[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 190 (Thursday, October 1, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 52579]
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[FR Doc No: 98-26272]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

7 CFR Part 301

[Docket No. 98-040-2]


Witchweed; Regulated 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 a final rule, without change, an interim rule 
that amended the list of suppressive areas under the witchweed 
quarantine and regulations by removing areas from 12 counties in North 
Carolina and 3 counties in South Carolina. The interim rule was 
necessary to relieve unnecessary restrictions on the interstate 
movement of regulated articles from these areas.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The interim rule was effective on June 4, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ronald P. Milberg, Operations 
Officer, Operational Support, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 134, 
Riverdale, MD 20737-1236, (301) 734-5255.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    In an interim rule effective June 4, 1998, and published in the 
Federal Register on June 10, 1998 (63 FR 31601-31604, Docket No. 98-
040-1), we amended Sec. 301.80-2a of the witchweed quarantine and 
regulations by removing areas in Blanden, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, 
Duplin, Greene, Lenoir, Pender, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, and Wayne 
Counties, NC, and areas in Dillon, Horry, and Marion Counties, SC, from 
the list of suppressive areas.
    Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or 
before August 10, 1998. We did not receive any comments. Therefore, for 
the reasons given in the interim rule, we are adopting the interim rule 
as a final 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, Incorporation by reference, 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 63 FR 
31601-31604 on June 10, 1998.

    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 25th day of September, 1998.
Joan M. Arnoldi,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 98-26272 Filed 9-30-98; 8:45 am]
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