Notice of Proposed Revision to Requirements for the Importation of Plums From Chile Into the United States
| Published date | 03 November 2021 |
| Citation | 86 FR 60613 |
| Record Number | 2021-23904 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Agriculture Department,Animal And Plant Health Inspection Service |
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Wednesday, November 3, 2021
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To view the Federal Order, go to: https://
www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plants/plant_
imports/federal_order/downloads/2021/da-2021-
04.pdf.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2021–0041]
Notice of Proposed Revision to
Requirements for the Importation of
Plums From Chile Into the United
States
AGENCY
: Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION
: Notice of availability.
SUMMARY
: We are advising the public
that we have prepared a commodity
import evaluation document (CIED)
relative to the importation into the
United States of plums from Chile. Chile
plums are currently subject to
irradiation, either in Chile or in the
United States, as a mitigation for
European grapevine moth (EGVM).
Based on the findings of the CIED, in
addition to the option of irradiation, we
are also proposing to authorize the
importation of plums from Chile under
a systems approach for EGVM, as well
as an option for fumigation with methyl
bromide. We are making the CIED
available to the public for review and
comment.
DATES
: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before January 3,
2022.
ADDRESSES
: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
•Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS–
2021–0041 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–2021–0041, 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, Regulatory
Coordination and Compliance, Imports,
Regulations, and Manuals, PPQ, APHIS,
4700 River Road, Unit 133, Riverdale,
MD 20737–1231; (301) 851–2352;
claudia.ferguson@usda.gov.
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 of the regulations
provides the requirements for
authorizing the importation of fruits and
vegetables into the United States, as
well as revising existing requirements
for the importation of fruits and
vegetables. Paragraph (c) of that section
provides that the name and origin of all
fruits and vegetables authorized
importation into the United States, as
well as the requirements for their
importation, are listed on the internet in
APHIS’ Fruits and Vegetables Import
Requirements database, or FAVIR
(https://epermits.aphis.usda.gov/
manual). It also provides that, if the
Administrator of APHIS determines that
any of the phytosanitary measures
required for the importation of a
particular fruit or vegetable are no
longer necessary to reasonably mitigate
the plant pest risk posed by the fruit or
vegetable, APHIS will publish a notice
in the Federal Register making its pest
risk documentation and determination
available for public comment.
Chile plums (Prunus domestica) are
currently listed in FAVIR as authorized
for importation into the United States;
however, the requirements for such
imports have recently changed.
Following detections during
preclearance inspections in Chile of
European grapevine moth (EGVM;
Lobesia botrana) larvae and pupae in
plums intended for shipment to the
United States, on April 1, 2021, APHIS
issued a Federal Order (DA–2021–04)
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modifying the requirements for such
imports to prevent the introduction of
EGVM. The Federal Order required
plums exported to the United States
from Chile to be irradiated with a
minimum absorbed dose of 400 Gy upon
arrival in the United States or subjected
to methyl bromide fumigation that was
conducted in Chile under an APHIS
preclearance program. The allowance
for methyl bromide fumigation provided
for in the Federal Order ended on May
31, 2021.
The national plant protection
organization (NPPO) of Chile has
requested that APHIS revise the import
requirements for plums from Chile to
the United States to allow for alternative
mitigations to address EGVM other than
irradiation. In response to this request
from the NPPO, APHIS prepared a
commodity import evaluation document
(CIED) titled ‘‘Importation of Fresh
Plums and Plum hybrids (Prunus
domestica) from Chile into the United
States using a systems approach to
mitigate for European Grapevine Moth
(Lobesia botrana).’’ The CIED
recommends that, in addition to
irradiation, the EGVM risk associated
with the importation of plums from
Chile could also be mitigated by a
systems approach or by methyl bromide
fumigation in Chile or at the port of
entry in the United States.
Therefore, in accordance with
§ 319.56–4(c), we are announcing the
availability of our CIED for public
review and comment. This document, as
well as a description of the economic
considerations associated with
alternatives to the irradiation
requirement, may be viewed on the
Regulations.gov website or in our
reading room (see
ADDRESSES
above for
a link to Regulations.gov and
information on the location and hours of
the reading room). You may request
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paper copies of these documents 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 whether to revise the
requirements for the importation of
plums from Chile 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 revise the
requirements for the importation of
plums from Chile as described in this
notice.
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 28th day of
October 2021.
Mark Davidson,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
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