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 2016_register executive 2016-12-06 article Proposed Rules D09002ee1c7f31eef D09002ee1c7f31f63 United States Department of Agriculture originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Agricultural Marketing Service originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency This proposed rule would change the reporting requirements for certain Irish potatoes, tomatoes, and onions regulated under Sec. 608(e) of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (section 8e of the Act) by requiring importers of those regulated commodities that have been certified by a designated governmental inspection service other than the Federal or Federal-State Inspection Service as meeting 8e requirements to provide the inspection certificate number and a copy of the certificate to AMS (currently, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is the only entity so designated). In addition, the pistachio import regulations would be changed to provide for the electronic filing of aflatoxin test results and to eliminate a requirement to report the disposition of reworked or failed lots of pistachios. Other changes would be made to several of the 8e regulations to remove or replace outdated information. These changes would allow AMS to confirm that section 8e regulatory requirements are being met and would also support the International Trade Data System (ITDS), a key White House economic initiative that will automate the filing of import and export information by the trade. 81 FR 87849 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-12-06/2016-29016 2016-29016 fr06de16-17 P Doc. No. AMS-SC-16-0064 SC16-980-1 PR https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-12-06/2016-29016 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-12-06/html/2016-29016.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-12-06/pdf/2016-29016.pdf Avocados Food Grades and Standards Grapefruit Grapes Imports Kiwifruit Olives Oranges Marketing Agreements Onions Potatoes Tomatoes Dates Filberts Nuts Pistachios Prunes Raisins Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Walnuts 8 p. 87849 87856 81 FR 87849 Title 7 Part 944 7 CFR Part 944 Title 7 Part 980 7 CFR Part 980 Title 7 Part 999 7 CFR Part 999 Changes to Reporting Requirements-Vegetable and Specialty Crop Import Regulations; and Other Clarifying Changes-Fruit, Vegetable, and Specialty Crop Import Regulations; Federal Register Vol. 81, Issue PRORULE 2016-29016 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural Marketing Service 2017-01-05 Doc. No. AMS-SC-16-0064 SC16-980-1 PR P 2016-29016 Proposed rule.

This proposed rule would change the reporting requirements for certain Irish potatoes, tomatoes, and onions regulated under Sec. 608(e) of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (section 8e of the Act) by requiring importers of those regulated commodities that have been certified by a designated governmental inspection service other than the Federal or Federal-State Inspection Service as meeting 8e requirements to provide the inspection certificate number and a copy of the certificate to AMS (currently, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is the only entity so designated). In addition, the pistachio import regulations would be changed to provide for the electronic filing of aflatoxin test results and to eliminate a requirement to report the disposition of reworked or failed lots of pistachios. Other changes would be made to several of the 8e regulations to remove or replace outdated information. These changes would allow AMS to confirm that section 8e regulatory requirements are being met and would also support the International Trade Data System (ITDS), a key White House economic initiative that will automate the filing of import and export information by the trade.

Comments must be received by January 5, 2017. Shannon Ramirez, Compliance and Enforcement Specialist, or Vincent Fusaro, Compliance and Enforcement Branch Chief, Specialty Crops Program, AMS, USDA; Telephone: (202) 720- 2491, Fax: (202) 720-8938, or Email: Shannon.Ramirez@ams.usda.gov or VincentJ.Fusaro@ams.usda.gov. Avocados Food Grades and Standards Grapefruit Grapes Imports Kiwifruit Olives Oranges Marketing Agreements Onions Potatoes Tomatoes Dates Filberts Nuts Pistachios Prunes Raisins Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Walnuts Imports: Vegetable and Specialty Crop Import Regulations; and Other Clarifying ChangesFruit, Vegetable, and Specialty Crop , ComplianceInfo@ams.usda.gov Richard.Lower@ams.usda.gov Shannon.Ramirez@ams.usda.gov VincentJ.Fusaro@ams.usda.gov http://www.ams.usda.gov/rules-regulations/moa/small-businesses http://www.regulations.gov Vol. 81, no. 234 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2016-12-06 continuing daily deposited born digital 304 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-12-06 P0b002ee192f89d89 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr06de16 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-12-06 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-12-06/pdf/FR-2016-12-06.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-12-06/xml/FR-2016-12-06.xml fdlp 87801 88095 DGPO 2016-12-06 2024-06-01 FR-2016-12-06 machine generated eng FR FR-2016-12-06 81 234