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                                                   VOL. 59, NO. 242

                                          Monday, December 19, 1994

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

7 CFR Part 319

[Docket No. 94-116-2]

 

Importation of Fresh Hass Avocado Fruit Grown in Michoacan, 
Mexico

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking and public meetings; 
reopening and extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is reopening 
and extending the time period for the public to comment on an advance 
notice of proposed rulemaking regarding the possible importation of 
fresh Hass avocado fruit grown in approved orchards in approved 
municipalities in Michoacan, Mexico, into certain areas in the United 
States. Reopening and extending the comment period will give interested 
persons additional time to prepare and submit comments on the Mexican 
proposal.

DATES: Consideration will be given only to comments received on or 
before January 3, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Please send an original and three copies of your comments to 
Chief, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, USDA, P.O. 
Drawer 810, Riverdale, MD 20738. Please state that your comments refer 
to Docket No. 94-116-2. Comments received may be inspected at USDA, 
room 1141, South Building, 14th Street and Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC, between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except holidays. Persons wishing to inspect comments are requested to 
call ahead on (202) 690-2817 to facilitate entry into the comment 
reading room.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Victor Harabin, Head, Permit Unit, 
Port Operations, Plant Protection and Quarantine, APHIS, USDA, P.O. 
Drawer 810, Riverdale, MD, 20738. The telephone number for the agency 
contact will change when agency offices in Hyattsville, MD, move to 
Riverdale, MD, during January. Telephone: (301) 436-8645 (Hyattsville); 
(301) 734-8645 (Riverdale).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On November 15, 1994, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service (APHIS) published in the Federal Register (59 FR 59070-59071, 
Docket No. 94-116-1) an advance notice of proposed rulemaking and a 
notice of public meetings concerning the possible importation of fresh 
Hass avocado fruit grown in approved orchards in approved 
municipalities in Michoacan, Mexico, into certain areas in the United 
States. The two public meetings were held on November 28 and 29. 
Interested persons were invited to present either written or oral 
comments at the public meetings on the Mexican proposal. The notice 
stated that copies of the Mexican proposal were available by calling or 
writing Mr. Victor Harabin. All written comments on the advance notice 
and Mexican proposal were required to be received on or before December 
13, 1994.
    At the public meetings, copies of the Mexican proposal were also 
made available. A number of persons in attendance at both public 
meetings stated that this was their first opportunity to review the 
Mexican proposal and that the copies of the proposal provided were 
incomplete because Appendices I, II, and III were not included. They 
requested that the Appendices be provided and that the comment period 
closing date be extended to allow time for review of the complete 
proposal and comment. APHIS has forwarded copies of these Appendices to 
those interested persons who requested copies of the Mexican proposal 
pursuant to the November 15, 1994, Federal Register notice or who 
received copies of the proposal at the two public meetings. So that 
interested persons may have additional time to prepare and submit 
comments on the Mexican proposal, APHIS is reopening and extending the 
public comment period on Docket No. 94-116-1 until January 3, 1995. 
APHIS will consider all comments received between November 15, 1994, 
and January 3, 1995.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 150dd, 150ee, 150ff, 151-167, 450; 21 U.S.C. 
136 and 136a; 7 CFR 2.17, 2.51, and 371.2(c).

    Done in Washington, DC, this 14th day of December 1994.
Alex B. Thiermann,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 94-31151 Filed 12-16-94; 8:45 am]
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