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Notices Federal Register Vol. 84, No. 84

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER room, which is located in room 1141 of 27, 2014. We received a total of 29 contains documents other than rules or the USDA South Building, 14th Street comments by that date. They were from proposed rules that are applicable to the and Independence Avenue SW, citrus growers, marketing cooperatives, public. Notices of hearings and investigations, Washington, DC. Normal reading room a State department of agriculture, committee meetings, agency decisions and hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday private citizens, and the National Plant rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency through Friday, except holidays. To be Board. statements of organization and functions are sure someone is there to help you, Following the end of the comment examples of documents appearing in this please call (202) 799–7039 before period, the NPPO of China expressed section. coming. concerns regarding some elements of the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. rule, particularly our proposed Claudia Ferguson, Senior Regulatory requirement that citrus fruit be bagged DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Policy Specialist, Regulatory with double-layered paper bags when Coordination and Compliance, PPQ, the fruit are no more than 2 cm in Animal and Plant Health Inspection APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 133, diameter and still on the tree. This Service Riverdale, MD 20737–1236; (301) 851– requirement was based on APHIS’ [Docket No. APHIS–2014–0005] 2352. understanding that such bagging was a SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: standard industry practice in China for Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk all citrus intended for export. While this Analysis for the Importation of Fresh Background is true of pomelo fruit, the NPPO stated Citrus From China Into the Continental Under the regulations in ‘‘Subpart L— that it was not true of the other four United States Fruits and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56– species of fruit covered by the proposed 1 through 319.56–12, referred to below rule and would not be operationally AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health as the regulations) the Animal and Plant feasible for producers of those species. Inspection Service, USDA. Health Inspection Service (APHIS) We therefore elected not to finalize the ACTION: Notice of availability. prohibits or restricts the importation of proposed rule. fruits and vegetables into the United In 2017, China again requested that SUMMARY: We are advising the public States from certain parts of the world to we evaluate the risk associated with the that we have prepared a pest risk prevent plant pests from being importation of pomelo, Nanfeng honey analysis that evaluates the risks introduced into or disseminated within mandarin, ponkan, sweet orange, and associated with the importation of fresh the United States. Satsuma mandarin from China into the citrus fruit (pomelo, Nanfeng honey In response to a request from the continental United States. mandarin, ponkan, sweet orange, and national plant protection organization In response to China’s request, we Satsuma mandarin) from China into the (NPPO) of China, on August 28, 2014, prepared a new PRA to identify the continental United States. Based on the APHIS published a proposed rule 1 in pests of quarantine significance that analysis, we have determined that the the Federal Register (79 FR 51267– could follow the pathway of the application of one or more 51273, Docket No. APHIS–2014–0005) importation of fresh pomelo, Nanfeng phytosanitary measures will be to amend the regulations to allow the honey mandarin, ponkan, sweet orange, sufficient to mitigate the risks of importation of five species of and Satsuma mandarin from China into introducing or disseminating plant pests commercially produced citrus fruit from the continental United States. We did or noxious weeds via the importation of China into the continental United this because an initial review of fresh citrus fruit from China. We are States. These citrus fruits were: Citrus scientific literature suggested additional making the pest risk analysis available grandis (L.) Osbeck cv. Guanximiyou, pests of citrus had been discovered in to the public for review and comment. referred to in this document as pomelo; China since the time the 2014 PRA was DATES: We will consider all comments Citrus kinokuni Hort. ex Tanaka, prepared. This, in turn, led us to that we receive on or before July 1, referred to in this document as Nanfeng broaden our literature review for the 2019. honey mandarin; Citrus poonensis Hort. new PRA to incorporate additional ADDRESSES: You may submit comments ex Tanaka, referred to in this document sources of information about plant pests by either of the following methods: as ponkan; Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck, in China. As a result, the new PRA has • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to referred to in this document as sweet a significantly longer pest list than the http://www.regulations.gov/ orange; and Citrus unshiu Marcov., 2014 PRA, and identifies two additional #!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0005. referred to in this document as Satsuma quarantine pests, both Lepidoptera, that • Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: mandarin. In evaluating China’s request, could follow the pathway on fresh Send your comment to Docket No. APHIS prepared a pest risk assessment pomelo, Nanfeng honey mandarin, APHIS–2014–0005, Regulatory Analysis (PRA) and a risk management document ponkan, sweet orange, and Satsuma and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station (RMD), which we made available along mandarin from China imported into the 3A–03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118, with the proposed rule. continental United States. Based on this Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. We solicited comments concerning new PRA, a new RMD was prepared to Supporting documents and any our proposal for 60 days ending October identify phytosanitary measures that comments we receive on this docket could be applied to the fresh pomelo, 1 To view the proposed rule, supporting may be viewed at http:// documents, and the comments we received, go to Nanfeng honey mandarin, ponkan, www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail; http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail; sweet orange, and Satsuma mandarin to D=APHIS-2014-0005 or in our reading D=APHIS-2014-0005. mitigate the pest risk.

