[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 31, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 5836]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-2314]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

7 CFR Part 301

[Docket No. 94-059-2]


Gypsy Moth Generally Infested 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 list of generally infested areas under the gypsy 
moth quarantine and regulations by removing and adding areas in Ohio 
and Virginia. These changes affected 7 areas in Ohio and 5 areas in 
Virginia. These actions were necessary to restrict the interstate 
movement of regulated articles to prevent the artificial spread of 
gypsy moth and to delete unnecessary restrictions on the interstate 
movement of regulated articles.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 2, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Terry McGovern, Operations 
Officer, Domestic and Emergency Operations, Plant Protection and 
Quarantine, APHIS, USDA, P.O. Drawer 810, Riverdale, MD 20738. The 
telephone number for the agency contact will change when agency offices 
in Hyattsville, MD, move to Riverdale, MD, during February. Telephone: 
(301) 436-6365 (Hyattsville); (301) 734-6365 (Riverdale).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In an interim rule effective and published in the Federal Register 
on September 13, 1994 (59 FR 46899-46902, Docket No. 94-059-1), we 
amended the gypsy moth regulations in 7 CFR part 301 by removing 
Franklin County in Virginia from the list of generally infested areas 
in Sec. 301.45-3(a), and by adding Carroll, Cuyahoga, Jefferson, Lucas, 
Portage, Stark, and Summit Counties in Ohio, and Bath, Greensville, and 
Highland Counties and the city of Emporia in Virginia to the list of 
generally infested areas in that section.
    Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or 
before November 14, 1994. We received one comment in favor of the 
interim rule. 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 301.45-3 and that was published at 59 
FR 46899-46902 on September 13, 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 25th day of January 1995.
Terry L. Medley,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 95-2314 Filed 1-30-95; 8:45 am]
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