We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the regulations by adding portions of Hendry and Hillsborough Counties, FL, to the list of quarantined areas and by expanding the boundaries of the quarantined areas in Broward, Collier, Dade, and Manatee Counties, FL, due to detections of citrus canker in these areas.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are proposing to amend the imported fire ant regulations to add the insecticide fipronil (Chipco) to the list of chemicals authorized for the treatment of regulated articles and to provide instructions for its use in soil or potting media and on grass sod. This action would make another authorized treatment available to persons

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are amending the Mexican fruit fly regulations by designating a portion of Los Angeles County, CA as a regulated area and restricting the interstate movement of regulated articles from that area. This action is necessary to prevent the spread of the Mexican fruit fly into noninfested areas of the United States.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that allowed citrus fruit produced outside the quarantined areas to be moved into a quarantined area for packing and then moved from that quarantined area to any destination in the United States, including commercial citrusproducing areas. The interim rule provided that citrus fruit

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the Karnal bunt regulations by adding Throckmorton and Young Counties in Texas to the list of regulated areas. The interim rule, which followed the detection of bunted kernels in grain grown in this area, was necessary to prevent the spread of Karnal bunt to noninfected

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are amending the imported fire ant regulations by designating as quarantined areas all or portions of five counties in Arkansas, three counties in Georgia, eight counties in North Carolina, and four counties in Tennessee. As a result of this action, the interstate movement of regulated articles from those areas will be restricted. This action

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the Mediterranean fruit fly regulations by removing a portion of Los Angeles County, CA, from the list of quarantined areas. The interim rule was necessary to relieve the restrictions that were no longer needed to prevent the spread of Mediterranean fruit fly to

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are amending the gypsy moth regulations by adding nine counties in Wisconsin to the list of generally infested areas based on the detection of infestations of gypsy moth in those counties. As a result of this action, the interstate movement of regulated articles from those areas will be restricted. This action is necessary to prevent the

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are quarantining 10 counties in the State of California and a portion of 1 county in the State of Oregon because of the presence of Phytophthora ramorum and regulating the interstate movement of regulated and restricted articles from the quarantined area. This action is necessary on an emergency basis to prevent the spread of P. ramorum to

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the regulations by adding nine counties in Wisconsin to the list of generally infested areas based on the detection of infestations of gypsy moth in those counties. As a result of the interim rule, the interstate movement of regulated articles from those areas is

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Correction

Federal Register document 0126329 was inadvertently published in the Proposed Rules section in the issue of Friday, October 19, 2001 beginning on page 53123. It should have appeared in the Rules and Regulations section.
[FR Doc. C126329 Filed 61802; 8:45 am] BILLING

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are adopting as a final rule, without change, two interim rules regarding West Indian fruit fly. The first interim rule established regulations restricting the movement of regulated articles from a newly established quarantined area in Cameron County, TX. The second interim rule removed the quarantine on that portion of Cameron County, TX, and

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are amending the Oriental fruit fly regulations by quarantining a portion of Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties, CA, and restricting the interstate movement of regulated articles from the quarantined area. This action is necessary on an emergency basis to prevent the spread of the Oriental fruit fly into noninfested areas of the United

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are amending the pine shoot beetle regulations by adding 11 counties in Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin to the list of quarantined areas. This action is necessary to prevent the spread of pine shoot beetle, a pest of pine products, into noninfested areas of the United States.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are amending the black stem rust quarantine and regulations to require that persons who request the addition of Berberis, Mahoberberis, or Mahonia spp. plants to the list of rustresistant varieties in the regulations must provide the Agency with a description of the variety that can be used by inspectors to clearly identify the variety and

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are amending the Karnal bunt regulations to make changes to the list of areas or fields regulated because of Karnal bunt, a fungal disease of wheat. We are adding certain areas in Arizona and Texas to the list of regulated areas either because they were found during surveys to contain a bunted wheat kernel, or because they are within the

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are amending the pink bollworm regulations by removing the State of Oklahoma from the lists of quarantined States and regulated areas. Statewide trapping surveys conducted over the last 2 years have shown Oklahoma to be free of pink bollworm. This action will relieve restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from Oklahoma

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the Asian longhorned beetle regulations to include additional quarantined areas in Illinois and New York. 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

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are amending the imported fire ant regulations to add the insecticide fipronil (Chipco[reg]) to the list of chemicals authorized for the treatment of regulated articles and to provide instructions for its use in soil or potting media and on grass sod. This action makes another authorized treatment available to persons wishing to move

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are amending the Oriental fruit fly regulations by removing portions of San Bernardino and San Diego Counties, CA, from the list of quarantined areas and by removing restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from those areas. This action is necessary to relieve restrictions that are no longer needed to prevent the spread of

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are amending the citrus canker regulations by removing a portion of the quarantined area in Manatee County, FL, from the list of quarantined areas. The regulations require that an area be free from citrus canker for a period of at least 2 years before it may be removed from the list of quarantined areas. Surveys have shown that a portion of the

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the Oriental fruit fly regulations by removing portions of San Bernardino and San Diego Counties, CA, from the list of quarantined areas and by removing restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from those areas. The quarantine was necessary to

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the imported fire ant regulations by designating as quarantined areas all or portions of five counties in Arkansas, three counties in Georgia, eight counties in North Carolina, and four counties in Tennessee. As a result of that action, the interstate movement of

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are amending the citrus canker regulations by removing a portion of Hillsborough County, FL, from the list of quarantined areas. The regulations require that an area be free from citrus canker for a period of at least 2 years before it may be removed from the list of quarantined areas. Surveys have shown that the quarantined area in

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the pink bollworm regulations by removing the State of Oklahoma from the lists of quarantined States and regulated areas. Statewide trapping surveys conducted over the last 2 years have shown Oklahoma to be free of pink bollworm. The interim rule relieved restrictions on

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service