Federal Register: December 28, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 249)
DOCID: FR Doc 01-31945
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
CFR Citation: 7 CFR Part 300
Docket ID: [Docket No. 99-081-2]
NOTICE: RULES
ACTION: Plant protection and Quarantine Treatment Manual; incorporation by reference:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Direct final rule; confirmation of effective date.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Hot Water Treatment for Limes
EFFECTIVE DATES: The effective date of the direct final rule is confirmed as January 7, 2002.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
On November 8, 2001, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service published a direct final rule. (See 66 FR 5642756428, Docket
No. 990811.) The direct final rule notified the public of our
intention to amend the Plant Protection and Quarantine Treatment
Manual, which is incorporated by reference into the regulations, to allow limes that are found to be infested with mealybugs
(Pseudococcidae) and other surface pests to be treated with a hot water
treatment. We did not receive any written adverse comments or written
notice of intent to submit adverse comments in response to the direct
final rule.
SUMMARY:
Limes; hot water treatment,
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Donna L. West, Import Specialist, Phytosanitary Issues Management, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 140, Riverdale, MD 207371236; (301) 7346799.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 77017772; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3.
Done in Washington, DC, this 20th day of December 2001. W. Ron DeHaven,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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