[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 105 (Monday, June 2, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 29662-29663]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14321]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

7 CFR Parts 330, 340, 351, and 372

[Docket No. 97-004-1]


Revision of Authority Citations

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: We are amending our regulations to correct authority citations 
in four parts of title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations. These 
authority citations show the location in the Code of Federal 
Regulations of the delegations of authority from the Secretary of 
Agriculture to the Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory 
Programs and from the Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory 
Programs to the Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 2, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Kathy Holmes, Regulatory 
Coordination Specialist, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, 
APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238, (301) 734-
8682; or e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    A final rule effective and published in the Federal Register on 
November 8, 1995 (60 FR 56392-56465) revised the delegations of 
authority from the Secretary of Agriculture and general officers of the 
Department due to a reorganization of the Department. This document 
amends the authority citations in three parts of title 7 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations to reflect the changes made by that final rule.
    This document also updates the authority citation for 7 CFR part 
351 to include the delegations of authority from the Secretary of 
Agriculture to the Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory 
Programs and from the Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory 
Programs to the Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service (APHIS) and from the Administrator, APHIS, to the Deputy 
Administrator for Plant Protection and Quarantine, APHIS.
    Accordingly, title 7 chapter III, is amended as follows:

PART 330--FEDERAL PLANT PEST REGULATIONS; GENERAL; PLANT PESTS; 
SOIL, STONE, AND QUARRY PRODUCTS; GARBAGE

    1. The authority citation for 7 CFR part 330 is revised to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 147a, 150bb, 150dd-150ff, 161, 162, 164a, 
450, and 2260; 19 U.S.C. 1306; 21 U.S.C. 111, 114a, 136, and 136a; 
31 U.S.C. 9701; 42 U.S.C. 4331, and 4332; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 
371.2(c).

PART 340--INTRODUCTION OF ORGANISMS AND PRODUCTS ALTERED OR 
PRODUCED THROUGH GENETIC ENGINEERING WHICH ARE PLANT PESTS OR WHICH 
THERE IS REASON TO BELIEVE ARE PLANT PESTS

    2. The authority citation for 7 CFR part 340 is revised to read as 
follows:


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    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 150aa-150jj, 151-167, and 1622n; 31 U.S.C. 
9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.2(c).

PART 351--IMPORTATION OF PLANTS OR PLANT PRODUCTS BY MAIL

    3. The authority citation for 7 CFR part 351 is revised to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 150bb, 150dd, 150ee, 160, and 162; 7 CFR 
2.22, 2.80, and 371.2(c).

PART 372--NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT IMPLEMENTING PROCEDURES

    4. The authority citation for 7 CFR part 372 is revised to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.; 40 CFR parts 1500-1508; 7 CFR 
parts 1b, 2.22, 2.80, 371.2, 371.2(m), 371.13(d), and 371.14(b).

    Done in Washington, DC, this 27th day of May 1997.
Donald L. Luchsinger,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 97-14321 Filed 5-30-97; 8:45 am]
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