[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 5, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 67384]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-28074]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. 00-090-1]


Availability of Pest Risk Assessment for the Importation of Unshu 
Oranges From the Republic of Korea Into Citrus Producing States of the 
Continental United States

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service has prepared a pest risk assessment relative to a 
proposed rule currently under consideration that would allow the 
importation of Unshu oranges from the Republic of Korea into citrus 
producing States of the continental United States. We are making the 
pest risk assessment available to the public for review and comment.

DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before 
January 6, 2003.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by postal mail/commercial delivery 
or by e-mail. If you use postal mail/commercial delivery, please send 
four copies of your comment (an original and three copies) to: Docket 
No. 00-090-1, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 
3C71, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. Please state 
that your comment refers to Docket No. 00-090-1. If you use e-mail, 
address your comment to [email protected]. Your comment must 
be contained in the body of your message; do not send attached files. 
Please include your name and address in your message and ``Docket No. 
00-090-1'' on the subject line.
    You may read any comments that we receive on the pest risk 
assessment in our reading room. The reading room is located in room 
1141 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) 690-2817 before coming.
    APHIS documents published in the Federal Register, and related 
information, including the names of organizations and individuals who 
have commented on APHIS dockets, are available on the Internet at 
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/webrepor.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Gary Cave, Center for Plant Health 
Science and Technology, PPQ, APHIS, 1017 Main Campus Drive, Suite 2500, 
Raleigh, NC 27606-5202; (919) 513-2127.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Under the regulations in ``Subpart--Citrus Fruit'' (7 CFR 319.28, 
referred to below as the regulations), Unshu oranges from the Republic 
of Korea may be imported, under certain conditions, into any area in 
the United States except American Samoa, Arizona, California, Florida, 
Louisiana, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Texas, and the 
U.S. Virgin Islands, which are citrus-producing States.
    At the request of the Government of the Republic of Korea, the 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is considering 
amending the regulations to allow the importation of Unshu oranges from 
the Republic of Korea into citrus-producing States in the continental 
United States. To evaluate the risks associated with the importation of 
Unshu oranges from the Republic of Korea as specified in the Korean 
Government's request, APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment entitled 
``Expansion of the Importation of Fresh Unshu Orange Fruit (Citrus 
reticulata Blanco var. unshu Swingle) from the Republic of Korea into 
Citrus Producing States of the Continental United States' (October 4, 
2002). This notice solicits public comments on the pest risk 
assessment.
    You may view the pest risk assessment on the Internet at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/pra/, or in our reading room (information on the 
location and hours of the reading room is provided under the heading 
ADDRESSES at the beginning of this notice). You may also request a copy 
from the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450, 7711-7714, 7718, 7731, 7732, and 7751-
7754; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3.

    Done in Washington, DC, this 30th day of October 2002.
Bobby R. Acord,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 02-28074 Filed 11-4-02; 8:45 am]
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