[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 132 (Monday, July 11, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 44801]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-16363]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

7 CFR Part 319

[Docket No. APHIS-2014-0092]
RIN 0579-AE17


Importation of Lemons From Northwest Argentina

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: We are extending the comment period for a proposed rule to 
allow the importation of lemons from northwest Argentina into the 
continental United States. This action will allow interested persons 
additional time to prepare and submit comments.

DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before 
August 10, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0092.
     Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comments to 
Docket No. APHIS-2014-0092, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, 
APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-
1238.
    Supporting documents and any comments we receive on this docket may 
be viewed at http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-
0092 or in our reading room, which 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) 799-7039 before coming.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Juan A. (Tony) Rom[aacute]n, 
Senior Regulatory Policy Specialist, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 
133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; (301) 851-2242.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 10, 2016, we published in the Federal 
Register (81 FR 28758-28764, Docket No. APHIS-2014-0092) a proposed 
rule to authorize the importation of lemons from northwest Argentina 
into the United States.
    Comments on the proposed rule were required to be received on or 
before July 11, 2016. We are extending the comment period on Docket No. 
APHIS-2014-0092 for an additional 30 days. As a result of this 
extension, comments are now due on or before August 10, 2016. This 
action will allow interested persons additional time to prepare and 
submit comments.

    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 6th day of July 2016.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-16363 Filed 7-8-16; 8:45 am]
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