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Congressional office made at the written 

request of the individual about whom 

the record pertains; 

(8) To contractors and their agents, 

grantees, experts, consultants, and 

others performing or working on a 

contract, service, grant, cooperative 

agreement, or other assignment for the 

USDA, when necessary to accomplish 

an agency function related to this 

system of records; and 

(9) To the National Archives and 

Records Administration (NARA) or 

other Federal Government agencies 

pursuant to records management 

activities conducted under 44 U.S.C. 

2904 and 2906. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF

RECORDS: 

Records are maintained in paper copy 

and electronically. Paper records are 

maintained at APHIS Headquarters at 

4700 River Road Unit 92, Riverdale, MD 

20737. The office is locked during nonbusiness hours and requires the 

presentation of employee identification 

for admittance at all times. Electronic 

copies are housed on the USDA secured 

computer system and are entered into 

an electronic database stored on the 

USDA secured computer system at the 

address above in Riverdale, MD. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF

RECORDS: 

The records can be retrieved by the 

name of the applicant or applicant’s 

parent or guardian and educational 

institution. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND

DISPOSAL OF RECORDS: 

APHIS has requested records 

disposition authority from NARA. 

Records will be retained until 

appropriate disposition authority is 

obtained, and records will then be 

disposed of in accordance with the 

authority granted. 

ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL

SAFEGUARDS: 

External users (educational institution 

coordinators) will only be able to access 

applications submitted on behalf of 

their respective organizations and must 

obtain Identity Assurance Level (IAL) 2 

eAuthentication access credentials. 

Access to system data is granted by the 

system owner on a limited basis to 

participating educational institutions, 

OCRDI student program employees and 

administrators, and applicants and 

educational institutions are granted 

access to their own basic information. 

These entities can use their 

identification and password to access 

the system and modify their own 

personal information and information 

within their own profile; however, they 

do not have access to modify sensitive 

data or data that is locked/password 

protected. 

Marketing and Regulatory Programs 

Information Technology (MRP IT) has 

access to user information on a limited 

basis allowing them to perform only 

their specific job functions. Access is 

limited to administrators on a least 

privileged basis utilizing separation of 

duties. MRP IT application support staff 

have accounts with the appropriate 

level of access and permissions that 

allow them to access and modify user 

data. These permissions are granted by 

a limited number of management 

personnel. 

Access is monitored by USDA Office 

of the Chief Information Officer, 

Cybersecurity and Privacy Operations 

Center, and MRP IT application support 

staff to ensure authorized and 

appropriate use of the data. To gain full 

access to the system, internal users must 

have an IAL eAuthentication using a 

personal identity verification (PIV) card. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

All requests for access to records must 

be in writing and should be submitted 

to the APHIS Privacy Act Officer, 4700 

River Road Unit 50, Riverdale, MD 

20737; or by facsimile (301) 734–5941; 

or by email APHISPrivacy@usda.gov. In 

accordance with 7 CFR 1.112, 

(Procedures for requests pertaining to 

individual records in a record system), 

the request must include the full name 

of the individual making the request; 

the name of the system of records; any 

other information specified in the 

system notice; and preference of 

inspection, in person or by mail. In 

accordance with 7 CFR 1.113, prior to 

inspection of the records, the requester 

shall present sufficient identification 

(e.g., driver’s license, employee 

identification card) to establish that the 

requester is the individual to whom the 

records pertain. In addition, if an 

individual submitting a request for 

access wishes to be supplied with 

copies of the records by mail, the 

requester must include with his or her 

request sufficient data for the agency to 

verify the requester’s identity. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking to contest or 

amend records maintained in this 

system of records must direct their 

request to the address indicated in the 

‘‘RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES’’ 

paragraph, above and must follow the 

procedures set forth in 7 CFR 1.116, 

(Request for correction or amendment to 

record). All requests must state clearly 

and concisely what record is being 

contested, the reasons for contesting it, 

and the proposed amendment to the 

record. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

Individuals may be notified if a record 

in this system of records pertains to 

them when the individuals request 

information utilizing the same 

procedures as those identified in the 

‘‘RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES’’ 

paragraph, above. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

HISTORY: 

N/A. 

A report on this new system of 

records, required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r), as 

implemented by Office of Management 

and Budget Circular A–108, was sent to 

the Chairman and Ranking Member of 

the House Committee on Oversight and 

Reform, Chairman and Ranking Member 

of the Senate Committee on Homeland 

Security and Governmental Affairs, and 

the Administrator of the Office of 

Management and Budget’s Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 23rd day of 

December 2024. 

Donna Lalli, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–31321 Filed 12–27–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2020–0024] 

Importation of Fresh Pineapple 

(Ananas comosus) Fruit From Indonesia 

Into the United States 

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 that evaluates the risks 

associated with the importation of fresh 

pineapple fruit (Ananas comosus) for 

consumption from Indonesia into the 

United States. Based on the analysis, we 

have determined that the application of 

one or more phytosanitary measures 

will be sufficient to mitigate the risks of 

introducing or disseminating plant pests 

or noxious weeds via the importation of 

fresh pineapple fruit from Indonesia. 

