[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 214 (Monday, November 7, 2005)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 67375]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-22176]


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Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 214 / Monday, November 7, 2005 / 
Proposed Rules

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

7 CFR Part 319

[Docket No. 05-003-2]


Importation of Peppers From Certain Central American Countries; 
Correction

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Proposed rule; correction

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SUMMARY: We are correcting two errors in a proposed rule that would 
amend the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow certain types of 
peppers grown in approved registered production sites in Costa Rica, El 
Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua to be imported into the 
United States without treatment. The proposed rule was published in the 
Federal Register on October 12, 2005 (70 FR 59283-59290, Docket No. 05-
003-1).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Donna L. West, Senior Import 
Specialist, Commodity Import Analysis and Operations, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 
River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1228; (301) 734-8758.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 12, 2005, we published in the 
Federal Register (70 FR 59283-59290, Docket No. 05-003-1) a proposed 
rule that would amend the fruits and vegetables regulations in 7 CFR 
part 319 to allow certain types of peppers grown in approved registered 
production sites in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and 
Nicaragua to be imported into the United States without treatment.
    In the supplementary information section of the proposed rule, we 
stated that Guatemala and Honduras contained areas that had been 
determined to be free of the Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly) in 
accordance with Sec.  319.56-2(f). This information was incorrect. The 
Department of Peten in Guatemala is currently the only Medfly-free area 
in the five Central American countries covered by the proposed rule.
    Also in the supplementary information of the proposed rule, under 
the heading ``Paperwork Reduction Act,'' we stated that the estimated 
total annual burden on respondents was 2,299 hours. This number was 
incorrect. It should have read 2,999 hours. This document corrects 
these errors.

Correction

    In FR Doc. 05-20388, published on October 12, 2005 70 FR 59283-
59290, make the following corrections: On page 59285, second column, 
fourth paragraph, in the second sentence, correct ``Honduras and 
Guatemala are the only Central American countries covered by this 
proposal that contain such areas.'' to read ``Guatemala is the only 
Central American country covered by this proposal that contains such 
areas.'' On page 59288, second column, eighth paragraph, in the first 
sentence, correct ``2,299'' to read ``2,999'.

    Done in Washington, DC, this 1st day of November 2005.
Elizabeth E. Gaston,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 05-22176 Filed 11-4-05; 8:45 am]
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