[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 14 (Monday, January 22, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 1521]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-663]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
7 CFR Part 301

[Docket No. 95-026-2]


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 removing portions of 
Clay, Crittenden, and Mississippi Counties in Arkansas from the list of 
suppressive areas for pink bollworm. Trapping surveys show that the 
pink bollworm no longer exists in these areas. The interim rule 
relieved unnecessary restrictions on the interstate movement of 
regulated articles from these previously regulated areas.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 21, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Coanne O'Hern, Operations Officer, 
Domestic and Emergency Operations, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 
134, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236, (301) 734-8717.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In an interim rule effective and published in the Federal Register 
on August 28, 1995 (60 FR 44415-44416, Docket No. 95-026-1), we amended 
the pink bollworm regulations in 7 CFR 301.52 through 301.52-10 by 
removing certain portions of Clay, Crittenden, and Mississippi Counties 
in Arkansas from the list of suppressive areas for pink bollworm. That 
action relieved unnecessary restrictions on the interstate movement of 
regulated articles from these previously regulated areas.
    Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or 
before October 27, 1995. 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 and that was published at 60 FR 
44415-44416 on August 28, 1995.

    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 16th day of January 1996.
Terry L. Medley,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 96-663 Filed 1-19-96; 8:45 am]
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