[Federal Register: January 17, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 10)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
7 CFR Part 301
[Docket No. APHIS-2006-0117]
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 counties
in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, New Jersey, New York, and Ohio to the list
of quarantined areas and by designating the States of Michigan,
Minnesota, and Pennsylvania, in their entirety, as quarantined areas
based on their decision not to enforce intrastate movement
restrictions. The interim rule also added the States of Connecticut and
Rhode Island, in their entirety, to the list of quarantined areas based
on projections of the natural spread of pine shoot beetle that make it
reasonable to believe that the pest is present in those States. The
interim rule was necessary to prevent the spread of pine shoot beetle,
a pest of pine trees, into noninfested areas of the United States.
DATES: Effective on January 17, 2007, we are adopting as a final rule
the interim rule published at 71 FR 58243-58246 on October 3, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 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
The regulations in 7 CFR 301.50 through 301.50-10 (referred to
below as the regulations) restrict the interstate movement of certain
regulated articles from quarantined areas in order to prevent the
spread of pine shoot beetle (PSB) into noninfested areas of the United
States.
In an interim rule \1\ effective and published in the Federal
Register on October 3, 2006 (71 FR 58243-58246, Docket No. APHIS-2006-
0117), we amended the regulations by adding Jo Daviess and Stark
Counties, IL; Dearborn County, IN; Dubuque and Scott Counties, IA;
Bergen, Hunterdon, Passaic, Sussex, and Warren Counties, NJ; Columbia,
Orange, and Ulster Counties, NY; and Highland, Jackson, Ross, and
Scioto Counties, OH, to the list of quarantined areas in Sec. 301.50-
3(c). In addition, we designated the States of Michigan, Minnesota, and
Pennsylvania, in their entirety, as quarantined areas based on their
decision not to enforce intrastate movement restrictions. Finally, we
added the States of Connecticut and Rhode Island, in their entirety, to
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list of quarantined areas based on projections of the natural spread of
PSB that make it reasonable to believe that the pest is present in
those 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-2006-0117, then click
``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 December 4, 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 58243-58246 on October 3, 2006.
Done in Washington, DC, this 10th day of January 2007.
W. Ron DeHaven,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E7-505 Filed 1-16-07; 8:45 am]
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