[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 238 (Tuesday, December 13, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 76174]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26966]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. APHIS-2021-0078]


Notice of Proposed Revision to Requirements for the Importation 
of Grapes From Chile Into the United States

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: We are extending the comment period for a notice of 
availability of a pest risk assessment and a commodity import 
evaluation document that we have prepared relative to the importation 
into the United States of fresh table grapes from regions of Chile 
where European grapevine moth (Lobesia botrana) is either absent or at 
very low prevalence. This action will allow interested persons 
additional time to prepare and submit comments.

DATES: The comment period for the notice published on October 17, 2022 
(87 FR 62783-62784) is extended. We will consider all comments that we 
receive on or before January 17, 2023.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov. 
Enter APHIS-2021-0078 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-2021-0078, 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: Ms. Claudia Ferguson, Senior 
Regulatory Policy Specialist, RCC, IRM, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road, 
Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; (301) 851-2353; 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On October 17, 2022, we published in the Federal Register (87 FR 
62783-62784, Docket No. APHIS-2021-0078) a notice announcing the 
availability of a pest risk assessment and a commodity import 
evaluation document (CIED) relative to the importation into the United 
States of fresh table grapes from regions of Chile where European 
grapevine moth (Lobesia botrana, or EGVM) is either absent or at very 
low prevalence. Chile grapes are currently subject to methyl bromide 
fumigation for EGVM and Chilean false red mite (Brevipalpus chilensis). 
Based on the pest risk assessment and the findings of the CIED, we are 
also proposing to authorize the importation of grapes from Chile under 
a systems approach or irradiation for EGVM and B. chilensis; current 
mitigation measures for Ceratitis capitata, or Medfly, would remain 
unchanged.
    Comments on the notice were required to be received on or before 
December 16, 2022. We are extending the comment period on Docket No. 
APHIS-2021-0078 until January 17, 2023. This action will allow 
interested persons additional time to prepare and submit comments.
    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 7th day of December 2022.
Anthony Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-26966 Filed 12-12-22; 8:45 am]
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