RULES: Fire ant, imported,
Published: 2004-07-23
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 20 counties in North Carolina and
restricting the interstate movement of regulated articles from those
areas. The interim rule was necessary to prevent the artificial spread
of the
RULES: Citrus canker,
Published: 2004-12-21
We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim
rule that amended the citrus canker regulations by updating the list of
areas in the State of Florida quarantined because of citrus canker. The
interim rule was necessary to prevent the spread of citrus canker into
noninfested areas of the United States and to relieve restrictions that
RULES: Karnal bunt,
Published: 2004-05-05
We are amending the Karnal bunt regulations to provide for the
payment of compensation to custom harvesters for losses they incurred
due to the requirement that their equipment be cleaned and disinfected
after four counties in northern Texas were declared regulated areas for
Karnal bunt during the 20002001 crop season. We are also amending the
RULES: Karnal bunt,
Published: 2004-08-17
We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim
rule that amended the Karnal bunt regulations by adding certain areas
in Arizona 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 3milewide buffer zone around fields or areas affected
with Karnal
RULES: Pine shoot beetle,
Published: 2004-05-06
We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim
rule that amended the pine shoot beetle regulations by adding 37
counties in Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Vermont, and Virginia to the list of quarantined areas. As a result of
that action, the interstate movement of regulated articles from those
areas is
