[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 223 (Friday, November 19, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 63171]
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[FR Doc No: 99-30224]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

7 CFR Part 301

[Docket No. 98-083-7]


Mediterranean Fruit Fly; Removal of Quarantined 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 Mediterranean fruit fly regulations by removing 
the quarantined area in Orange County, CA, from the list of quarantined 
areas. The quarantine was necessary to prevent the spread of the 
Mediterranean fruit fly to noninfested areas of the United States. We 
have determined that the Mediterranean fruit fly has been eradicated 
from this area and that restrictions on the interstate movement of 
regulated articles from this area are no longer necessary. This action 
relieves unnecessary restrictions on the interstate movement of 
regulated articles from this area. 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: The interim rule became effective on August 27, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Michael B. Stefan, Operations 
Officer, Invasive Species and Pest Management, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River 
Road Unit 134, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; (301) 734-8247.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In an interim rule effective August 27, 1999, and published in the 
Federal Register on September 3, 1999 (64 FR 48245-48246, Docket No. 
98-083-6), we amended the Mediterranean fruit fly regulations 
(contained in 7 CFR 301.78 through 301.78-10) by removing the 
quarantined area in Orange County, 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 this 
area. 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 November 2, 1999. 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, 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 part 301 and that was published at 64 
FR 48245-48246 on September 3, 1999.

    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 16th day of November 1999.
Bobby R. Acord,
Acting Administrator, Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 99-30224 Filed 11-18-99; 8:45 am]
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