[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 103 (Tuesday, May 28, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 26423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13282]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

7 CFR Part 301

[Docket No. 95-089-2]


Mexican Fruit Fly Regulations; Addition of 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 Mexican fruit fly regulations by adding 
California to the list of quarantined States and by designating 
portions of Los Angeles County and San Diego County, CA, as regulated 
areas. The interim rule was necessary to impose certain restrictions on 
the interstate movement of regulated articles from the regulated areas 
in California in order to prevent the spread of the Mexican fruit fly 
to noninfested areas of the United States.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The interim rule was effective on January 22, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Michael B. Stefan, Operations 
Officer, Domestic and Emergency Operations, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road 
Unit 134, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236, (301) 734-8247; or e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In an interim rule effective January 22, 1996, and published in the 
Federal Register on January 26, 1996 (61 FR 2391-2393, Docket No. 95-
089-1), we amended the Mexican fruit fly regulations in 7 CFR 301.64 by 
quarantining the State of California and designating as regulated areas 
portions of Los Angeles County and San Diego County, CA.
    Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or 
before March 26, 1996. 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, the National Environmental 
Policy Act, 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 61 
FR 2391-2393 on January 26, 1996.

    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 21st day of May 1996.
William S. Wallace,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 96-13282 Filed 5-24-96; 8:45 am]
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