# Notice of Proposed Revision to Requirements for the Importation of Grapes From Chile Into the United States
**AGENCY:**
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
**ACTION:**
Notice of availability; extension of comment period.
**SUMMARY:**
We are extending the comment period for a notice of availability of a pest risk assessment and a commodity import evaluation document that we have prepared relative to the importation into the United States of fresh table grapes from regions of Chile where European grapevine moth ( *Lobesia botrana* ) is either absent or at very low prevalence. This action will allow interested persons additional time to prepare and submit comments.
**DATES:**
The comment period for the notice published on October 17, 2022 (87 FR 62783-62784) is extended. We will consider all comments that we receive on or before January 17, 2023.
**ADDRESSES:**
You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
• *Federal eRulemaking Portal:* Go to *www.regulations.gov.* Enter APHIS-2021-0078 in the Search field. Select the Documents tab, then select the Comment button in the list of documents.
• *Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:* Send your comment to Docket No. APHIS-2021-0078, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238.
Supporting documents and any comments we receive on this docket may be viewed at *www.regulations.gov* 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:**
Ms. Claudia Ferguson, Senior Regulatory Policy Specialist, RCC, IRM, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; (301) 851-2353; *[email protected].*
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
**Background**
On October 17, 2022, we published in the *Federal Register* (87 FR 62783-62784, Docket No. APHIS-2021-0078) a notice announcing the availability of a pest risk assessment and a commodity import evaluation document (CIED) relative to the importation into the United States of fresh table grapes from regions of Chile where European grapevine moth ( *Lobesia botrana,* or EGVM) is either absent or at very low prevalence. Chile grapes are currently subject to methyl bromide fumigation for EGVM and Chilean false red mite ( *Brevipalpus chilensis* ). Based on the pest risk assessment and the findings of the CIED, we are also proposing to authorize the importation of grapes from Chile under a systems approach or irradiation for EGVM and *B. chilensis;* current mitigation measures for *Ceratitis capitata,* or Medfly, would remain unchanged.
Comments on the notice were required to be received on or before December 16, 2022. We are extending the comment period on Docket No. APHIS-2021-0078 until January 17, 2023. This action will allow interested persons additional time to prepare and submit comments.
*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 7th day of December 2022.
Anthony Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.