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Notices Federal Register

62092 

Vol. 79, No. 200 

Thursday, October 16, 2014 

1To view the notice and risk documents, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0021. 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0021] 

Notice of Decision To Authorize the 

Importation of Chipilin Leaves and 

Edible Flowers of Chufle, Izote, and 

Pacaya From Guatemala Into the 

Continental United States 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public of 

our decision to authorize the 

importation of chipilin leaves and 

edible flowers of chufle, izote, and 

pacaya from Guatemala into the 

continental United States. Based on the 

findings of pest risk analyses, which we 

made available to the public to review 

and comment through a previous notice, 

we have concluded 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 

importation of chipilin leaves and 

edible flowers of chufle, izote, and 

pacaya from Guatemala. 

DATES: Effective Date: October 16, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Claudia Ferguson, Senior Regulatory 

Policy Specialist, Regulations, Permits 

and Manuals, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737– 

1231; (301) 851–2352. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

regulations in ‘‘Subpart—Fruits and 

Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56–1 through 

319.56–71, 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 of the regulations 

contains a performance-based process 

for approving the importation of 

commodities that, based on the findings 

of a pest risk analysis (PRA), can be 

safely imported subject to one or more 

of the designated phytosanitary 

measures listed in paragraph (b) of that 

section. Under that process, APHIS 

publishes a notice in the Federal 

Register announcing the availability of 

the PRA that evaluates the risks 

associated with the importation of a 

particular fruit or vegetable. Following 

the close of the 60-day comment period, 

APHIS may begin issuing permits for 

importation of the fruit or vegetable 

subject to the identified designated 

measures if: (1) No comments were 

received on the PRA; (2) the comments 

on the PRA revealed that no changes to 

the PRA were necessary; or (3) changes 

to the PRA were made in response to 

public comments, but the changes did 

not affect the overall conclusions of the 

analysis and the Administrator’s 

determination of risk. 

In accordance with that process, we 

published a notice 1 in the Federal 

Register on July 8, 2014 (79 FR 38484, 

Docket No. APHIS–2014–0021), in 

which we announced the availability, 

for review and comment, of pest risk 

assessments that evaluate the risks 

associated with the importation into the 

continental United States of chipilin 

leaves and edible flowers of chufle, 

izote, and pacaya from Guatemala and 

risk management documents prepared 

to identify phytosanitary measures that 

could be applied to the commodities to 

mitigate the pest risk. 

We solicited comments on the pest 

risk assessments and risk management 

documents for 60 days ending on 

September 8, 2014. We did not receive 

any comments by that date. 

Therefore, in accordance with 

§ 319.56–4(c)(2)(ii), we are announcing 

our decision to authorize the 

importation of chipilin leaves and 

edible flowers of chufle, izote, and 

pacaya from Guatemala into the 

continental United States subject to the 

following phytosanitary measures: 

• The commodities must be imported 

into the continental United States in 

commercial consignments only. 

• Each consignment must be 

accompanied by a phytosanitary 

certificate issued by the national plant 

protection organization of Guatemala. 

• Each consignment is subject to 

inspection upon arrival at the port of 

entry to the United States. 

These conditions will be listed in the 

Fruits and Vegetables Import 

Requirements database (available at 

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/favir). In 

addition to these specific measures, 

chipilin leaves and edible flowers of 

chufle, izote, and pacaya from 

Guatemala will be subject to the general 

requirements listed in § 319.56–3 that 

are applicable to the importation of all 

fruits and vegetables. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450, 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 9th day of 

October 2014. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24634 Filed 10–15–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Notice of Emergency 

Approval of New Information 

Collection for Feasibility of Tribal 

Administration of Federal Nutrition 

Assistance Programs 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service 

(FNS), USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces FNS’ intention to 

request emergency approval from the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) and invites the general public 

and other public agencies to comment 

on this proposed information collection. 

This is a new collection for the purpose 

of determining the interest among 

Indian Tribal Organizations (ITOs) in 

administering FNS programs, the 

capacity of ITOs to do so, and legislative 

and regulatory implications. 


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DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before December 15, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions that 

were used; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments may be sent to: Richard 

Lucas, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park 

Center Drive, Room 1014, Alexandria, 

VA 22302. Comments may also be 

submitted via fax to the attention of 

Richard Lucas at 703–305–2576 or via 

email to richard.lucas@fns.usda.gov. 