We are making the pest risk analysis 

available to the public for review and 

comment. 


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DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before February 

28, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: We will submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS– 

2020–0024 in the Search field. Select 

the Documents tab, then select the 

Comment button in the list of 

documents. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2020–0024, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

2C–10.16, 4700 River Road, Unit 25, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Supporting documents and any 

comments we receive on this docket 

may be viewed at http://

www.regulations.gov or in our reading 

room, which is located in Room 1620 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. 

Hesham Abuelnaga, Senior Regulatory 

Policy Specialist, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 

River Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1236; (301) 851–2010; email: 

Hesham.A.Abuelnaga@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under the regulations in ‘‘Subpart L— 

Fruits and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56– 

1 through 319.56–12, referred to below 

as the regulations), the Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 

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 or disseminated within 

the United States. 

Section 319.56–4 contains a 

performance-based process for 

approving the importation of certain 

fruits and vegetables that, based on the 

findings of a pest risk analysis, can 

safely be imported subject to one or 

more of the five designated 

phytosanitary measures listed in 

paragraph (b) of that section. 

APHIS received a request from the 

national plant protection organization of 

Indonesia to allow the importation of 

fresh pineapple fruit (Ananas comosus) 

from Indonesia into the United States. 

As part of our evaluation of Indonesia’s 

request, we have prepared a pest risk 

assessment to identify the pests of 

quarantine significance that could 

follow the pathway of the importation of 

fresh pineapple fruit (Ananas comosus) 

from Indonesia into the United States. 

Based on the pest risk assessment, a risk 

management document (RMD) was 

prepared to identify phytosanitary 

measures that could be applied to the 

fresh pineapple fruit to mitigate the pest 

risk. 

Therefore, in accordance with 

§ 319.56–4(c), we are announcing the 

availability of our pest risk assessment 

and RMD for public review and 

comment. Those documents, as well as 

a description of the economic 

considerations associated with the 

importation of fresh pineapple for 

consumption from Indonesia may be 

viewed on the Regulations.gov website 

or in our reading room (see ADDRESSES

above for a link to Regulations.gov and 

information on the location and hours of 

the reading room). You may request 

paper copies of the pest risk assessment 

and RMD by calling or writing to the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. Please refer to the 

subject of the analysis you wish to 

review when requesting copies. 

After reviewing any comments we 

receive, we will announce our decision 

regarding the import status of fresh 

pineapple fruit from Indonesia in a 

subsequent notice. If the overall 

conclusions of our analysis and the 

Administrator’s determination of risk 

remain unchanged following our 

consideration of the comments, then we 

will authorize the importation of fresh 

pineapple fruit from Indonesia into the 

United States subject to the 

requirements specified in the RMD. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1633, 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 19th day of 

December 2024. 

Michael Watson, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30969 Filed 12–27–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2024–0029] 

2025 Rate Changes for the Basetime, 

Overtime, Holiday, Laboratory 

Services, and Export Application Fees 

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection 

Service (FSIS), U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: FSIS is announcing the 2025 

rates it will charge meat, poultry, and 

egg products establishments, and 

importers and exporters for providing 

voluntary, overtime, and holiday 

inspection and identification, 

certification, and laboratory services. 

Additionally, FSIS is announcing a 

change to the fee FSIS assesses to 

exporters that choose to apply for export 

certificates electronically through the 

export component of the Agency’s 

Public Health Information System. The 

2025 basetime, overtime, holiday, and 

laboratory services rates will be applied 

on January 12, 2025. 

DATES: FSIS will charge the rates 

announced in this notice beginning 

January 12, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information contact Michael 

Toner, Director, Budget Division, Office 

of the Chief Financial Officer; email: 

Michael.toner@usda.gov, 

telephone:(202) 365–1352. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On April 12, 2011, FSIS published a 

final rule amending its regulations to 

establish formulas for calculating the 

rates it charges meat, poultry, and egg 

products establishments and importers 

and exporters for providing voluntary, 

overtime, and holiday inspection and 

identification, certification, and 

laboratory services (76 FR 20220). In the 

final rule, FSIS stated that it would use 

the formulas to calculate the annual 

rates, publish the rates in Federal 

Register notices prior to the start of each 

calendar year, and apply the rates on the 

first FSIS pay period at the beginning of 

the calendar year. This notice provides 

the 2025 rates, which will be applied 

starting on January 12, 2025. 

Export Component 

On September 6, 2017, FSIS 

published the Federal Register notice, 

Public Health Information System 

(PHIS) Export Component Country 

Implementation (82 FR 42056). The 

notice announced the delayed 

implementation of the export 

component to ensure sufficient testing 

and outreach to stakeholders and that 

the application fee would be 

recalculated based on available costs 

and number of applications but would 

not be assessed prior to January 1, 2019. 

In addition, FSIS announced that it 

would implement the PHIS Export 

Component with a limited number of 

countries and gradually expand 

implementation to additional countries. 

On April 29, 2019, FSIS published the 

Federal Register notice, Public Health 


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