United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2014_register executive 2014-10-07 article Proposed Rules D09002ee1c7f8a594 D09002ee1c7f8a611 United States Department of Agriculture originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency We are proposing to amend our regulations governing the importations of fruits and vegetables by broadening our existing performance standard to provide for approval of all new fruits and vegetables for importation into the United States using a notice-based process. We are also proposing to remove the region- or commodity- specific phytosanitary requirements currently found in these regulations. Likewise, we are proposing an equivalent revision of the performance standard in our regulations governing the interstate movements of fruits and vegetables from Hawaii and the U.S. territories (Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) and the removal of commodity-specific phytosanitary requirements from those regulations. This proposal would allow for the approval of requests to authorize the importation or interstate movement of new fruits and vegetables in a manner that enables a more flexible and responsive regulatory approach to evolving pest situations in both the United States and exporting countries. It would not however, alter the science-based process in which the risk associated with importation or interstate movement of a given fruit or vegetable is evaluated or the manner in which risks associated with the importation or interstate movement of a fruit or vegetable are mitigated. 79 FR 53346 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2014-09-09/2014-21406 2014-21406 fr09se14-15 RIN 0579-AD71 3410-34-P Docket No. APHIS-2010-0082 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2014-09-09/2014-21406 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2014-09-09/html/2014-21406.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2014-09-09/pdf/2014-21406.pdf Cotton Cottonseeds Fruits Guam Hawaii Plant Diseases and Pests Puerto Rico Quarantine Transportation Vegetables Virgin Islands Coffee Imports Logs Nursery Stock Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Rice 7 p. 53346 53352 79 FR 53346 Title 7 Part 318 7 CFR Part 318 Title 7 Part 319 7 CFR Part 319 RIN 0579-AD71 Establishing a Performance Standard for Authorizing the Importation and Interstate Movement of Fruits and Vegetables; Federal Register Vol. 79, Issue PRORULE 2014-21406 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 2014-11-10 Docket No. APHIS-2010-0082 3410-34-P 2014-21406 Proposed rule.

We are proposing to amend our regulations governing the importations of fruits and vegetables by broadening our existing performance standard to provide for approval of all new fruits and vegetables for importation into the United States using a notice-based process. We are also proposing to remove the region- or commodity- specific phytosanitary requirements currently found in these regulations. Likewise, we are proposing an equivalent revision of the performance standard in our regulations governing the interstate movements of fruits and vegetables from Hawaii and the U.S. territories (Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) and the removal of commodity-specific phytosanitary requirements from those regulations. This proposal would allow for the approval of requests to authorize the importation or interstate movement of new fruits and vegetables in a manner that enables a more flexible and responsive regulatory approach to evolving pest situations in both the United States and exporting countries. It would not however, alter the science-based process in which the risk associated with importation or interstate movement of a given fruit or vegetable is evaluated or the manner in which risks associated with the importation or interstate movement of a fruit or vegetable are mitigated.

We will consider all comments that we receive on or before November 10, 2014. Ms. Nicole L. Russo, Assistant Director, Regulatory Coordination and Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 851-2159. Cotton Cottonseeds Fruits Guam Hawaii Plant Diseases and Pests Puerto Rico Quarantine Transportation Vegetables Virgin Islands Coffee Imports Logs Nursery Stock Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Rice Establishing a Performance Standard for Authorizing the Importation and Interstate Movement of Fruits and Vegetables , http://www.aphis.usda.gov/favir http://www.aphis.usda.gov/favir/ http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plants/manuals/online_manuals.shtml http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plants/manuals/ports/downloads/fv.pdf http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plants/manuals/ports/downloads/hawaii.pdf http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plants/manuals/ports/downloads/puerto_rico.pdf http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plants/manuals/ports/index.shtml http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDAAPHIS/subscriber/new Regulations.gov Vol. 79, no. 174 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2014-09-09 continuing daily deposited born digital 329 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2014-09-09 P0b002ee189dac3cc 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr09se14 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2014-09-09 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2014-09-09/pdf/FR-2014-09-09.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2014-09-09/xml/FR-2014-09-09.xml fdlp 53281 53600 DGPO 2014-10-07 2024-06-02 FR-2014-09-09 machine generated eng FR FR-2014-09-09 79 174