[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 169 (Wednesday, September 1, 2004)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 53335]
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[FR Doc No: 04-19930]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

7 CFR Part 301

[Docket No. 04-036-2]


Pine Shoot Beetle; Additions to Quarantined 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 as a final rule, without change, an interim 
rule that amended the pine shoot beetle regulations by adding Decatur, 
Jennings, and Ripley Counties, IN, and Franklin County, NY, to the list 
of quarantined areas. As a result of that action, the interstate 
movement of regulated articles from those areas is restricted. The 
interim rule was necessary to prevent the spread of pine shoot beetle, 
a pest of pine products, into noninfested areas of the United States.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The interim rule became effective on June 7, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Weyman Fussell, Program Manager, 
Pest Detection and Management Programs, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road 
Unit 134, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 734-5705.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In an interim rule effective and published in the Federal Register 
on June 7, 2004 (69 FR 31723-31725, Docket No. 04-036-1), we amended 
the pine shoot beetle regulations contained in 7 CFR 301.50 through 
301.50-10 by adding Decatur, Jennings, and Ripley Counties, IN, and 
Franklin County, NY, to the list of quarantined areas in Sec.  301.50-
3. That action was necessary to prevent the spread of pine shoot beetle 
into noninfested areas of the United States.
    Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or 
before August 6, 2004. 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 its review under 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

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Accordingly, we are adopting as a final rule, without change, the 
interim rule that amended 7 CFR part 301 and that was published at 69 
FR 31723-31725 on June 7, 2004.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701-7772; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3.
    Section 301.75-15 also issued under Sec. 204, Title II, Pub. L. 
106-113, 113 Stat. 1501A-293; sections 301.75-15 and 301.75-16 also 
issued under Sec. 203, Title II, Pub. L. 106-224, 114 Stat. 400 (7 
U.S.C. 1421 note).

    Done in Washington, DC, this 26th day of August 2004.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 04-19930 Filed 8-31-04; 8:45 am]
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