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 2018_register executive 2018-09-14 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7e1507d D09002ee1c7e150ed 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 amending our regulations governing the importation 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 removing the region- or commodity-specific phytosanitary requirements currently found in these regulations. Likewise, we are making an equivalent revision of the performance standard in our regulations governing the interstate movement of fruits and vegetables from Hawaii and the U.S. territories (Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) and removing the commodity- specific phytosanitary requirements from those regulations. This action will 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 will 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. 83 FR 46627 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2018-09-14/2018-19984 2018-19984 fr14se18-1 RIN 0579-AD71 3410-34-P Docket No. APHIS-2010-0082 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2018-09-14/2018-19984 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-09-14/html/2018-19984.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-09-14/pdf/2018-19984.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 13 p. 46627 46639 83 FR 46627 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. 83, Issue RULE 2018-19984 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 2018-10-15 Docket No. APHIS-2010-0082 3410-34-P 2018-19984 Final rule.

We are amending our regulations governing the importation 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 removing the region- or commodity-specific phytosanitary requirements currently found in these regulations. Likewise, we are making an equivalent revision of the performance standard in our regulations governing the interstate movement of fruits and vegetables from Hawaii and the U.S. territories (Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) and removing the commodity- specific phytosanitary requirements from those regulations. This action will 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 will 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.

Effective October 15, 2018. Regarding the commodity import request evaluation process, contact Mr. Benjamin J. Kaczmarski, Assistant Director, Regulatory Coordination and Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 851-2127. 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/wps/portal/aphis/ourfocus/planthealth/sa_import/sa_permits/sa_plant_plant_products/sa_fruits_vegetables/ct_q56-streamlining-questions-answers/!ut/p/a0/04_Sj9CPykssy0xPLMnMz0vMAfGjzOK9_D2MDJ0MjDzd3V2dDDz93HwCzL29jAx8TfULsh0VAY_1WkE!/ http://www.ocio.usda.gov/document/usdas-peer-review-guidelines http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail https://epermits.aphis.usda.gov/manual https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/planthealth/complete-list-of-electronic-manuals Regulations.gov Vol. 83, no. 179 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2018-09-14 continuing daily deposited born digital 231 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2018-09-14 P0b002ee19c90b093 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr14se18 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2018-09-14 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-09-14/pdf/FR-2018-09-14.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-09-14/xml/FR-2018-09-14.xml fdlp 46627 46848 DGPO 2018-09-14 2024-06-01 FR-2018-09-14 machine generated eng FR FR-2018-09-14 83 179