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collection, contact Mrs. Celeste Sickles, 

APHIS’ Information Collection 

Coordinator, at (301) 851–2908. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Black Stem Rust; Identification 

Requirements for Addition of RustResistant Varieties. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0186. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

approval of an information collection. 

Abstract: Under the Plant Protection 

Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Secretary 

of Agriculture is authorized to prohibit 

or restrict the importation, entry, or 

interstate movement of plants, plant 

products, and other articles to prevent 

the introduction of plant pests into the 

United States or their dissemination 

within the United States. 

Black stem rust is one of the most 

destructive plant diseases of small 

grains that is known to exist in the 

United States. The disease is caused by 

a fungus that reduces the quality and 

yield of infected wheat, oat, barley, and 

rye crops by robbing host plants of food 

and water. In addition to infecting small 

grains, the fungus lives on a variety of 

alternate host plants that are species of 

the genera Berberis, Mahoberberis, and 

Mahonia. The fungus is spread from 

host to host by wind-borne spores. 

The black stem rust quarantine and 

regulations, contained in 7 CFR 301.38 

through 301.38–8 (referred to below as 

the regulations), quarantine the 

conterminous 48 States and the District 

of Columbia and govern the interstate 

movement of certain plants of the 

genera Berberis, Mahoberberis, and 

Mahonia, known as barberry plants. The 

species of these plants are categorized as 

either rust-resistant or rust-susceptible. 

Rust-resistant plants do not pose a risk 

of spreading black stem rust or of 

contributing to the development of new 

races of rust; rust-susceptible plants do 

pose such risks. 

Paragraph (b) of § 301.38–2 provides 

the requirements for the submission of 

a request to the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service to add a 

variety to the list of rust-resistant 

barberry varieties in the regulations. A 

request must include a description of 

the variety, including a written 

description and color pictures that can 

be used by an inspector to clearly 

identify the variety and distinguish it 

from other varieties. This requirement 

helps to ensure that State plant 

inspectors can clearly determine 

whether plants moving into or through 

their States are rust-resistant varieties 

listed in 7 CFR 301.38–2. 

We are asking the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve our use of this information 

collection activity for an additional 3 

years. 

The purpose of this notice is to solicit 

comments from the public (as well as 

affected agencies) concerning our 

information collection. These comments 

will help us: 

(1) Evaluate whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the burden of the collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(4) Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, through use, as 

appropriate, of automated, electronic, 

mechanical, and other collection 

technologies; e.g., permitting electronic 

submission of responses. 

Estimate of burden: The public 

reporting burden for this collection of 

information is estimated to average 4 

hours per response. 

Respondents: Nurseries. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 4. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 2. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 8. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 32 hours. (Due to 

averaging, the total annual burden hours 

may not equal the product of the annual 

number of responses multiplied by the 

reporting burden per response.) 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 6th day of 

June 2014. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–13738 Filed 6–11–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0013] 

Notice of Availability of an Evaluation 

of the African Horse Sickness Status 

of Saudi Arabia 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that we have determined that Saudi 

Arabia is free of African horse sickness 

(AHS). After reviewing the 

documentation submitted by Saudi 

Arabia in support of its request and 

considering other factors, the 

Administrator of the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service has 

determined that AHS is not present in 

Saudi Arabia. We are making that 

determination, as well as an evaluation 

we have prepared in connection with 

this action, available 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-2014-0013. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2014–0013, 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-2014-0013 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: Dr. 

Chip Wells, Senior Staff Veterinarian, 

Regionalization Evaluation Services, 

Sanitary Trade Issues Team, National 

Import Export Services, VS, APHIS, 

4700 River Road, Unit 38, Riverdale, 

MD 20737–1231; (301) 851–3317. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The regulations in 9 CFR part 93 

(referred to below as the regulations) 

prescribe the conditions for the 

importation into the United States of 

specified animals to prevent the 

introduction of various animal diseases, 

including African horse sickness (AHS). 

AHS is a fatal viral equine disease that 

is not known to exist in the United 

States. 

Part 93, § 93.308 contains 

requirements governing the importation 

of horses, mules, zebras, and other 

equids from regions where AHS exists 

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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 

Agricultural Research Service and the 


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