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RIN: 0579-AC79

Publication ID: Fall 2008

Title: ●Importation of Lemons From Northwest Argentina
Abstract: This rulemaking would amend the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation of lemons from northwest Argentina into the continental United States. As a condition of entry, lemons from northwest Argentina would have to be produced in accordance with a systems approach that would include requirements for importation in commercial consignments; a limited harvest period; registration and monitoring of places of production and packinghouses; grove sanitation, monitoring, and pest control practices; treatment with a surface disinfectant; and inspection for quarantine pests by the Argentine national plant protection organization. Lemons from northwest Argentina would also be required to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate with an additional declaration stating that the lemons have been inspected and found to be free of quarantine pests and were grown and packed in accordance with the proposed requirements. In addition, within the continental United States, lemons from northwest Argentina would be prohibited from importation into or distribution in the commercial citrus-producing States of Arizona, California, Florida, Louisiana, and Texas. We are also giving public notice of our determination that northwest Argentina is a pest-free area for citrus variegated chlorosis. This action would allow for the importation of lemons from northwest Argentina into the United States while continuing to provide protection against the introduction of quarantine pests.
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 7 CFR 305 7 CFR 319
Legal Authority: 7 USC 450 7 USC 7701 to 7772 7 USC 7781 to 7786 21 USC 136 and 136a

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	03/00/2009
NPRM Comment Period End	05/00/2009

Additional Information: Additional information about APHIS and its programs is available on the Internet at http://www.aphis.usda.gov.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined	Government Levels Affected: State
Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest.
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Shirley Wager-Page Branch Chief, Commodity Import Analysis and Operations, PPQ Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 4700 River Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231 Phone:301 734-8758