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meet the requirements of this section. The bilateral workplan must include and describe the quarantine pest survey intervals and other specific requirements as set forth in this section.

(b) The potatoes may be imported in commercial consignments only.

(c) The potatoes must be produced by a grower who is registered in a certification program administered by the NPPO of Mexico. The program must require the producer to use only seed that has been certified by the NPPO of Mexico as free of R. solanacearum race 3 biovar 2, R. bunodes, R. pepo, S. endobioticum, and T. solani to produce the potatoes. The program must also require the potatoes to be grown in an enclosed environment or alternatively must require the field in which the potatoes are grown to be surveyed for quarantine pests and tested for R. solanacearum race 3 biovar 2 at regular intervals in accordance with the bilateral workplan.

(d) The potatoes must be packed for export in packinghouses that are registered with the NPPO of Mexico and to which the NPPO of Mexico has assigned a unique identifying number.

(e) After harvest but prior to packing, the potatoes must be washed, cleaned of soil and debris, and treated with a sprout inhibitor in accordance with the bilateral workplan.

(f) A biometric sample of potatoes must be taken from each consignment of potatoes destined for export to the United States in accordance with a protocol jointly agreed upon by APHIS and the NPPO of Mexico and specified within the bilateral workplan. The sample must be visually inspected for evidence of sprouting, as well as evidence of C. decolora, E. cognatus, N. aberrans, R. bunodes, R. pepo, and T. solani. A portion of the potatoes must then be cut open, inspected for evidence of E. cognatus, N. aberrans, R. solanacearum race 3 biovar 2, and T. solani, and submitted to a laboratory approved by the NPPO of Mexico for testing for R. solanacearum race 3 biovar 2. Potatoes may not be shipped to the United States until the results of this testing are obtained. If any potatoes are found to be sprouting, or any evidence of these quarantine pests isfound, or any potatoes have nonnegative test results for R. solanacearum race 3 biovar 2, the entire consignment of potatoes will be prohibited from importation into the United States.

(g) Each consignment of potatoes shipped from Mexico to the United States must be transported following inspection from the packinghouse to the port of first arrival into the United States in a means of conveyance sealed with an agricultural seal affixed by an individual authorized by the NPPO of Mexico to do so. If the seal is broken en route, an inspector at the port of first arrival will take remedial measures jointly agreed to by APHIS and the NPPO of Mexico and specified in the bilateral workplan.

(h) Each consignment of potatoes shipped from Mexico to the United States must be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate, issued by the NPPO of Mexico, that states that that the potatoes do not come from an area of Mexico regulated by the NPPO of Mexico for G. rostochiensis; have been produced from seed certified free of R. solanacearum race 3 biovar 2, R. bunodes, R. pepo, S. endobioticum, and T. solani; have been inspected for C. decolora, E. cognatus, N. aberrans, R. solanacearum race 3 biovar 2, R. bunodes, R. pepo, and T. solani; have been tested for R. solanacearum race 3 biovar 2; and based on this inspection and testing, have been found free of those pests. The phytosanitary certificate must also specify the number of the packinghouse in which the potatoes were packed.

(i) If quarantine pests are discovered on potatoes from Mexico at a port of first arrival into the United States, the potatoes will be traced back to the packinghouse in which they were packed using the packinghouse number specified on the phytosanitary certificate.

(1) The packinghouse must identify the grower from which the potatoes originated, and the grower must identify the place of production in which the potatoes were grown. That place of production will be suspended from the export program for potatoes to the United States for the remainder of the shipping season.

(2) If the grower is unable to identify the place of production in which the potatoes were grown, that grower will be suspended from the export program for potatoes to the United States for the remainder of the shipping season.

(3) If the packinghouse is unable to identify the grower from which the potatoes originated, that packinghouse will be suspended from the export program for potatoes to the United States for the remainder of the shipping

season.

Done in Washington, DC, this 24th day of September 2013.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 2013–23667 Filed 9–26–13; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 3410–34–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR** 

**Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement** 

**30 CFR Part 250**

**[Docket ID BSEE–2012–0005; 13XE1700DX EX1SF0000.DAQ000 EEEE500000]** 

**RIN 1014–AA10**

**Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations on the Outer Continental Shelf—Oil**  **and Gas Production Safety Systems**

**AGENCY :**  Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE),
Interior.

**ACTION :**  Extension of comment period for a proposed rule.

**SUMMARY :**  The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) is extending the public comment period on the production safety systems proposed rule, which was published in the Federal Register on August 22, 2013. The original public comment period would end October 21, 2013. However, BSEE has received multiple requests from various industry representatives to extend the comment period. The BSEE has reviewed the extension requests and determined that a 45-day comment period extension is appropriate.

**DATES :**  Written comments must be received by the extended due date of December 5, 2013. The BSEE may not fully consider comments received after this date.

**ADDRESSES :**  You may submit comments on the rulemaking by any of the following methods. Please use the Regulation Identifier Number (RIN) 1014–AA10 as an identifier in your message. See also Public Availability of Comments under Procedural Matters.

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// www.regulations.gov. In the entry titled Enter Keyword or ID, enter BSEE–2012– 0005 then click search. Follow the instructions to submit public comments and view supporting and related materials available for this rulemaking. The BSEE may post all submitted

comments.

• Mail or hand-carry comments to the Department of the Interior (DOI); Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement; Attention: Regulations Development Branch; 381 Elden Street, HE3313; Herndon, Virginia 20170–4817. Please reference ‘‘Oil and Gas Production Safety Systems, 1014– AA10’’ in your comments and include your name and return address.

