Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 91 / Wednesday, May 12, 2010 / Notices 26707 

1To view the notice and the comments we 

received, go to (http://www.regulations.gov/ 

fdmspublic/component/ 

main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2009-0097). 

DATES: We will consider comments that 

we receive by July 12, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

comments on this notice. In your 

comments, include date, volume, the 

OMB control Number and the title of the 

information collection and page number 

of this issue of the Federal Register. 

You may submit comments by any of 

the following methods: 

• Mail: Danny Jackson, Loan 

Specialist, USDA/FSA/FLP, STOP 0522, 

1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–0522. 

• E-mail: 

danny.jackson@wdc.usda.gov. 

• Fax: 202–720–6797. 

You may also send comments to the 

Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Washington, DC 20503. Copies of the 

information collection may be requested 

by contacting Danny Jackson at the 

above address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Danny Jackson, Loan Specialist, Farm 

Service Agency, (202) 720–0588. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: (7 CFR 764) Farm Loan 

Programs Direct Loan Making. 

OMB Number: 0560–0237. 

Expiration Date: 11/30/2010. 

Type of Request: Extension with 

revision. 

Abstract: FSA’s Farm Loan Programs 

provide loans to family farmers to 

purchase real estate and equipment, and 

finance agricultural production. Direct 

Loan Making, as specified in 7 CFR part 

764, provides the requirements 

associated with direct loans. FSA is 

required to actively supervise its 

borrowers and provide credit 

counseling, management advice, and 

financial guidance. Additionally, FSA 

must document that credit is not 

available to the borrower from 

commercial credit sources in order to 

maintain eligibility for assistance. Direct 

loan making information collection 

requirements include financial and 

production records of the operation to 

ensure that cash flow projections are 

based on actual production history, a 

loan is adequately secured, the 

applicant meets established eligibility 

requirements, and assignments on 

income and sales can be obtained when 

appropriate. 

Respondents: Individuals or 

households, businesses or other for 

profit farms. 

Estimate of Average Time to Respond: 

.52 hour. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 145,201. 

Estimated Number of Reponses per 

Respondent: 3.87. 

Total Annual Responses: 561,362. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 289,632. 

We are requesting comments on all 

aspects of this information collection 

and to help us to: 

(1) Evaluate whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of FSA, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of FSA’s 

estimate of burden including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; 

(4) Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

All comments received in response to 

this notice, including names and 

addresses when provided, will be a 

matter of public record. Comments will 

be summarized and included in the 

submission for Office of Management 

and Budget approval. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on May 5, 2010. 

Jonathan W. Coppess, 

Administrator, Farm Service Agency. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS-2009-0097] 

Notice of Decision to Issue Permits for 

the Importation of Fresh Pomegranates 

and Baby Kiwi from Chile into the 

United States 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public of 

our decision to begin issuing permits for 

the importation into the continental 

United States of fresh pomegranates and 

fresh baby kiwi from Chile. Based on the 

findings of pest risk analyses, which we 

made available to the public for review 

and comment through a previous notice, 

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 pomegranates and 

fresh baby kiwi from Chile. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 12, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information concerning pomegranates 

from Chile, contact Mr. Tony Roma ́n, 

Regulatory Policy Specialist, Regulatory 

Coordination and Compliance, PPQ, 

APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, 

Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; (301) 734- 

5820. 

For information concerning baby kiwi 

fruit from Chile, contact Mr. David B. 

Lamb, Import Specialist, Regulatory 

Coordination and Compliance, PPQ, 

APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, 

Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; (301) 734- 

0627. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

regulations in ‘‘Subpart-Fruits and 

Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56 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 of the regulations 

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. 

Under that process, APHIS publishes a 

notice in the Federal Register 

announcing the availability of the pest 

risk analysis that evaluates the risks 

associated with the importation of a 

particular fruit or vegetable. Following 

the close of the 60-day comment period, 

APHIS may begin issuing permits for 

importation of the fruit or vegetable 

subject to the identified designated 

measures if: (1) No comments were 

received on the pest risk analysis; (2) 

the comments on the pest risk analysis 

revealed that no changes to the pest risk 

analysis were necessary; or (3) changes 

to the pest risk analysis were made in 

response to public comments, but the 

changes did not affect the overall 

conclusions of the analysis and the 

Administrator’s determination of risk. 

In accordance with that process, we 

published a notice1 in the Federal 

Register on February 9, 2010 (75 FR 

6344-6345, Docket No. APHIS-2009- 

0097), in which we announced the 

availability, for review and comment, of 

two pest risk analyses that evaluate the 

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risks associated with the importation 

into the continental United States of 

fresh figs, pomegranates, and baby kiwi 

fruit from Chile. We solicited comments 

on the notice for 60 days ending on 

April 12, 2010. We received 25 

comments by that date, from port 

terminal operators, growers’ 

associations, trade associations, a 

fumigation service, a State agriculture 

department, a foreign Government 

agency, a foreign trade association, and 

several produce importers, exporters, 

and wholesalers. Most of the 

commenters agreed that the mitigation 

measures described in the pest risk 

analysis would be adequate. However, 

three commenters raised concerns about 

the pest risk analyses or proposed 

mitigation measures. These concerns are 

discussed below. 

