[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 10, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 47663]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22940]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
7 CFR Part 301
[Docket No. 91-155-20]
Mediterranean Fruit Fly; Removal of Quarantined 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 as a final rule, without change, an interim
rule that amended the Mediterranean fruit fly regulations by removing
the quarantined areas in Los Angeles, Orange, and San Bernardino
Counties, CA, from the list of quarantined areas. We have determined
that the Mediterranean fruit fly has been eradicated from these areas
and that restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles
from these areas are no longer necessary. As a result of the interim
rule, there are no longer any areas in the continental United States
quarantined because of the Mediterranean fruit fly.
EFFECTIVE DATE: Interim rule was effective on June 14, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Michael B. Stefan, Operations
Officer, Domestic and Emergency Operations, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road
Unit 134, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236, (301) 734-8247; or e-mail:
mstefan@aphis.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In an interim rule effective June 14, 1996, and published in the
Federal Register on June 19, 1996 (61 FR 31003-31004, Docket No. 91-
155-19), we amended the Mediterranean fruit fly regulations (contained
in 7 CFR 301.78 through 301.78-10) by removing the quarantined areas in
Los Angeles, Orange, and San Bernardino Counties, CA, from the list of
quarantined areas in Sec. 301.78-3(c). That action relieved unnecessary
restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from
these areas. Also, as a result of that action, there are no longer any
areas in the continental United States quarantined because of the
Mediterranean fruit fly.
Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or
before August 19, 1996. We did not receive any comments by that date.
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 and that was published at 61 FR
31003-31004 on June 19, 1996.
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 3rd day of September 1996.
A. Strating,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 96-22940 Filed 9-9-96; 8:45 am]
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