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                                          Monday, November 28, 1994

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

7 CFR Part 301

[Docket No. 94-082-2]


Pink Bollworm 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 as a final rule, without change, an interim 
rule that amended the pink bollworm regulations by adding certain 
portions of Dyer and Lauderdale Counties in Tennessee to the list of 
suppressive areas for pink bollworm and by adding Tennessee to the list 
of States quarantined because of pink bollworm. The interim rule 
imposed restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles 
from those regulated areas in Dyer and Lauderdale Counties, TN, and was 
necessary to prevent the interstate movement of pink bollworm into 
noninfested areas.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 28, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Coanne E. O'Hern, Assistant 
Operations Officer, Domestic and Emergency Operations, Plant Protection 
and Quarantine, APHIS, USDA, room 645, Federal Building, 6505 Belcrest 
Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782, (301) 436-6365.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In an interim rule effective and published in the Federal Register 
on August 30, 1994 (59 FR 44607-44608, Docket No. 94-082-1), we amended 
the pink bollworm regulations in 7 CFR 301.52 through 301.52-10 by 
adding certain portions of Dyer and Lauderdale Counties in Tennessee to 
the list of suppressive areas for pink bollworm and by adding Tennessee 
to the list of States quarantined because of pink bollworm. That action 
imposed restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles 
from those regulated areas in Dyer and Lauderdale Counties, TN, in 
order to prevent the interstate movement of pink bollworm into 
noninfested areas.
    Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or 
before October 31, 1994. We did not receive any comments. 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 301.52 and 301.52-2a and that was 
published at 59 FR 44607-44608 on August 30, 1994.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 150bb, 150dd, 150ee, 150ff; 161, 162, and 
164-167; 7 CFR 2.17, 2.51, and 371.2(c).

    Done in Washington, DC, this 18th day of November 1994.
Alex B. Thiermann,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 94-29097 Filed 11-25-94; 8:45 am]
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