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Section 319.56–4 contains a packinghouses, or in/on consignments DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE performance-based process for of citrus fruit from China at ports of approving the importation of certain entry into the United States. Rural Utilities Service fruits and vegetables that, based on the We are also proposing to exempt Announcement of Loan Applications findings of a pest risk analysis, can pomelos that are grown in areas that are safely be imported into the United Procedures and Deadlines for the free of B. minax and B. tsuneonis and States subject to one or more of the five Rural Energy Savings Program that are of low pest prevalence designated phytosanitary measures (RESP); Update (identified by the NPPO as having low listed in paragraph (b) of that section. AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA. Based on the new RMD that we have levels for the specified pests and subject ACTION: Notice. prepared, we have concluded that fresh to effective surveillance, control, or eradication measures) for B. correcta, B. pomelo, Nanfeng honey mandarin, SUMMARY: cucurbitae, B. dorsalis, B. orientalis, B. The Rural Utilities Service ponkan, sweet orange, and Satsuma (RUS), a Rural Development agency of pedestris, and B. tau from cold mandarin can safely be imported from the United States Department of treatment for fruit flies, if the pomelos China into the continental United States Agriculture, published a Notice of using one or more of the five designated are bagged with double-layered paper Funding Availability (NOFA) in the phytosanitary measures listed in bags no more than 2 months before Federal Register on Monday, August 6, § 319.56–4(b). The NPPO of China harvest. 2018 (83 FR 38273) announcing funding would have to enter into an operational Each of the pest mitigation measures availability, soliciting letters of intent workplan with APHIS that sets forth the that would be required, along with for loan applications, outlining the daily procedures that the NPPO of evidence of their efficacy in removing application process for those loans, and China will take to implement the pests of concern from the pathway, are setting forth deadlines for applications measures identified in the RMD. These described in detail in the RMD. from eligible entities under the Rural measures are summarized below: • Therefore, in accordance with Energy Savings Program (RESP). Since Importation in commercial the publication of the NOFA, the § 319.56–4(c)(3)(ii), we are announcing consignments only. Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 • the availability of our PRA and RMD for Registration of places of production (2018 Farm Bill) became law on and packinghouses with the NPPO of public review and comment. Those December 20, 2018, and included China. documents, as well as a description of • statutory changes affecting RESP. The Certification by the NPPO of the economic considerations associated purpose of this notice is to inform the propagative material used at places of with the importation of fresh citrus fruit public of changes made to RESP production as being free of quarantine from China, may be viewed on the pursuant to section 6303 of the Farm pests. Regulations.gov website or in our • Bill. Periodic inspections of places of reading room (see ADDRESSES above for DATES: production throughout the shipping a link to Regulations.gov and Effective May 1, 2019 and remaining in effect until further notice season. information on the location and hours of • Grove sanitation. or publication of a regulation. the reading room). You may request • Pest-free places of production for paper copies of these documents by FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bactrocera minax and B. tsuneonis. Robert Coates, Engineering Branch, • Pest-free places of production for B. calling or writing to the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Office of Loan Origination and correcta, B. cucurbitae, B. dorsalis, B. Approval, 1400 Independence Avenue CONTACT. Please refer to the subject of orientalis, B. pedestris, and B. tau; or SW, Stop 1567, (Room 0221), the analysis you wish to review when determination that places of production Washington, DC 20250–1567. requesting copies. are located in areas of low pest Telephone: (202) 260–5415. Email: prevalence for these species of fruit fly After reviewing any comments we [email protected]. based on trapping, and in-transit cold receive, we will announce our decision SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: RUS is treatment as an additional phytosanitary regarding the import status of fresh amending the funding availability and safeguard. citrus fruit from China in a subsequent • solicited letters of intent for loan Maintaining the identity and origin notice. If the overall conclusions of our of the lot of fruit throughout the export applications under RESP in the Federal analysis and determination of risk Register on Monday, August 6, 2018 (83 process to the United States. remain unchanged following our • Safeguarding of harvested fruit. FR 38273). Since the publication of the consideration of the comments, then we • Post-harvest visual inspection of NOFA, the Agriculture Improvement fruit by the NPPO or officials authorized will authorize the importation of fresh Act of 2018, (2018 Farm Bill) became by the NPPO according to a biometric citrus fruit from China into the law (Pub. L. 115–334) which included sample. continental United States subject to the statutory changes to the RESP statute (7 • Cutting a portion of the fruit in the requirements specified in the RMD. U.S.C. 8107a). The following changes became effective on the date of sample to inspect for quarantine pests. Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1633, 7701–7772, and • Washing, brushing, and treatment 7781–7786; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 7 CFR enactment of the Agriculture with a surface disinfectant. 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3. Improvement Act of 2018 (December 20, • Issuance of a phytosanitary 2018): certificate with an additional Done in Washington, DC, on April 25, 1. Cost-effective on-or off grid declaration. 2019. renewable energy is added to the list of • Port of entry inspections. Kevin Shea, eligible energy efficiency measures; • Importation under a permit issued Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 2. cost-effective storage systems is by APHIS. Inspection Service. added to the list of eligible energy • Possible remedial measures in the [FR Doc. 2019–08767 Filed 4–30–19; 8:45 am] efficiency measures; event of detection of quarantine pests at BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 3. the maximum permitted interest registered places of production or rate that can be charged by a borrower

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