[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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