[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 165 (Thursday, August 24, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 51515]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

7 CFR Part 301

[Docket No. 99-076-3]


Oriental 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 Oriental fruit fly regulations by removing the 
quarantine on a portion of Los Angeles County, CA, and by removing the 
restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from that 
area. The quarantine was necessary to prevent the spread of Oriental 
fruit fly into noninfested areas of the United States. We have 
determined that the Oriental fruit fly has been eradicated from this 
portion of Los Angeles County, CA, and that the quarantine and 
restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from this 
area are no longer necessary. This portion of Los Angeles County, CA, 
was the last remaining area in California quarantined for the Oriental 
fruit fly. As a result of the interim rule, there are no longer any 
areas in the continental United States quarantined because of the 
Oriental fruit fly.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The interim rule became effective on May 2, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Wilmer E. Snell, Operations 
Officer, Invasive Species and Pest Management Staff, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 
River Road Unit 134, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; (301)734-8747.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In an interim rule effective May 2, 2000, and published in the 
Federal Register on May 8, 2000 (65 FR 26487-26488, Docket No. 99-076-
2), we amended the Oriental fruit fly regulations, contained in 
Secs. 301.93 through 301.93-10, by removing a portion of Los Angeles 
County, CA, from the list of quarantined areas in Sec. 301.93-3(c). 
That action relieved unnecessary restrictions on the interstate 
movement of regulated articles from this area.
    Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or 
before July 7, 2000. 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 65 
FR 26487-26488 on May 8, 2000.

    Authority: Title IV, Pub. L. 106-224, 114 Stat. 438, 7 U.S.C. 
7701-7772; 7 U.S.C. 166; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3.

    Done in Washington, DC, this 18th day of August 2000.
Bobby R. Acord,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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