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CFR Citation: 7 CFR Part 301

Docket ID: [Docket No. 04-036-2]

NOTICE: RULES

ACTION: Plant-related quarantine, domestic:

DOCUMENT ACTION: Affirmation of interim rule as final rule.

SUBJECT CATEGORY: Pine Shoot Beetle; Additions to Quarantined Areas

EFFECTIVE DATES: The interim rule became effective on June 7, 2004.

DOCUMENT SUMMARY: We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the pine shoot beetle regulations by adding Decatur, Jennings, and Ripley Counties, IN, and Franklin County, NY, to the list of quarantined areas. As a result of that action, the interstate movement of regulated articles from those areas is restricted. The interim rule was necessary to prevent the spread of pine shoot beetle, a pest of pine products, into noninfested areas of the United States.

SUMMARY: Pine shoot beetle,

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

In an interim rule effective and published in the Federal Register on June 7, 2004 (69 FR 3172331725, Docket No. 040361), we amended the pine shoot beetle regulations contained in 7 CFR 301.50 through 301.5010 by adding Decatur, Jennings, and Ripley Counties, IN, and Franklin County, NY, to the list of quarantined areas in Sec. 301.50 3. That action was necessary to prevent the spread of pine shoot beetle into noninfested areas of the United States.

Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or before August 6, 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 301DOMESTIC 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 69 FR 3172331725 on June 7, 2004.

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 77017772; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3.

Section 301.7515 also issued under Sec. 204, Title II, Pub. L. 106113, 113 Stat. 1501A293; sections 301.7515 and 301.7516 also issued under Sec. 203, Title II, Pub. L. 106224, 114 Stat. 400 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note).

Done in Washington, DC, this 26th day of August 2004. Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. [FR Doc. 0419930 Filed 83104; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Dr. Weyman Fussell, Program Manager, Pest Detection and Management Programs, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 134, Riverdale, MD 207371231; (301) 7345705.