[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 5087]
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[FR Doc No: 95-1977]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
7 CFR Part 301
[Docket No. 93-157-3]
Mexican Fruit Fly Regulations; Removal of Regulated Area
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Affirmation of interim rule as final rule.
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SUMMARY: We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim
rule that amended the regulations by removing the quarantined portion
of Los Angeles County, CA, from the list of areas regulated because of
the Mexican fruit fly, and by removing California from the list of
States quarantined because of the Mexican fruit fly. We have determined
that the Mexican fruit fly has been eradicated from California and that
restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from
California are no longer necessary to prevent the spread of the Mexican
fruit fly into noninfested areas of the United States. The interim rule
was necessary to relieve unnecessary restrictions on the interstate
movement of regulated articles from the previously regulated area.
EFFECTIVE DATE: February 27, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Michael B. Stefan, Operations
Officer, Domestic and Emergency Operations, Plant Protection and
Quarantine, APHIS, USDA, P.O. Drawer 810, Riverdale, MD 20738. The
telephone number for the agency contact will change when agency offices
in Hyattsville, MD, move to Riverdale, MD, during February. Telephone:
(301) 436-8247 (Hyattsville); (301) 734-8247 (Riverdale).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In an interim rule effective October 7, 1994, and published in the
Federal Register on October 13, 1994 (59 FR 51839-51840, Docket No. 93-
157-2), we amended the regulations in 7 CFR part 301 by removing the
quarantined portion of Los Angeles County, CA, from the list of areas
regulated because of the Mexican fruit fly in Sec. 301.64-3(c), and by
removing California from the list of States quarantined because of the
Mexican fruit fly in Sec. 301.64(a).
Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or
before December 12, 1994. We did not receive any comments. The facts
presented in the interim rule still provide a basis for the rule.
This action also affirms the information contained in the interim
rule concerning Executive Order 12866 and the Regulatory Flexibility
Act, Executive Orders 12372 and 12778, and the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Further, for this action, the Office of Management and Budget has
waived the review process required by Executive Order 12866.
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 301
Agricultural commodities, Plant diseases and pests, Quarantine,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Transportation.
PART 301--DOMESTIC QUARANTINE NOTICES
Accordingly, we are adopting as a final rule, without change, the
interim rule that amended 7 CFR 301.64 and 301.64-3 and that was
published at 59 FR 51839-51840 on October 13, 1994.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 150bb, 150dd, 150ee, 150ff, 161, 162, and
164-167; 7 CFR 2.17, 2.51, and 371.2(c).
Done in Washington, DC, this 20th day of January 1995.
Terry L. Medley,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 95-1977 Filed 1-25-95; 8:45 am]
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