[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 88 (Thursday, May 7, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 25153]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

7 CFR Part 301

[Docket No. 97-056-10]


Mediterranean Fruit Fly; Quarantined Areas; Clarification

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Interim rules; clarification.

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SUMMARY: This document clarifies the status of amendments contained in 
two interim rules effective the same day. In an interim rule effective 
April 17, 1998, and published in the Federal Register on April 22, 1998 
(63 FR 19797-19798, Docket No. 97-056-9), we amended the Mediterranean 
fruit fly regulations by removing the quarantined area in Hillsborough 
County, FL, from the list of quarantined areas. Also, in an interim 
rule effective April 17, 1998, and published in the Federal Register on 
April 23, 1998 (63 FR 20053-20054, Docket No. 98-046-1), we amended the 
Mediterranean fruit fly regulations by adding a portion of Dade County, 
FL, to the list of quarantined areas and restricting the interstate 
movement of regulated articles from the quarantined area.

DATES: Effective April 17, 1998, the only area quarantined for the 
Mediterranean fruit fly in the continental United States is a portion 
of Dade County, FL.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Michael B. Stefan, Operations 
Officer, Domestic and Emergency Programs, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road 
Unit 134, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236, (301) 734-8247; or e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 22, 1998, we published in the Federal Register (63 FR 
19797-19798, Docket No. 97-056-9) an interim rule that amended the 
Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly) regulations by removing the 
quarantined area in Hillsborough County, FL, from the list of 
quarantined areas. Also, on April 23, 1998, we published in the Federal 
Register (63 FR 20053-20054, Docket No. 98-046-1) another interim rule 
that amended the Medfly regulations by adding a portion of Dade County, 
FL, to the list of quarantined areas and restricting the interstate 
movement of regulated articles from the quarantined area. Both the 
dockets were signed and became effective on April 17, 1998.
    In the interim rule that removed Hillsborough County, FL, from the 
list of quarantined areas, we inadvertently failed to delete the 
statement saying that, as a result of this action, there were no longer 
any areas in the continental United States quarantined because of 
Medfly. While this would have been true if no additional Medflies had 
been found, because of the finding of Medfly in Dade County, FL, that 
statement was incorrect at the time the docket was signed. The interim 
rule that added Dade County, FL, to the list of areas quarantined 
because of the Medfly quarantined a described area of Dade County, FL.
    The purpose of this notice is to clarify our Medfly quarantine 
regulations. Effective April 17, 1998, the only area quarantined for 
the Medfly in the continental United States is a portion of Dade 
County, FL.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 147a, 150bb, 150dd, 150ee, 150ff, 161, 162, 
and 164-167; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.2(c).

    Done in Washington, DC, this 30th day of April 1998.
Craig A. Reed,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 98-12123 Filed 5-6-98; 8:45 am]
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