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Vol. 75, No. 111 

Thursday, June 10, 2010 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS-2010-0058] 

Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk 

Analysis for the Importation of Sweet 

Limes 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 a pest risk 

analysis that evaluates the risks 

associated with the importation of sweet 

limes from Mexico 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 August 9, 

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=APHIS2010-0058) to submit or view comments 

and to view supporting and related 

materials available electronically. 

∑ Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Please send one copy of your comment 

to Docket No. APHIS-2010-0058, 

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. APHIS2010-0058. 

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: Mr. 

David Lamb, 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 Mexico to allow the 

importation of sweet limes (Citrus 

limetta) into the continental United 

States. Currently, sweet limes are not 

authorized for entry from Mexico, 

although related varieties of citrus with 

similar pest complexes are enterable 

under certain conditions. We completed 

a pest risk analysis to identify pests of 

quarantine significance that could 

follow the pathway of importation and 

identify phytosanitary measures that 

could be applied to sweet limes to 

mitigate the pest risk. We have 

concluded that sweet limes can safely 

be imported into the continental United 

States from Mexico 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 sweet 

limes 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 begin issuing 

permits for the importation of sweet 

limes from Mexico 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. 


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1To view the notice, the commodity import 

evaluation document, and the comments we 

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

fdmspublic/component/ 

main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2009-0082). 

Done in Washington, DC, this 3rd day 

of June 2010. 

Kevin Shea 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–13934 Filed 6–9–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–S 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS-2009-0082] 

Notice of Determination of Pest-Free 

Areas in the Republic of Chile 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that we are recognizing an additional 

area of the Republic of Chile as a pestfree area for Ceratitis capitata, 

Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly). Based 

on our site visit to the area and our 

review of the documentation submitted 

by the Republic of Chile, which we 

made available to the public review and 

comment through a previous notice, the 

Administrator has determined that the 

area meets the criteria in our regulations 

for recognition as a pest-free area for 

Medfly. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 10, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Phillip B. Grove, Regulatory 

Coordination Specialist, Regulatory 

Coordination and Compliance, APHIS, 

4700 River Road Unit 156, Riverdale, 

MD 20737; (301) 734-6280. 

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. 

One of the designated phytosanitary 

measures is that 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. 

Under the regulations in § 319.56-5, 

APHIS requires that determinations of 

pest-free areas be made in accordance 

with the criteria for establishing 

freedom from pests found in 

International Standard for Phytosanitary 

Measures (ISPM) No. 4, ‘‘Requirements 

for the establishment of pest-free areas.’’ 

The international standard was 

established by the International Plant 

Protection Convention of the United 

Nations’ Food and Agriculture 

Organization and is incorporated by 

reference in our regulations in 7 CFR 

300.5. In addition, APHIS must also 

approve the survey protocol used to 

determine and maintain pest-free status, 

as well as protocols for actions to be 

performed upon detection of a pest. 

Pest-free areas are subject to audit by 

APHIS to verify their status. 

In accordance with that process, we 

published a notice1 in the Federal 

Register on February 1, 2010 (75 FR 

5034-5035, Docket No. APHIS-2009- 

0082), in which we announced the 

availability, for review and comment, of 

a commodity import evaluation 

document titled ‘‘Recognition of an 

Additional Region as Medfly Pest-Free 

Area (PFA) for the Republic of Chile.’’ In 

this document, we examined the survey 

protocols and other information 

provided by the Republic of Chile 

relative to its system to establish 

freedom, phytosanitary measures to 

maintain freedom, and system for the 

verification of the maintenance of 

freedom from Mediterranean fruit fly 

(Medfly, Ceratitis capitata). Prior to this 

notice, APHIS recognized the Republic 

of Chile, except for the Arica Province, 

as free of Medfly. Therefore, recognizing 

the Arica Province as free of Medfly 

would result in the entire Republic of 

Chile as being recognized as free of that 

pest. 

We solicited comments on the notice 

for 60 days ending on April 2, 2010. We 

received four comments by that date, 

from packers, importers, and a fresh 

produce company, that all supported 

the recognition of the Arica Province of 

the Republic of Chile as a pest-free area. 

Therefore, in accordance with 

§ 319.56-5(c), we are announcing the 

Administrator’s determination that the 

Arica Province meets the criteria of 

§ 319-56(a) and (b) with respect to 

freedom from Medfly. Accordingly, we 

are recognizing the Republic of Chile as 

a pest-free area for Medfly and have 

added it to the list of pest-free areas, 

which may be viewed at (http:// 

www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/ 

plants/manuals/ports/downloads/ 

DesignatedPestFreeAreas.pdf). The list 

of pest-free areas may also be obtained 

from the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 3rd day 

of June 2010. 

Kevin Shea 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–13933 Filed 6–9–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Colorado State University, et al.; 

Notice of Consolidated Decision on 

Applications for Duty-Free Entry of 

Electron Microscopes 

This is a decision consolidated 

pursuant to Section 6(c) of the 

Educational, Scientific, and Cultural 

Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. 

L. 89–651, as amended by Pub. L. 106– 

36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301). 

Related records can be viewed between 

8 a.m. and 5 p.m. in Room 3720, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue., NW., 

Washington, DC. 

Docket Number: 10–008. Applicant: 

Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 

CO 80523. Instrument: Electron 

Microscope. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., 

Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 75 FR 

23669, May 4, 2010. 

Docket Number: 10–009. Applicant: 

University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 

97401–3753. Instrument: Electron 

Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI 

Company, Czech Republic. Intended 

Use: See notice at 75 FR, 23669, May 4, 

2010. 

Comments: None received. Decision: 

Approved. No instrument of equivalent 

scientific value to the foreign 

instrument, for such purposes as these 

instruments are intended to be used, 

was being manufactured in the United 

States at the time the instruments were 

ordered. Reasons: Each foreign 

instrument is an electron microscope 

and is intended for research or scientific 

educational uses requiring an electron 

microscope. We know of no electron 

microscope, or any other instrument 

suited to these purposes, which was 

being manufactured in the United States 

at the time of order of each instrument. 


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