[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 168 (Tuesday, August 29, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 52296-52297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22006]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

7 CFR Part 301

[Docket No. 98-084-2]


Mexican Fruit Fly Regulations; Removal of Regulated 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 Mexican fruit fly regulations by removing the 
quarantined portion of Los Angeles County, CA, from the list of areas 
regulated because of the Mexican fruit fly. The quarantine was 
necessary to prevent the spread of the Mexican fruit fly to noninfested 
areas of the United States. We have determined that the Mexican fruit 
fly has been eradicated from Los Angeles County, CA, and that 
restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from the 
previously regulated area are no longer necessary.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The interim rule became effective on August 15, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Michael B. Stefan, Operations 
Officer, Domestic and Emergency Operations Office, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 
River Road Unit 134, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236 (301) 734-8247.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In an interim rule effective August 15, 1998, and published in the 
Federal Register on August 20, 1998 (63 FR 44537-44538, Docket No. 98-
084-1), we amended the Mexican fruit fly regulations (contained in 7 
CFR 301.64 through 301.64-10) by removing a portion of Los Angeles 
County, CA,

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from the list of quarantined areas in Sec. 301.64-3(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 October 19, 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 confirms 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 301and that was published at 63 FR 
44537-44538 on August 20, 1998.

    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 24th day of August 2000.
Bobby R. Acord,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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