Notice: Import Authorizations: Fresh Pomegranates from Peru into the Continental United States (Docket # APHIS-2016-0012)

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public of our decision to authorize the importation of fresh pomegranates from Peru into the continental United States. Based on the findings of a pest risk analysis, which we made available for the public to review and comment through a previous notice, we have concluded that the application of designated phytosanitary measures will be sufficient to mitigate the risks of introducing or disseminating plant pests via the importation of fresh pomegranates from Peru.

The notice is available in English at: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=APHIS-2016-0012-0012.

Federal Register/Vol. 81, No. 154/Wednesday, 10 August 2016/pgs. 52810- 52811

In accordance with that process, we published a notice in the Federal Register on 14 March 2016 (81 FR 13310, Docket No. APHIS-2016-0012), in which we announced the availability, for review and comment, of a pest risk assessment (PRA) that identifies pests of quarantine significance that could follow the pathway of importation of pomegranates from Peru into the continental United States. We solicited comments on the PRA and risk management document (RMD) for 60 days, ending on 13 May 2016. We received eight comments by that date.