related quarantine, domestic: Mediterranean fruit fly,
[Federal Register: November 19, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 223)]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
7 CFR Part 301
[Docket No. 98-083-7]
Mediterranean Fruit Fly; Removal of Quarantined Area
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Affirmation of interim rule as final rule.
SUMMARY: We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the Mediterranean fruit fly regulations by removing the quarantined area in Orange County, CA, from the list of quarantined areas. The quarantine was necessary to prevent the spread of the Mediterranean fruit fly to noninfested areas of the United States. We have determined that the Mediterranean fruit fly has been eradicated from this area and that restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from this area are no longer necessary. This action relieves unnecessary restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from this area. 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: The interim rule became effective on August 27, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Michael B. Stefan, Operations Officer, Invasive Species and Pest Management, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 134, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; (301) 734-8247.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In an interim rule effective August 27, 1999, and published in the Federal Register on September 3, 1999 (64 FR 48245-48246, Docket No. 98-083-6), we amended the Mediterranean fruit fly regulations (contained in 7 CFR 301.78 through 301.78-10) by removing the quarantined area in Orange County, 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 this area. 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 November 2, 1999. 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, 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 part 301 and that was published at 64 FR 48245-48246 on September 3, 1999.
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 16th day of November 1999. Bobby R. Acord, Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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