Notice2023-18111
Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk Analysis for the Importation of Fresh Table Beet Root (Beta vulgaris L.) for Consumption From the United Kingdom Into the Continental United States, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands
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Published
August 23, 2023
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Agriculture DepartmentAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Abstract
We are advising the public that we have prepared a pest risk analysis that evaluates the risks associated with importation of fresh table beet root (Beta vulgaris L.) for consumption from the United Kingdom into the continental United States, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Based on the analysis, we have determined that the application of one or more designated phytosanitary measures will be sufficient to mitigate the risks of introducing or disseminating plant pests or noxious weeds via the importation of fresh table beet root from the United Kingdom. We are making the pest risk analysis available to the public for review and comment.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 23, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57409-57410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18111]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2022-0038]
Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk Analysis for the
Importation of Fresh Table Beet Root (Beta vulgaris L.) for Consumption
From the United Kingdom Into the Continental United States, Hawaii,
Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 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 importation of fresh
table beet root (Beta vulgaris L.) for consumption from the United
Kingdom into the continental United States, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and
the U.S. Virgin Islands. Based on the analysis, we have determined that
the application of one or more designated phytosanitary measures will
be sufficient to mitigate the risks of introducing or disseminating
plant pests or noxious weeds via the importation of fresh table beet
root from the United Kingdom. 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
October 23, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.
Enter APHIS-2022-0038 in the Search field. Select the Documents tab,
then select the Comment button in the list of documents.
<bullet> Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2022-0038, 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 <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> 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,
PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301)
851-2352; <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7536191400111c145b3310071200061a1b35000611145b121a03"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9ad9f6fbeffef3fbb4dcffe8fdefe9f5f4daefe9fefbb4fdf5ec">[email protected]</span></a>.
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.
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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 be safely 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 the United Kingdom to allow the importation of
fresh table beet root (Beta vulgaris L.) for consumption from the
United Kingdom into the continental United States, Hawaii, Puerto Rico,
and the U.S. Virgin Islands. As part of our evaluation of the United
Kingdom's request, we have prepared a pest risk assessment to identify
the pests of quarantine significance that could follow the pathway of
the importation of fresh table beet root for consumption into the
United States and specified territories from the United Kingdom. Based
on the pest risk assessment, a risk management document (RMD) was
prepared to identify phytosanitary measures that could be applied to
fresh table beet root to mitigate the pest risk.
Therefore, in accordance with Sec. 319.56-4(c), we are announcing
the availability of our pest risk assessment and RMD for public review
and comment. Those documents, as well as a description of the economic
considerations associated with the importation of fresh table beet root
from the United Kingdom, may be viewed on the <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a> website
or in our reading room (see ADDRESSES above for a link to
<a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a> and information on the location and hours of the
reading room). You may request paper copies of the pest risk assessment
and RMD 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 table beet root from the
United Kingdom 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 table beet root (Beta vulgaris L.)
for consumption from the United Kingdom into the ccontinental United
States, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands subject to the
requirements specified in the RMD.
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 17th day of August 2023.
Michael Watson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-18111 Filed 8-22-23; 8:45 am]
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