[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 23, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 8822]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-03672]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

7 CFR Part 301

[Docket No. APHIS-2015-0040]


Golden Nematode; Removal of Regulated Areas in Orleans, Nassau, 
and Suffolk Counties, New York

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 golden nematode regulations by removing areas in 
Orleans, Nassau, and Suffolk Counties in the State of New York from the 
list of generally infested areas. The interim rule was necessary to 
relieve restrictions on the movement of regulated articles from areas 
no longer under quarantine for golden nematode. As a result of the 
interim rule, movement of such articles from areas no longer under 
quarantine can proceed while preventing the spread of golden nematode 
from infested areas to noninfested areas of the United States.

DATES: Effective on February 23, 2016, we are adopting as a final rule 
the interim rule published at 80 FR 59551-59557 on October 2, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jonathan M. Jones, National Policy 
Manager, Pest Management, Plant Protection and Quarantine, APHIS, 4700 
River Road, Unit 160, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851-2128.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    In an interim rule\1\ effective and published in the Federal 
Register on October 2, 2015 (80 FR 59551-59557, Docket No. APHIS-2015-
0040), we amended the golden nematode regulations in 7 CFR part 301 by 
removing areas in Orleans, Nassau, and Suffolk Counties in the State of 
New York from the list of areas regulated for golden nematode.
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    \1\ To view the interim rule and supporting documents, go to 
http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2015-0040.
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    Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or 
before December 1, 2015. 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 without change.
    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 80 
FR 59551-59557 on October 2, 2015.

    Done in Washington, DC, this 17th day of February 2016.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-03672 Filed 2-22-16; 8:45 am]
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