• Public Availability of Comments— Before including your address, phone


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number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment—including your personal identifying information—may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Kirk Malstrom, Regulations Development Branch, 703–787–1751, kirk.malstrom@bsee.gov.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  The BSEE published a proposed rulemaking on production safety systems on August 22, 2013 (78 FR 52240). The proposed rule would amend and update the regulations regarding oil and natural gas production by addressing issues such as: safety and pollution prevention equipment lifecycle analysis, production safety systems, subsurface safety devices, and safety device testing. The proposed rule would differentiate the requirements for operating dry tree and subsea tree production systems on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and divide the current subpart H into multiple sections to make the regulations easier to read and understand. Upon publication of the proposed rule, BSEE received a number of requests from multiple oil and gas companies and industry groups asking BSEE to extend the comment period on the proposed rule. Accordingly, to provide additional time for review of and comment on the proposed rule, BSEE is extending its original 60-day comment period by an additional 45 days.

Dated: September 19, 2013. Tommy P. Beaudreau, Acting Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management.

[FR Doc. 2013–23520 Filed 9–26–13; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 4810–VH–P**

**FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION** 

**47 CFR Parts 1 and 27**

**[WT Docket No. 13–225; DA 13–1877]**

**Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Opens Docket To Seek Comment on**  **DISH Network Corporation’s Petition for Waiver and Request for Extension**  **of Time**

**AGENCY :**  Federal Communications
Commission.

**ACTION :**  Proposed rule. **SUMMARY :**  In this document, the Commission announces the opening of WT Docket No. 13–225 and seeks comment on a Petition for Waiver and Request for Extension of time filed by DISH Network Corporation (DISH Request), which would enable more flexibility that would serve and promote the underlying objectives of the Commission to utilize all of the AWS– 4 spectrum more robustly.

**DATES :**  Submit comments on or before September 30, 2013. Submit reply comments on or before October 10,

2013.

**ADDRESSES :**  Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554. You may submit comments, identified by WT Docket No. 13–225, DA 13–1877, by any of the following methods:

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.

• Federal Communications Commission’s Web site: http:// www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.

• People with Disabilities: Contact the FCC to request reasonable accommodations (accessible format documents, sign language interpreters, CART, etc.) by email: FCC504@fcc.gov or phone: (202) 418–0530 or TTY: (202)

418–0432.

• Availability of Documents. Comments, reply comments, and ex parte submissions will be available for public inspection during regular business hours in the FCC Reference Center, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., CY– A257, Washington, DC, 20554. These documents will also be available via ECFS. Documents will be available electronically in ASCII, Microsoft Word, and/or Adobe Acrobat.

For detailed instructions for submitting comments and additional information on the rulemaking process, see the **SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION** section of this document.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Matthew Pearl, Broadband Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, at (202) 418–2607 or by email at Matthew.Pearl@fcc.gov.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  This is a summary of the Commission’s public notice released on September 13, 2013, DA 13–1877, that announced the opening of WT Docket No. 13–225 and that the Commission is seeking comment on a Petition for Waiver and Request Extension of Time filed by DISH Network Corporation (‘‘DISH Request’’). Copies of the DISH Request and any subsequently-filed documents in this matter may be obtained from Best Copy and Printing, Inc., in person at 445 12th Street SW., Room CY–B402, Washington, DC 20554, via telephone at (202) 488–5300, via facsimile at (202) 488–5563, or via email at fcc@ bcpiweb.com. The DISH Request and any associated documents are also available for public inspection and copying during normal reference room hours at the following Commission office: FCC Reference Information Center, 445 12th Street SW., Room CY– A257, Washington, DC 20554. The complete text is also available on the Commission’s Web site at http:// hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs

_ public/ attachmatch/DA-13-1877A1.docx. Alternative formats (computer diskette, large print, audio cassette, and Braille) are available by contacting Brian Millin at (202) 418–7426, TTY (202) 418–7365, or via email to bmillin@fcc.gov.

Summary

1. On September 9, 2013, the DISH Network Corporation, on behalf of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Gamma Acquisition LLC and New DBSD Satellite Services G.P. (collectively, DISH), filed a Petition for Waiver and a Request for Extension of Time (DISH Request) with the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau). DISH filed its pleading as an attachment in the Universal Licensing System (ULS) to all of the AWS–4 licenses held by its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Gamma Acquisition LLC (Call Signs T060430001–T060430176) and New DBSD Satellite Services G.P. (Call Signs T070272001–T070272176). Specifically, DISH requests waiver of certain technical rules for the 2 GHz band at 2000–2020 MHz and 2180–2200 MHz (AWS–4 band) to permit operational flexibility to use the lower AWS–4 block, 2000–2020 MHz, currently designated as an uplink band, for either uplink or downlink operations. Pursuant to §§ 1.3 and 1.925(b)(3)(i) of the Commission’s rules, DISH seeks a waiver of § 27.5(j), which sets forth pairing requirements for AWS–4, and§ 27.53(h)(2)(ii), which imposes out-ofband emission limits for AWS–4 operations in the 2000–2020 MHz band, as well as other technical AWS–4 rules ‘‘to the extent required.’’ DISH Request
at 2 & n.2, 6 & n.11, 9–12. See 47 CFR 27.5(j), 27.53(h)(2)(ii); see also Service Rules for Advanced Wireless Services in the 2000–2020 MHz and 2180–2200 MHz Bands, WT Docket Nos. 12–70, 04– 356, ET Docket No. 10–142, Report and Order and Order of Proposed Modification, 27 FCC Rcd 16102 (2012) (AWS–4 Report and Order ), recon. pending. In addition, DISH requests an