Transcript Notice Based Process - Hawaii Tropical Fruit Growers

United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Plant Protection and Quarantine
Hawaii Guava:
Mitigation Requirements:
-400 Gy irradiation treatment
-Inspection for Eutetranychus orientalis and Oligonychus
biharensis.
-Commercial consignments only
Notice comments due Oct 25, 2010
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Plant Protection and Quarantine
The Notice Based Process
• Interstate movement request submitted
to Regulatory Coordination and
Compliance (RCC) contact
• Pest Risk Assessment (PRA) prepared
• Risk management measures Identified in
analysis and identified in Risk
Management Document (RMD)
• One or more designated phytosanitary
measures identified ?
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Plant Protection and Quarantine
The Notice Based Process
Any one or combination of the following
Designated Phytosanitary Measures:
• Approved post harvest treatment
• Pre-departure inspection or port of
entry inspection
• Commercial Shipments
• Recognition of pest free areas
• Limited distribution with box marking
• Fruits and Vegetables inspected and
certified in state of origin and found
free of one or more quarantine pests
identified in risk analysis.
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Plant Protection and Quarantine
Additional Steps In The Notice Based
Process
• PRA or pest list with RMD published and made
available for 60 day comment as part of the notice
• Analysis of Comments results in designated
measures adequate to mitigate risks
– No revisions required
–
Non substantive revisions
– Substantive revisions required with designated measures
adequate to mitigate risk
• Federal Register notice published approving action
(three to five business days to publish)
• Commodities posted to Hawaii manual
• Timeline cost savings?
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Plant Protection and Quarantine
Comments Reveal Risk Analysis
Issues?
• Substantive issues revealed
• Measures not appropriate to mitigate the risk
• Then - Rulemaking based process must begin.
• Typical timeline of traditional rulemaking
process is 12 to 36 months after development
of risk analysis.
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Plant Protection and Quarantine
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