Notice2024-30969
Importation of Fresh Pineapple (Ananas comosus) Fruit From Indonesia Into the United States
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Published
December 30, 2024
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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 the importation of fresh pineapple fruit (Ananas comosus) for consumption from Indonesia 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 pineapple fruit from Indonesia. We are making the pest risk analysis available to the public for review and comment.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 249 (Monday, December 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 106416-106417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-30969]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2020-0024]
Importation of Fresh Pineapple (Ananas comosus) Fruit From
Indonesia Into the United States
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 the importation of
fresh pineapple fruit (Ananas comosus) for consumption from Indonesia
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 pineapple fruit
from Indonesia. We are making the pest risk analysis available to the
public for review and comment.
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DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
February 28, 2025.
ADDRESSES: We will 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-2020-0024 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-2020-0024, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD,
APHIS, Station 2C-10.16, 4700 River Road, Unit 25, Riverdale, MD 20737-
1238.
Supporting documents and any comments we receive on this docket may
be viewed at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://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: Mr. Hesham Abuelnaga, Senior
Regulatory Policy Specialist, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 133,
Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; (301) 851-2010; email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#541c31273c35397a157a15362131383a35333514212730357a333b22"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3b735e48535a56157a157a594e5e57555a5c5a7b4e485f5a155c544d">[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.
Section 319.56-4 contains a performance-based process for approving
the importation of certain 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 of Indonesia to allow the importation of fresh pineapple
fruit (Ananas comosus) from Indonesia into the United States. As part
of our evaluation of Indonesia'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 pineapple fruit (Ananas
comosus) from Indonesia into the United States. Based on the pest risk
assessment, a risk management document (RMD) was prepared to identify
phytosanitary measures that could be applied to the fresh pineapple
fruit 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 pineapple for
consumption from Indonesia 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 pineapple fruit from
Indonesia 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 pineapple fruit from Indonesia into the United
States 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 19th day of December 2024.
Michael Watson,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-30969 Filed 12-27-24; 8:45 am]
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