Federal Register: December 20, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 244)
DOCID: FR Doc E6-21676
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
CFR Citation: 7 CFR Part 301
Docket ID: [Docket No. APHIS-2006-0002]
RIN ID: RIN 0579-AB91
NOTICE: PROPOSED RULES
ACTION: Plant-related quarantine, domestic:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Boll Weevil; Quarantine and Regulations
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before February 1, 2007.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
We are extending the comment period for our proposed rule that would establish domestic boll weevil regulations that would restrict the interstate movement of regulated articles within regulated areas and from regulated areas into or through nonregulated areas in commercial cottonproducing States. This action will allow interested persons additional time to prepare and submit comments.
SUMMARY:
Boll weevil,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
On October 31, 2006, we published in the Federal Register (71 FR 6370763717, Docket No. APHIS20060002) a proposal to establish domestic boll weevil regulations that would restrict the interstate movement of regulated articles within regulated areas and from regulated areas into or through nonregulated areas in commercial cottonproducing States. The proposed regulations would help prevent the artificial spread of boll weevil into noninfested areas of the United States and the reinfestation of areas from which the boll weevil has been eradicated.
Comments on the proposed rule were required to be received on or before January 2, 2007. We are extending the comment period on Docket No. APHIS20060002 for an additional 30 days. This action will allow interested persons additional time to prepare and submit comments.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 77017772 and 77817786; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3.
Section 301.7515 issued under Sec. 204, Title II, Public Law
106113, 113 Stat. 1501A293; sections 301.7515 and 301.7516
issued under Sec. 203, Title II, Public Law 106224, 114 Stat. 400 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note).
Done in Washington, DC, this 14th day of December 2006. Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. [FR Doc. E621676 Filed 121906; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Mr. William Grefenstette, National Coordinator, Boll Weevil Eradication Program, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 138, Riverdale, MD 207371236; (301) 7348676.