[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 12, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 57987]
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[FR Doc No: 96-28837]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

7 CFR Part 301

[Docket No. 96-053-2]


Mexican Fruit Fly Regulations; Removal of Regulated Area

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 removing the 
quarantined portion of San Diego County, CA, from the list of areas 
regulated because of the Mexican fruit fly. We have determined that the 
Mexican fruit fly has been eradicated from San Diego County, CA, and 
that restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from 
San Diego County, CA, are no longer necessary to prevent the spread of 
the Mexican fruit fly into noninfested areas of the United States. The 
interim rule was necessary to relieve unnecessary restrictions on the 
interstate movement of regulated articles from the previously regulated 
area.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The interim rule was effective on July 19, 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 July 19, 1996, and published in the 
Federal Register on July 24, 1996 (61 FR 38353-38354, Docket No. 96-
053-1), we amended the Mexican fruit fly regulations in 7 CFR 301.64 by 
removing the quarantined portion of San Diego County, CA, from the list 
of areas regulated because of the Mexican fruit fly.
    Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or 
before September 23, 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 12988, 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 
38353-38354 on July 24, 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 5th day of November 1996.
A. Strating,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 96-28837 Filed 11-8-96; 8:45 am]
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