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Information Collection Coordinator, at 

(301) 851–2908. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Importation of Plants for 

Planting. 

OMB Number: 0579–0279. 

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. This authority 

has been delegated to the Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS). 

APHIS regulations contained in 

‘‘Subpart–Plants for Planting’’ (7 CFR 

319.37 through 319.37–14) prohibit or 

restrict, among other things, the 

importation of living plants, plant parts, 

seeds, and plant cuttings for planting or 

propagation. In accordance with these 

regulations, plants for planting from 

certain parts of the world may be 

imported into the United States only 

under certain conditions to prevent the 

introduction of plant pests into the 

United States. 

Paragraph (u) of § 319.37–5 provides 

the requirements for the importation of 

Pelargonium spp. plants from the 

Canary Islands, and paragraph (v) 

provides the requirements for the 

importation of plants from Israel, except 

bulbs, dormant perennials, and seeds. 

These requirements involve the use of 

information collection activities, 

including phytosanitary certificates 

with additional declaration statements, 

grower registration and agreements, and 

production site registration for the 

export program. 

These information collection 

activities were previously approved by 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) under the title ‘‘Importation of 

Nursery Stock.’’ However, on May 27, 

2011, we published in the Federal 

Register (76 FR 31172–31210, Docket 

No. APHIS–2006–0011) a final rule that 

changed the nursery stock regulations (7 

CFR 319.37 through 319.37–14) to refer 

instead to ‘‘plants for planting.’’ As a 

result, we have revised the title of this 

information collection to ‘‘Importation 

of Plants for Planting.’’ 

We are asking OMB to approve our 

use of these information collection 

activities 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 0.11 

hours per response. 

Respondents: Importers, nurseries, 

and the national plant protection 

organizations of Spain and Israel. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 60. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 86.07. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 5,164. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 559 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 12th day of 

June 2013. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–14466 Filed 6–17–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2013–0007] 

Notice of Availability of a Treatment 

Evaluation Document; Methyl Bromide 

Fumigation of Blueberries 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that we have determined that it is 

necessary to immediately add to the 

Plant Protection and Quarantine 

Treatment Manual an additional 

treatment schedule for methyl bromide 

fumigation of blueberries for 

Mediterranean fruit fly and South 

American fruit fly. We have prepared a 

treatment evaluation document that 

describes the new treatment schedule 

and explains why we have determined 

that it is effective at neutralizing these 

fruit flies. We are making the treatment 

evaluation document available to the 

public for review and comment. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before August 19, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/#!document

Detail;D=APHIS-2013-0007-0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2013–0007, 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-2013-0007 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. 

Inder P.S. Gadh, Senior Risk Manager— 

Treatments, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737; 

(301) 851–2018. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The regulations in 7 CFR chapter III 

are intended, among other things, to 

prevent the introduction or 

dissemination of plant pests and 

noxious weeds into or within the United 

States. Under the regulations, certain 

plants, fruits, vegetables, and other 

articles must be treated before they may 

be moved into the United States or 

interstate. The phytosanitary treatments 

regulations contained in part 305 of 7 

CFR chapter III (referred to below as the 

regulations) set out standards for 

treatments required in parts 301, 318, 

and 319 of 7 CFR chapter III for fruits, 

vegetables, and other articles. 

In § 305.2, paragraph (b) states that 

approved treatment schedules are set 

out in the Plant Protection and 

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36508 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 117 / Tuesday, June 18, 2013 / Notices 

1The Treatment Manual is available on the 

Internet at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ 

import_export/plants/manuals/index.shtml or by 

contacting the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Manuals 

Unit, 92 Thomas Johnson Drive, Suite 200, 

Frederick, MD 21702. 

Quarantine (PPQ) Treatment Manual.1

Section 305.3 sets out a process for 

adding, revising, or removing treatment 

schedules in the PPQ Treatment 

Manual. In that section, paragraph (b) 

sets out the process for adding, revising, 

or removing treatment schedules when 

there is an immediate need to make a 

change. The circumstances in which an 

immediate need exists are described in 

§ 305.3(b)(1). They are: 

• PPQ has determined that an 

approved treatment schedule is 

ineffective at neutralizing the targeted 

plant pest(s). 

• PPQ has determined that, in order 

to neutralize the targeted plant pest(s), 

the treatment schedule must be 

administered using a different process 

than was previously used. 

• PPQ has determined that a new 

treatment schedule is effective, based on 

efficacy data, and that ongoing trade in 

a commodity or commodities may be 

adversely impacted unless the new 

treatment schedule is approved for use. 

• The use of a treatment schedule is 

no longer authorized by the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency or by 

any other Federal entity. 

