[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 10, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 47663]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22940]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
7 CFR Part 301

[Docket No. 91-155-20]


Mediterranean Fruit Fly; Removal of Quarantined 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 Mediterranean fruit fly regulations by removing 
the quarantined areas in Los Angeles, Orange, and San Bernardino 
Counties, CA, from the list of quarantined areas. We have determined 
that the Mediterranean fruit fly has been eradicated from these areas 
and that restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles 
from these areas are no longer necessary. As a result of the interim 
rule, there are no longer any areas in the continental United States 
quarantined because of the Mediterranean fruit fly.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Interim rule was effective on June 14, 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 June 14, 1996, and published in the 
Federal Register on June 19, 1996 (61 FR 31003-31004, Docket No. 91-
155-19), we amended the Mediterranean fruit fly regulations (contained 
in 7 CFR 301.78 through 301.78-10) by removing the quarantined areas in 
Los Angeles, Orange, and San Bernardino Counties, CA, from the list of 
quarantined areas in Sec. 301.78-3(c). That action relieved unnecessary 
restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from 
these areas. Also, as a result of that action, there are no longer any 
areas in the continental United States quarantined because of the 
Mediterranean fruit fly.
    Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or 
before August 19, 1996. We did not receive any comments by that date. 
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 61 FR 
31003-31004 on June 19, 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 3rd day of September 1996.
A. Strating,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 96-22940 Filed 9-9-96; 8:45 am]
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