[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 136 (Monday, July 15, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 36812-36813]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17919]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
7 CFR Part 301
[Docket No. 96-016-8]
Karnal Bunt; Removal of Quarantined Areas; Technical Amendment
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Interim rule; technical amendment.
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SUMMARY: In an interim rule effective June 27, 1996, and published in
the Federal Register on July 5, 1996, we amended the Karnal bunt
regulations by removing certain areas in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas
from the list of areas quarantined because of infestations of Karnal
bunt. We removed a portion of Mohave County, AZ, from the list of
quarantined areas that should not have been removed. Therefore, we are
amending the boundaries of the quarantined area in Mohave County, AZ,
to add that portion of the county to the list of quarantined areas.
DATES: This amendment is effective July 9, 1996. We will consider
written comments on the interim rule (Docket No. 96-016-6) published at
61 FR 35107, as corrected by this document, received on or before
September 3, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Please send an original and three copies of your comments to
Docket No. 96-016-6, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS,
suite 3C03, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale MD 20737-1238. Please
state that your comments refer to Docket No. 96-016-6. Comments
received may be inspected at USDA, room 1141, South Building, 14th
Street and Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC, between 8 a.m. and
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. Persons wishing to
inspect comments are requested to call ahead on (202) 690-2817 to
facilitate entry into the comment reading room.
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: In an interim rule effective June 27, 1996,
and published in the Federal Register on July 5, 1996 (Docket No. 96-
016-6) (61 FR 35107), we amended the Karnal bunt regulations in 7 CFR
301.89-3(e) by removing areas in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas from
the list of areas quarantined because of infestations of Karnal bunt.
We removed a portion of Mohave County, AZ, from the list of quarantined
areas that should not have been removed. Therefore, we are amending the
boundaries of the quarantined area in Mohave County, AZ, to add that
portion of the county to the list of quarantined areas.
Before the effective date of this document, the portion of Mohave
County, AZ, that remained under quarantine for Karnal bunt was located
in the western central region of the county and, therefore, was
isolated from the larger, continuous area quarantined for infestations
of Karnal bunt that includes counties, and portions of counties, in
Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas. We are expanding the
quarantined area in Mohave County, AZ, to include the portion of the
county that connects the previously isolated quarantined area to the
larger quarantined area. The portion of Mohave County, AZ, that we are
adding to the list of quarantined areas does not produce wheat and has
no association with Karnal bunt contaminated seed, but regulated
articles from areas that are quarantined because of infestations of
Karnal bunt are transported through this area. As amended by this
document, the quarantined area of Mohave County, AZ, is that portion of
the county bounded as follows: Beginning at the intersection of
Arizona/Nevada State line and State Route 68; then east along State
Route 68 to U.S. Highway 93; then southeast along U.S. Highway 93 to
Interstate 40; then east along Interstate 40 to U.S. Highway 93; then
south along U.S. Highway 93 to the Mohave/Yavapai County line; then
south along the Mohave County line to the Mohave/La Paz County line;
then west along the Mohave County line to the Arizona/California State
line; then north along the State line to the point of beginning.
This action prevents the artificial spread of Karnal bunt into
noninfested areas of the United States while allowing the movement of
regulated articles within the area quarantined for Karnal bunt,
including counties, and portions of counties, in Arizona, California,
New Mexico, and Texas.
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 301
Agricultural commodities, Plant diseases and pests, Quarantine,
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Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Transportation.
Accordingly, 7 CFR part 301 is amended as follows:
PART 301--DOMESTIC QUARANTINE NOTICES
1. The authority citation for part 301 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 150bb, 150dd, 150ee, 150ff, 161, 162, and
164-167; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.2(c).
2. In Sec. 301.89-3, paragraph (e) is amended by revising the entry
for Mohave, County, AZ, to read as follows:
Sec. 301.89-3 Quarantined areas.
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(e) * * *
Arizona
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Mohave County. Beginning at the intersection of Arizona/Nevada
State line and State Route 68; then east along State Route 68 to U.S.
Highway 93; then southeast along U.S. Highway 93 to Interstate 40; then
east along Interstate 40 to U.S. Highway 93; then south along U.S.
Highway 93 to the Mohave/Yavapai County line; then south along the
Mohave County line to the Mohave/La Paz County line; then west along
the Mohave County line to the Arizona/California State line; then north
along the State line to the point of beginning.
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Done in Washington, DC, this 9th day of July 1996.
Terry L. Medley,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 96-17919 Filed 7-12-96; 8:45 am]
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