[Federal Register: August 12, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 155)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 52383]
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Rules and Regulations
Federal Register
[Docket No. 02-029-2]
Citrus Canker; 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 citrus canker regulations by removing a portion
of Manatee County, FL, from the list of quarantined areas. The
regulations require that an area be free from citrus canker for a
period of at least 2 years before it may be removed from the list of
quarantined areas. Surveys have shown that the Duette area of Manatee
County, FL, has been free of citrus canker since February 4, 2000. The
interim rule removed restrictions on the interstate movement of
regulated articles from that portion of Manatee County, FL.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The interim rule became effective on May 8, 2002.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Stephen Poe, Operations Officer,
Surveillance and Emergency Programs Planning and Coordination, PPQ,
APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 134, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 734-
8899.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In an interim rule effective and published in the Federal Register
on May 8, 2002 (67 FR 30769-30771, Docket No. 02-029-1), we amended the
citrus canker regulations in 7 CFR part 301 by removing a portion of
Manatee County, FL, from the list of quarantined areas in Sec. 301.75-
4(a). The regulations require that an area be free from citrus canker
for a period of at least 2 years before it may be removed from the list
of quarantined areas, and surveys have shown that the 41-square-mile
Duette area in eastern Manatee County, FL, has been free of citrus
canker since February 4, 2000. Therefore, the interim rule removed
restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from that
area.
Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or
before July 8, 2002. 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, and 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 67
FR 30769-30771 on May 8, 2002.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 166, 7711, 7712, 7714, 7731, 7735, 7751,
7752, 7753, and 7754; 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 7th day of August 2002.
Peter Fernandez,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 02-20330 Filed 8-9-02; 8:45 am]
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