Comments will also be accepted through 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov, and follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments electronically. 

All written comments will be 

available for public inspection at the 

office of the Food and Nutrition Service 

during regular business hours (8:30 a.m. 

to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday) 

located at 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 

1014, Alexandria, Virginia 22302. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for Office of Management and Budget 

approval. All comments will be a matter 

of public record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of this information collection 

should be directed to Richard Lucas at 

703–305–2119. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Feasibility of Tribal 

Administration of Federal Nutrition 

Assistance Programs. 

Form Number: N/A. 

OMB Number: 0584—NEW. 

Expiration Date: Not Yet Determined. 

Type of Request: New Collection. 

Abstract: The Agricultural Act of 2014 

(Pub. L. 113–79) calls for a study to 

determine the feasibility of Tribal 

administration of Federal nutrition 

assistance programs in lieu of State 

agencies or other administrative entities. 

Specifically, the primary objectives of 

the study are: 

D Objective 1: Identify services, 

functions and activities associated with 

administering nutrition assistance 

programs. 

D Objective 2: Consult with Tribes to 

determine the extent of their interest in 

administering the programs. 

D Objective 3: Assess the capability of 

Indian Tribal Organizations (ITOs) to 

administer these programs based on the 

services, functions and activities 

associated with administering them and 

ITO interest in administering all or part 

of particular programs. 

D Objective 4: Identify statutory or 

regulatory changes, waivers or special 

provisions that would be needed for 

ITOs to administer each nutrition 

program. 

There are 15 nutrition assistance 

programs that are overseen by Food and 

Nutrition Service (FNS) and 

administered by States. While few of 

these programs are totally administered 

by an ITO, several are administered 

with varying levels of shared state/ITO 

responsibility. FNS requests clearance 

to conduct, through IMPAQ 

International, LLC, two principal 

research activities: 

D A multi-modal survey of key 

administrative staff in all ITOs 

D Interviews with Tribal leaders and 

administrative staff 

This information collection is being 

conducted by the Food and Nutrition 

Service, Office of Policy Support, and is 

authorized by the Agricultural Act of 

2014 (Pub. L. 113–79). 

The Act calls for a study to determine 

the feasibility of Tribal administration 

of Federal nutrition assistance programs 

in lieu of State agencies or other 

administrative entities. 

Affected Public: State, Local and 

Tribal Government. Respondent groups 

identified include: (a) Tribal Leaders; (b) 

Tribal members who play an 

administrative role in onsite federal 

human services programs. 

Estimated Number of Respondents 

Example: The total estimated number of 

respondents is 1,228. This includes: 

1,132 Tribal Leaders (two per Federallyrecognized Tribe), 20 percent of whom 

will complete surveys, 32 (n) of whom 

will participate in site visit interviews; 

and 96 program administrators who will 

participate in site visit interviews. Table 

1 shows respondent and burden 

information. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: Tribal Leaders will be 

asked to complete one survey. Thirtytwo of those Tribal Leaders will also be 

interviewed during site visits. All other 

respondents (96 Tribal program 

administrators) will participate in one 

site visit interview. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

The total of 354 responses includes 226 

survey responses and 128 interview 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

survey will take 0.5 hours. Time spent 

on surveys that are not completed is 

estimated to be 0.03 hours (2 minutes). 

On-site interviews will take 1.5 hours 

each. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 332.18 hours. 


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Responses Non-Repondents 

Affected I I I Sam leI Estimated# Responses Total Annual Estimated Estimated Estimated# of Responses Total 

p bl' Respondent Type Instrument s· p R d Annually per Responses Avg.# of Total Hours Non- annually per Annual 

u 1c 1ze espon ents Respondent (Col.exf) Hours Per (Col. gxh) Respondents Respondent Responses 

Response (Col.jxk) 

'" Tribal Leaders lSurvey _l 1132]_ 226 1 226 0.5 113 906 1 906 

.0 Tribal Leaders (also 

.. represented in 

o E survey respondents) ISrte Visit I 321 321 11 321 1.51 481 Ol 11 Ol 

'" g E g! Tribal program ...1 0 administrators ISiteVisil I 961 961 11 961 1.51 1441 Ol 11 Ol 

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