Comment from Richard Gaskalla

Document ID: APHIS-2008-0140-0008
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: Animal And Plant Health Inspection Service
Received Date: December 16 2009, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Date Posted: December 17 2009, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: October 19 2009, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: December 18 2009, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 80a6c224
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Subject: Docket No. APHIS-2008-0140 “Amendments to Treatments for Sweet Cherry and Citrus Fruit from Australia and Irradiation Dose for Mediterranean Fruit Fly” To Whom It May Concern: We find the proposed treatments to be appropriate based on the evidence that they presented; however, there was no requirement mentioned for field monitoring of fruit fly populations in the production area with concomitant field treatment required when populations exceed a defined limit. Although the proposed treatments may be satisfactory to reach an efficacy at probit-9-level, if field populations go unmonitored there is a possibility that heavy infestations of the fruit flies could occur and in turn find their way to U.S. soil. Sincerely, CHARLES H. BRONSON COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE Richard Gaskalla, Director Division of Plant Industry Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services Post Office Box 147100 Gainesville, FL 32614-7100 Phone: (352) 372-3505, x106 gaskalr@doacs.state.fl.us

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