[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 241 (Friday, December 13, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 65459]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31602]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
7 CFR Part 301
[Docket No. 96-063-2]
Imported Fire Ant; Approved Treatments
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Withdrawal of a direct final rule.
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SUMMARY: This document withdraws the direct final rule that notified
the public of our intention to amend the imported fire ant regulations.
The direct final rule was to lengthen the certification period for
containerized nursery stock treated with a 10 parts per million dosage
of the insecticide tefluthrin in its granular formulation and to remove
the 15 parts per million dosage rate for granular tefluthrin. This
withdrawal is necessary because we received a written adverse comment
in response to the direct final rule.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 13, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ronald P. Milberg, Operations
Officer, Program Support, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 134,
Riverdale, MD 20737-1236, (301) 734-5255; or E-mail:
rmilberg@aphis.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In a direct final rule published in the Federal Register on October
15, 1996 (61 FR 53601-53603, Docket No. 96-063-1), we notified the
public of our intention to amend the imported fire ant regulations to
lengthen the certification period for containerized nursery stock
treated with a 10 parts per million (ppm) dosage of the insecticide
tefluthrin in its granular formulation and to remove the 15 ppm dosage
rate for granular tefluthrin.
We solicited comments concerning the direct final rule for 30 days
ending November 14, 1996. We stated that the effective date of the
direct final rule would be 60 days after publication of the direct
final rule in the Federal Register, unless we received a written
adverse comment or a written notice of intent to submit an adverse
comment. We also stated that if we received any written adverse comment
or any written notice of intent to submit an adverse comment, we would
publish a notice in the Federal Register withdrawing the direct final
rule before the scheduled effective date and would publish a proposed
rule for public comment.
We received one written adverse comment and a written notice of
intent to submit an adverse comment. Therefore, we are withdrawing the
direct final rule and, at a later date, we will publish a proposed rule
in the Federal Register.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 150bb, 150dd, 150ee, 150ff, 161, 162, and
164-167; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.2(c).
Done in Washington, DC, this 9th day of December 1996.
A. Strating,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 96-31602 Filed 12-12-96; 8:45 am]
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