Notification of Availability of a Pest Risk Analysis for the Importation of Fresh Mango (Mangifera indica L.) Fruit From Grenada Into the United States
| Published date | 09 September 2021 |
| Record Number | 2021-19497 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Agriculture Department,Animal And Plant Health Inspection Service |
Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 172 (Thursday, September 9, 2021)
[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 172 (Thursday, September 9, 2021)]
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[FR Doc No: 2021-19497]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2021-0016]
Notification of Availability of a Pest Risk Analysis for the
Importation of Fresh Mango (Mangifera indica L.) Fruit From Grenada
Into the United States
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: We are advising the public that we have prepared a pest risk
analysis that evaluates the risks associated with the importation of
fresh mango fruit from Grenada into the United States. Based on the
analysis, we have determined that the application of one or more
phytosanitary measures will be sufficient to mitigate the risks of
introducing or disseminating plant pests or noxious weeds via the
importation of fresh mango fruit from Grenada. We are making the pest
risk analysis available to the public for review and comment.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
November 8, 2021.
ADDRESSES: We will submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS-2021-0016 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-2021-0016, 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: Mr. Marc E. Phillips, Senior
Regulatory Policy Specialist, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 133,
Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; (301) 851-2114; [email protected].
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 contains a performance-based process for approving
the importation of fruits and vegetables that, based on the findings of
a pest risk analysis, can safely be imported subject to one or more of
the five designated phytosanitary measures listed in paragraph (b) of
that section.
APHIS received a request from the national plant protection
organization (NPPO) of Grenada to allow the importation of fresh mango
fruit (Mangifera indica L.) from Grenada into the United States. As
part of our evaluation of Grenada's request, we have prepared a pest
risk assessment (PRA) to identify the pests of quarantine significance
that could follow the pathway of the importation of fresh mango fruit
into the United States from Grenada. Based on the PRA, a commodity
import evaluation document (CIED) was prepared to identify
phytosanitary measures that could be applied to the fresh mango fruit
to mitigate the pest risk.
Therefore, in accordance with Sec. 319.56-4(c)(3), we are
announcing the availability of our PRA and CIED for public review and
comment. Those documents, as well as a description of the economic
considerations associated with the importation of fresh mango fruit
from Grenada, may be viewed on the Regulations.gov website or in our
reading room (see ADDRESSES above for a link to the Regulations.gov and
information on the location and hours of the reading room). You may
request paper copies of the PRA and CIED 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 the import status of fresh mango fruit from Grenada
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 authorize the
importation of fresh mango fruit from Grenada into the United States
subject to the requirements specified in the CIED.
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 2nd day of September, 2021.
Mark Davidson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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