One commenter raised several 

concerns regarding the risks associated 

with the importation of fresh figs from 

Chile. In order to give ourselves 

adequate time to explore the issues 

raised by the commenter, we are 

delaying our decision on figs and will 

address only pomegranates and baby 

kiwi from Chile in this notice. Our 

decision with respect to fresh figs from 

Chile will be announced in a later 

notice. 

Two commenters stated that APHIS 

should conduct assessments at regular 

intervals to ensure that Chilean 

pomegranates remain safe from the 

Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly). 

APHIS does not believe that this is 

necessary. We currently recognize all of 

Chile, with the exceptions of the 

provinces of Arica and Parinacota, as 

free of Medfly. Furthermore, on 

February 1, 2010, we published a notice 

in the Federal Register (75 FR 5034- 

5035, Docket No. APHIS-2009-0082) in 

which we announced our determination 

that Arica and Parinacota Provinces are 

free from Medfly and solicited 

comments on that determination. We 

received only supportive comments on 

this announcement and intend to 

proceed with a followup notice 

formalizing this determination. This 

will result in all of Chile being 

recognized as a pest-free area for 

Medfly. Until the decision is 

implemented, APHIS will allow export 

of pomegranates only from areas of 

Chile currently recognized as free of 

Medfly. Commercial consignments must 

have a phytosanitary certificate with an 

additional declaration stating that the 

fruit comes from an area found free of 

Medfly. 

The same commenter endorsed the 

use of methyl bromide as a treatment to 

mitigate the risks associated with the 

Chilean false red mite (Brevipalpis 

chilensis) but went on to suggest that 

APHIS develop a quarantine program 

that could be implemented in the event 

that pest should enter the United States. 

APHIS does not believe it is necessary 

to develop a quarantine program as a 

precautionary measure. APHIS has 

established protocols that we use to 

guide our response to incursions of new 

plant pests. 

One commenter questioned whether 

our estimate of the number of hectares 

of pomegranate production in Chile was 

accurate. The commenter stated that 

U.S. pomegranate growers had observed 

larger areas under cultivation than were 

estimated in our pest risk analysis. 

In our pest risk analysis, we stated 

that Chile had 150 hectares of 

pomegranate cultivation in zones III and 

IV, that is, in Atacama and Coquimbo 

provinces, in 2007. According to the 

Association of Chilean Exporters, Chile 

currently has 300 hectares of 

pomegranates in production at present. 

It is possible that Chile has a greater 

number of hectares under cultivation, 

but that some of those orchards are not 

yet mature and thus are not considered 

to be in production. 

Therefore, in accordance with the 

regulations in § 319.56-4(c)(2)(ii), we are 

announcing our decision to begin 

issuing permits for the importation into 

the continental United States of fresh 

pomegranates and baby kiwi from Chile 

subject to the following phytosanitary 

measures: 

∑ Each shipment of pomegranates or 

baby kiwi must be accompanied by a 

phytosanitary certificate. For shipments 

of pomegranates, the phytosanitary 

certificate must also bear the following 

additional declaration: ‘‘The 

pomegranates in this consignment 

originated in an area free of 

Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis 

capitata).’’ The phytosanitary certificate 

or phytosanitary certificate with 

additional declaration must be issued by 

the national plant protection 

organization of Chile. 

∑ The shipment must be fumigated 

with methyl bromide using treatment 

schedule T-101-i-2-1 in accordance with 

7 CFR part 305. 

∑ The pomegranates or baby kiwi 

must be a commercial consignment as 

defined in 7 CFR 319.56-2. 

These conditions will be listed in the 

Fruits and Vegetables Import 

Requirements database (available at 

(http://www.aphis.usda.gov/favir)) . In 

addition to those specific measures, the 

fresh pomegranates and baby kiwi will 

be subject to the general requirements 

listed in § 319.56-3 that are applicable to 

the importation of all fruits and 

vegetables. 

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 10th day 

of May, 2010. 

Kevin Shea 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11438 Filed 5–12–10; 7:26 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–S 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS-2008-0059] 

ArborGen, LLC; Availability of an 

Environmental Assessment and 

Finding of No Significant Impact for a 

Controlled Release of Genetically 

Engineered Eucalyptus Hybrids 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service has prepared an 

environmental assessment for proposed 

controlled field releases of a genetically 

engineered clone of a Eucalyptus 

hybrid. The purpose of this release is to 

continue research on the efficacy of 

genetic constructs intended to confer 

cold tolerance, alter lignin biosynthesis 

and alter fertility. After assessing the 

application, reviewing pertinent 

scientific information, and considering 

comments provided by the public, 

APHIS has concluded that these field 

releases are unlikely to pose a plant pest 

risk, nor are they likely to have a 

significant impact on the quality of the 

human environment. Based on its 

finding of no significant impact, the 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service has determined that an 

environmental impact statement need 

not be prepared for this field release. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 12, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may read the 

documents referenced in this notice and 

the comments we received 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. Those documents are also 

available on the Internet at (http:// 

www.aphis.usda.gov/brs/ 

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