81 FR 58873 - Importation of Lemons From Chile Into the Continental United States

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 166 (August 26, 2016)

We are reopening the comment period for our proposed rule that would amend the fruits and vegetables regulations to list lemon (Citrus limon (L.) Burm. f.) from Chile as eligible for importation into the continental United States subject to a systems approach. This action will allow interested persons additional time to prepare and submit comments.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 166 (Friday, August 26, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 58873-58874]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-20506]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

7 CFR Part 319

[Docket No. APHIS-2015-0051]
RIN 0579-AE20


Importation of Lemons From Chile Into the Continental United 
States

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: We are reopening the comment period for our proposed rule that 
would amend the fruits and vegetables regulations to list lemon (Citrus 
limon (L.) Burm. f.) from Chile as eligible for importation into the 
continental United States subject to a systems approach. This action 
will allow interested persons additional time to prepare and submit 
comments.

DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published on April 4, 
2016 (81 FR 19063) is reopened. We will consider all comments that we 
receive on or before September 26, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2015-0051.
     Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to 
Docket No. APHIS-2015-0051, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, 
APHIS, Station

[[Page 58874]]

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 http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2015-
0051 or in our reading room, which is located in Room 1141 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. George Balady, Senior Regulatory 
Policy Specialist, Regulatory Coordination and Compliance, Plant Health 
Programs, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737; 
(301) 851-2240.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 4, 2016, we published in the 
Federal Register (81 FR 19063, Docket No. APHIS-2015-0051) a proposal 
to the fruits and vegetables regulations to list lemon (Citrus limon 
(L.) Burm. f.) from Chile as eligible for importation into the 
continental United States subject to a systems approach.
    Our review of the information supporting the safe importation into 
the United States of citrus from Chile under the listed phytosanitary 
measures is examined in a commodity import evaluation document (CIED) 
titled ``Importation of Fresh Lemons (Citrus limon (L.) Burm. F.), from 
Chile into the Continental United States Using a Systems Approach.'' 
The CIED was based on a pathway-initiated risk assessment (PRA), titled 
``Importation of Fresh Lemons (Citrus limon (L.) Burm. f.) from Chile 
into the Continental United States.'' The draft PRA was made available 
for review and comment on the APHIS Web page in 2014. However, we did 
not make the PRA available with the proposed rule for further review 
and comment. A commenter on the proposed rule asked that we make the 
PRA available again. In response to this comment we are making the PRA 
available for review and reopening the comment period. Copies of the 
CIED and PRA may be obtained from the person listed under FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT or viewed on the Regulations.gov Web site 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).
    Comments on the proposed rule were required to be received on or 
before June 3, 2016. We are reopening the comment period on Docket No. 
APHIS-2015-0051 for an additional 30 days. We will also consider all 
comments received between June 4, 2016, and the date of this notice. 
This action will allow interested persons additional time to prepare 
and submit comments.

    Authority:  7 U.S.C. 450, 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 22nd day of August 2016.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-20506 Filed 8-25-16; 8:45 am]
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