[Federal Register: December 21, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 244)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 76378]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
7 CFR Part 301
[Docket No. 04-045-2]
Citrus Canker; 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 citrus canker regulations by updating the list of
areas in the State of Florida quarantined because of citrus canker. The
interim rule was necessary to prevent the spread of citrus canker into
noninfested areas of the United States and to relieve restrictions that
were no longer warranted.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The interim rule became effective on September 14,
2004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Lynn Evans-Goldner, Assistant
Staff Officer, Pest Detection and Management Programs, PPQ, APHIS, 4700
River Road Unit 137, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236, (301) 734-7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In an interim rule effective and published in the Federal Register
on September 14, 2004 (69 FR 55315-55320, Docket No. 04-045-1), we
amended the regulations in ``subpart--Citrus Canker'' (7 CFR 301.75
through 301.75-16) by updating the list in Sec. 301.75-4 of areas in
the State of Florida quarantined because of citrus canker.
Specifically, to reflect the detection of citrus canker in an area
adjacent to but outside of one current quarantined area in Florida, as
well as in eight additional counties, we expanded the boundaries of one
existing quarantined area and added several new areas to the list of
quarantined areas. We also removed portions of three counties from the
list of quarantined areas because regular surveys showed them to have
been free of citrus canker for at least 2 years. These actions were
necessary to prevent the spread of citrus canker into noninfested areas
of the United States and to relieve restrictions that were no longer
warranted.
Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or
before November 15, 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 55315-55320 on September 14, 2004.
Done in Washington, DC, this 14th day of December, 2004.
Elizabeth E. Gaston,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 04-27878 Filed 12-20-04; 8:45 am]
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