[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 190 (Thursday, October 1, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 52579]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26272]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
7 CFR Part 301
[Docket No. 98-040-2]
Witchweed; Regulated Areas
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Affirmation of interim rule as final rule.
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SUMMARY: We are adopting a final rule, without change, an interim rule
that amended the list of suppressive areas under the witchweed
quarantine and regulations by removing areas from 12 counties in North
Carolina and 3 counties in South Carolina. The interim rule was
necessary to relieve unnecessary restrictions on the interstate
movement of regulated articles from these areas.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The interim rule was effective on June 4, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ronald P. Milberg, Operations
Officer, Operational Support, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 134,
Riverdale, MD 20737-1236, (301) 734-5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In an interim rule effective June 4, 1998, and published in the
Federal Register on June 10, 1998 (63 FR 31601-31604, Docket No. 98-
040-1), we amended Sec. 301.80-2a of the witchweed quarantine and
regulations by removing areas in Blanden, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland,
Duplin, Greene, Lenoir, Pender, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, and Wayne
Counties, NC, and areas in Dillon, Horry, and Marion Counties, SC, from
the list of suppressive areas.
Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or
before August 10, 1998. We did not receive any comments. Therefore, for
the reasons given in the interim rule, we are adopting the interim rule
as a final 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 12988, 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, Incorporation by reference, 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 and that was published at 63 FR
31601-31604 on June 10, 1998.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 147a, 150bb, 150dd, 150ee, 150ff, 161, 162,
and 164-167; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.2(c).
Done in Washington, DC, this 25th day of September, 1998.
Joan M. Arnoldi,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 98-26272 Filed 9-30-98; 8:45 am]
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