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Hawaii Guava: Mitigation Requirements: - 400 Gy irradiation treatment -Inspection for Eutetranychus orientalis and Oligonychus biharensis . -Commercial consignments only Notice comments due Oct 25, 2010. The Notice Based Process.
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Hawaii Guava:Mitigation Requirements: -400 Gy irradiation treatment-Inspection for Eutetranychusorientalis and Oligonychusbiharensis.-Commercial consignments onlyNotice comments due Oct 25, 2010
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 ?
The Notice Based ProcessAny 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.
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?
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.