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                                           Thursday, April 21, 1994

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

7 CFR Part 300

[Docket No. 93-028-3]

 

Incorporation by Reference; Plant Protection and Quarantine 
Treatment Manual

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Withdrawal of direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: This document withdraws the direct final rule that would have 
allowed the use of high temperature forced air treatments for 
grapefruit and mangoes imported from Mexico. The treatments were to be 
included in the Plant Protection and Quarantine Treatment Manual, which 
is incorporated by reference into the Code of Federal Regulations. This 
action is necessary because we received an adverse written comment in 
response to the direct final rule.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 21, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Frank Cooper, Senior Operations 
Officer, Plant Protection and Quarantine, APHIS, USDA, room 635, 
Federal Building, 6505 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782, (301) 436-
6799.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In a direct final rule published in the Federal Register on March 
1, 1994 (59 FR 9613-9614, Docket No. 93-028-2), we notified the public 
of our intent to allow the use of high temperature forced air 
treatments for grapefruit and mangoes imported from Mexico. The 
treatments were to be included in the Plant Protection and Quarantine 
Treatment Manual, which is incorporated by reference into the Code of 
Federal Regulations.
    We solicited comments concerning the direct final rule for a 30-day 
period ending March 31, 1994. We stated that the effective date of the 
proposed amendment would be 60 days after publication of the direct 
final rule in the Federal Register, unless we received written adverse 
comments or written notice of intent to submit adverse comments by the 
close of the comment period. We also stated that if we received written 
adverse comments or written notice of intent to submit adverse 
comments, 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 from a representative of 
the citrus industry. 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. 150ee, 154, 161, 162, 167; 7 CFR 2.17, 2.51, 
and 371.2(c).

    Done in Washington, DC, this 15th day of April 1994.
Charles P. Schwalbe,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 94-9625 Filed 4-2-94; 8:45 am]
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