[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 161 (Monday, August 19, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 42824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21068]


      
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

7 CFR Part 301

[Docket 96-016-13]


Karnal Bunt; Clarification

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Proposed rule; clarification.

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SUMMARY: We are advising the public that the Department intends to 
propose revisions to the current Karnal bunt compensation regulations 
for the 1996-1997 crop year, and that publication in the Federal 
Register on August 2, 1996, of the current compensation provisions as 
part of a proposal to amend other aspects of regulations should not be 
interpreted to mean that the Department has made a decision on 
compensation.

DATES: The comment closing date for the proposed rule, Docket No. 96-
016-10, remains September 3, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Please send an original and three copies of written comments 
to Docket No. 96-016-10, 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. 96-016-10. 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. Stephen Poe, Operations Officer, 
Domestic and Emergency Operations, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 
134, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236, (301) 734-8247.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a series of interim rules published in 
the Federal Register since March, 1996, we established a quarantine and 
regulations concerning Karnal bunt in the United States.
    The interim rules were published on March 28, 1996 (61 FR 13649-
13655, Docket No. 96-016-3), April 25, 1996 (61 FR 18233-18235, Docket 
No. 96-016-5), and July 5, 1996 (61 FR 35107-35109, Docket No. 96-016-6 
and 61 FR 35102-35107, Docket No. 96-016-7). Public forums were held in 
Washington, DC, on July 17, 1996, in Kansas City, MO, on August 13, 
1996, in Phoenix, AZ, on August 14, 1996, and in Imperial, CA, on 
August 15, 1996. A notice of a public forum on August 20, 1996, in Las 
Cruces, NM, was published in the Federal Register on August 13, 1996 
(61 FR 41990-41991, Docket No. 96-016-12). On August 2, 1996, we 
published a proposed rule (61 FR 40354-40361, Docket No. 96-016-10) in 
which we proposed changes to certain of the Karnal bunt regulations. 
Written comments on the interim rules and the proposed rule are 
required to be received by September 3, 1996.
    The Department is reviewing the issue of compensation under the 
proposed regulatory changes we published in the Federal Register on 
August 2, 1996. In that proposal, the current compensation provisions 
were republished with the proposed regulatory changes, which should not 
be interpreted to mean that the Department has made a decision on 
compensation for the 1996-1997 crop year. Additionally, there are no 
provisions in the current regulations for compensation for wheat for 
propagative purposes or straw. Also, the compensation provisions do not 
reflect the changed market conditions in the quarantined area as a 
result of Karnal bunt. The Department plans to publish a proposed rule 
on compensation for the 1996-1997 crop year as soon as possible after a 
decision is made on the final rule regarding the regulatory system for 
Karnal bunt. Comments are welcome on what you believe that proposal 
should contain, and should be directed as indicated under the heading 
ADDRESSES.

    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 14th day of August 1996.
Terry L. Medley,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 96-21068 Filed 8-16-96; 8:45 am]
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