[Federal Register: August 30, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 168)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 51421-51422]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
7 CFR Part 301
[Docket No. APHIS-2006-0046]
Emerald Ash Borer; Quarantined Areas; Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
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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 emerald ash borer regulations by adding areas in
Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio to the list of areas quarantined because of
emerald ash borer. As a result of the interim rule, the interstate
movement of regulated articles from those areas is restricted. The
interim rule was necessary to prevent the artificial spread of the
emerald ash borer from infested areas in the States of Indiana,
Michigan, and Ohio into noninfested areas of the United States.
DATES: Effective on August 30, 2006, we are adopting as a final rule
the interim rule that became effective on May 18, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Deborah McPartlan, Operations
Officer, Pest Detection and Management Programs, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River
Road, Unit 134, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; (301) 734-4387.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In an interim rule \1\ effective May 18, 2006, and published in the
Federal Register on May 24, 2006 (71 FR 29762-29766, Docket No. APHIS-
2006-0046), we amended the emerald ash borer regulations contained in 7
CFR 301.53-1 through 301.53-9 by adding all or portions of Adams,
Hamilton, Huntington, LaGrange, Marion, Randolph, and Steuben Counties,
IN; Alcona, Barry, Benzie, Berrien, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Chippewa,
Huron, Ionia, Iosco, Kalamazoo, Kent, Mason, Montcalm, Montmorency,
Oceana, Ogemaw, Presque Isle, Roscommon, Sanilac, St. Joseph, and Van
Buren Counties, MI; and Defiance, Delaware, Erie, Fulton, Hancock,
Henry, Huron, Lorain, Ottawa, Sandusky, Williams, and Wood Counties,
OH, to the list of quarantined areas in Sec. 301.53-3(c). The interim
rule restricted the interstate movement of regulated articles from
these quarantined areas to prevent the artificial spread of emerald ash
borer to noninfested areas of the United States.
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\1\ To view the interim rule, go to http://www.regulations.gov,
click on the ``Advanced Search'' tab, and select ``Docket Search.''
In the Docket ID field, enter APHIS-2006-0046, then click on
``Submit.'' Clicking on the Docket ID link in the search results
page will produce a list of all documents in the docket.
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Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or
before July 24, 2006. 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 71
FR 29762-29766 on May 24, 2006.
Done in Washington, DC, this 24th day of August 2006.
Elizabeth E. Gaston,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E6-14480 Filed 8-29-06; 8:45 am]
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