[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 172 (Thursday, September 9, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 50524]
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[FR Doc No: 2021-19497]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. APHIS-2021-0016]


Notification of Availability of a Pest Risk Analysis for the 
Importation of Fresh Mango (Mangifera indica L.) Fruit From Grenada 
Into the United States

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Agriculture (USDA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: We are advising the public that we have prepared a pest risk 
analysis that evaluates the risks associated with the importation of 
fresh mango fruit from Grenada into the United States. Based on the 
analysis, we have determined that the application of one or more 
phytosanitary measures will be sufficient to mitigate the risks of 
introducing or disseminating plant pests or noxious weeds via the 
importation of fresh mango fruit from Grenada. We are making the pest 
risk analysis available to the public for review and comment.

DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before 
November 8, 2021.

ADDRESSES: We will submit comments by either of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS-2021-0016 in the Search field. Select 
the Documents tab, then select the Comment button in the list of 
documents.
     Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to 
Docket No. APHIS-2021-0016, 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 www.regulations.gov or in our reading room, which is 
located in Room 1620 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. Marc E. Phillips, Senior 
Regulatory Policy Specialist, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 133, 
Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; (301) 851-2114; [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Under the regulations in ``Subpart L--Fruits and Vegetables'' (7 
CFR 319.56-1 through 319.56-12, 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 contains a performance-based process for approving 
the importation of fruits and vegetables that, based on the findings of 
a pest risk analysis, can safely be imported subject to one or more of 
the five designated phytosanitary measures listed in paragraph (b) of 
that section.
    APHIS received a request from the national plant protection 
organization (NPPO) of Grenada to allow the importation of fresh mango 
fruit (Mangifera indica L.) from Grenada into the United States. As 
part of our evaluation of Grenada's request, we have prepared a pest 
risk assessment (PRA) to identify the pests of quarantine significance 
that could follow the pathway of the importation of fresh mango fruit 
into the United States from Grenada. Based on the PRA, a commodity 
import evaluation document (CIED) was prepared to identify 
phytosanitary measures that could be applied to the fresh mango fruit 
to mitigate the pest risk.
    Therefore, in accordance with Sec.  319.56-4(c)(3), we are 
announcing the availability of our PRA and CIED for public review and 
comment. Those documents, as well as a description of the economic 
considerations associated with the importation of fresh mango fruit 
from Grenada, may be viewed on the Regulations.gov website or in our 
reading room (see ADDRESSES above for a link to the Regulations.gov and 
information on the location and hours of the reading room). You may 
request paper copies of the PRA and CIED by calling or writing to the 
person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Please refer to 
the subject of the analysis you wish to review when requesting copies.
    After reviewing any comments we receive, we will announce our 
decision regarding the import status of fresh mango fruit from Grenada 
in a subsequent notice. If the overall conclusions of our analysis and 
the Administrator's determination of risk remain unchanged following 
our consideration of the comments, then we will authorize the 
importation of fresh mango fruit from Grenada into the United States 
subject to the requirements specified in the CIED.
    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1633, 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 2nd day of September, 2021.
Mark Davidson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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