Dysmicoccus neobrevipes, 

Euschistus servus, Maracayia 

chlorisalis, and Planococcus minor. For 

pomegranates, the PC must also include 

an additional declaration stating that the 

consignment was inspected and found 

free of Aleyrodidae, Coccidae, and 

Pseudococcidae. 

• The commodity is subject to 

inspection at the U.S. ports of entry. 

Therefore, in accordance with 

§ 319.56–4(c), we are announcing the 

availability of our pest risk analyses for 

public review and comment. The pest 

risk analyses 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 pest risk analyses by 

calling or writing to the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. Please refer to the subject of 

the pest risk 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 

pitaya and pomegranates from Mexico 

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 authorize the importation of fresh 

pitaya and pomegranates from Mexico 

into the continental United States 

subject to the requirements specified in 

the risk management documents. 

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 28th day of 

July 2011. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–19501 Filed 8–1–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Lake Tahoe Basin Federal Advisory 

Committee (LTFAC) 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Lake Tahoe Federal 

Advisory Committee will meet in 

Incline Village, NV. This Committee, 

established by the Secretary of 

Agriculture on December 15, 1998 (64 

FR 2876), is chartered to provide advice 

to the Secretary on implementing the 

terms of the Federal Interagency 

Partnership on the Lake Tahoe Region 

and other matters raised by the 

Secretary. The meeting is open to the 

public. The purpose of the meeting is to 

provide updates on the 2011 Tahoe 

Summit held on August 16, 2011 and 

the Southern Nevada Public 

Management Act Executives meeting. 

DATES: The meeting will be held August 

23, 2011, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Tahoe Center for Environmental 

Science, 291 Country Club Drive, 

Incline Village, NV 89451. 

Written comments may be submitted 

as described under SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. All comments, including 

names and addresses when provided, 

are placed in the record and are 

available for public inspection and 

copying. The public may inspect 

comments received at Lake Tahoe Basin 

Management Unit, 35 College Drive, 

South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150. Please 

call ahead to (530) 543–2773 to facilitate 

entry into the building to view 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Arla 

Hains, Administrative Assistant to the 

Forest Supervisor, Lake Tahoe Basin 

Management Unit, (530) 543–2773, 

ashains@fs.fed.us. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

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

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern 

Standard Time, Monday through Friday. 

Requests for reasonable accommodation 

for access to the facility or proceedings 

may be made by contacting the person 

listed FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following business will be conducted: 

(1) The Southern Nevada Public Land 

Management Act Round 12 secondary 

list; (2) the role of the LTFAC in the 

future, and (3) public comment. The full 

agenda may be previewed at 

www.fs.usda.gov/goto/ltbmu/LTFAC. 

Anyone who would like to bring related 

matters to the attention of the committee 

may file written statements with the 

committee staff before or after the 

meeting. The agenda will include time 

for people to make oral statements of 

three minutes or less. Individuals 

wishing to make an oral statement 

should request in writing by August 18, 

2011 to be scheduled on the agenda. 

Written comments and requests for time 

for oral comments must be sent to 35 

College Drive, South Lake Tahoe, CA 

96150, or by e-mail to ashains@fs.fed.us, 

or via facsimile to (530) 543–2739. 

A summary of the meeting will be 

posted at http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/ 

ltbmu/LTFAC within 21 days of the 

meeting. 

Dated: July 27, 2011. 

Jeff Marsolais, 

Deputy Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. 2011–19538 Filed 8–1–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Economic Development Administration 

Notice of Petitions by Firms for 

Determination of Eligibility To Apply 

for Trade Adjustment Assistance 

AGENCY: Department of Commerce, 

Economic Development Administration 

ACTION: Notice and opportunity for 

public comment. 

Pursuant to Section 251 of the Trade 

Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2341 

et seq.), the Economic Development 

Administration (EDA) has received 

petitions for certification of eligibility to 

apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance 

from the firms listed below. 

Accordingly, EDA has initiated 

investigations to determine whether 

increased imports into the United States 

of articles like or directly competitive 

with those produced by each of these 

firms contributed importantly to the 

total or partial separation of the firm’s 

workers, or threat thereof, and to a 

decrease in sales or production of each 

petitioning firm. 


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