A treatment schedule currently listed 

in the PPQ Treatment Manual (T101–i– 

1–1) requires blueberries to be treated 

with methyl bromide at 70 °F or above 

using 2 lbs gas/1,000 ft3 for 3.5 hours at 

normal atmospheric pressure whether in 

chambers or under tarpaulin to mitigate 

risk from two fruit fly species, Ceratitis 

capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly, or 

Medfly) and Anastrepha fraterculus 

(South American fruit fly). Because the 

70 °F-or-above requirement has 

presented an undue economic hardship 

for the exporters, in 2009 Argentina 

requested and subsequently provided 

the supporting efficacy data for the 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) to approve a new 

methyl bromide treatment to be applied 

in chambers at a lower temperature 

(59 °F or above) for control of Medfly 

and South American fruit fly. After 

reviewing the data provided, APHIS 

found the results to be acceptable with 

a slight modification of temperature. 

In accordance with § 305.3(a)(1), we 

are providing notice that we have 

determined that it is necessary to add 

treatment schedule T101-i-1–2, which 

provides for a methyl bromide treatment 

schedule for blueberries at a 

temperature of 60 °F at a dosage rate of 

2 lbs gas/1,000 ft3 for an exposure 

period of 3.5 hours in a chamber. In 

order to have minimum adverse impact 

on the on-going trade of blueberries and 

using the immediate process as 

provided in § 305.3(b), this change is 

effective immediately upon publication 

of this notice. This treatment schedule 

will be listed in a separate section of the 

PPQ Treatment Manual, which will 

indicate that T101-i-1–2 was added 

through the immediate process 

described in paragraph (b) of § 305.3 

and that it is subject to change or 

removal based on public comment. 

The reasons for the addition of this 

treatment schedule are described in 

detail in a treatment evaluation 

document we have prepared to support 

this action. The treatment evaluation 

document 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 

treatment evaluation document by 

calling or writing to the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. Please refer to the subject of 

the treatment evaluation document 

when requesting copies. 

After reviewing the comments we 

receive, we will announce our decision 

regarding the new treatment schedule 

that is described in the treatment 

evaluation document in a subsequent 

notice, in accordance with paragraph 

(b)(3) of § 305.3. If we do not receive any 

comments, or the comments we receive 

do not change our determination that 

the treatment is effective, we will affirm 

the treatment schedule’s addition to the 

PPQ Treatment Manual and make 

available a new version of the PPQ 

Treatment Manual in which T101-i-1–2 

is listed in the main body of the PPQ 

Treatment Manual. If we receive 

comments that cause us to determine 

that T101-i-1–2 needs to be changed or 

removed, we will make available a new 

version of the PPQ Treatment Manual 

that reflects changes to or the removal 

of T101-i-1–2. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 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 12th day of 

June 2013. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Commodity Credit Corporation 

Office of the Secretary 

Notice of Sugar Purchase and 

Exchange for Re-Export Program 

Credits; and Notice of Re-Export 

Program Time Period Extension 

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation 

and Office of the Secretary, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice concerns two 

separate actions. First, the Commodity 

Credit Corporation (CCC) announces the 

intent to purchase sugar to be offered in 

exchange for Refined Sugar Re-export 

Program credits. CCC will purchase 

sugar from domestic sugarcane 

processors or beet processors under the 

Cost Reduction Options of the Food 

Security Act of 1985, and concurrently 

exchange such sugar for credits under 

the Refined Sugar Re-export Program. 

Second, USDA announces a waiver to 

provide an extension of the time period 

from 90 days to 270 days in which 

licensed refiners must export or transfer 

sugar under the Refined Sugar Re-export 

Program. 

DATES: Effective date: June 18, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

current market conditions, eligibility, 

and criteria for evaluation information 

contact Daniel Colacicco; telephone 

(202) 690–0734. For sugar purchase and 

general exchange information contact 

Pamela McKenzie; telephone (202) 260– 

8906. For Refined Sugar Re-export 

Program waiver information contact Ron 

Lord; telephone (202) 720–6939. 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means for communications 

(Braille, large print, audio tape, etc.) 

should contact the USDA Target Center 

at (202) 720–2600 (voice and TDD). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

USDA’s Sugar Program and the 

Domestic Sugar Market Conditions 

Under the Sugar Program, domestic 

sugar beet or sugarcane processors may 

borrow from CCC, pledging their sugar 

as collateral, and then satisfy their loans 

either by repaying the loan on or before 

loan maturity or by transferring the 

collateral to CCC immediately following 

loan maturity, also known as 

‘‘forfeiture’’ of collateral (as specified in 

7 CFR 1435.105). The Farm Service 

Agency (FSA) administers the Sugar 

Program for CCC. Under section 156 of 

the Federal Agriculture Improvement 

and Reform Act of 1996, as amended 

(Pub. L. 104–127; 7 U.S.C. 7272), the 

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 

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