[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 23, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 8822]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-03672]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
7 CFR Part 301
[Docket No. APHIS-2015-0040]
Golden Nematode; Removal of Regulated Areas in Orleans, Nassau,
and Suffolk Counties, New York
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Affirmation of interim rule as final rule.
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SUMMARY: We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim
rule that amended the golden nematode regulations by removing areas in
Orleans, Nassau, and Suffolk Counties in the State of New York from the
list of generally infested areas. The interim rule was necessary to
relieve restrictions on the movement of regulated articles from areas
no longer under quarantine for golden nematode. As a result of the
interim rule, movement of such articles from areas no longer under
quarantine can proceed while preventing the spread of golden nematode
from infested areas to noninfested areas of the United States.
DATES: Effective on February 23, 2016, we are adopting as a final rule
the interim rule published at 80 FR 59551-59557 on October 2, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jonathan M. Jones, National Policy
Manager, Pest Management, Plant Protection and Quarantine, APHIS, 4700
River Road, Unit 160, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851-2128.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In an interim rule\1\ effective and published in the Federal
Register on October 2, 2015 (80 FR 59551-59557, Docket No. APHIS-2015-
0040), we amended the golden nematode regulations in 7 CFR part 301 by
removing areas in Orleans, Nassau, and Suffolk Counties in the State of
New York from the list of areas regulated for golden nematode.
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\1\ To view the interim rule and supporting documents, go to
http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2015-0040.
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Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or
before December 1, 2015. 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 without change.
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 301--DOMESTIC QUARANTINE NOTICES
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Accordingly, we are adopting as a final rule, without change, the
interim rule that amended 7 CFR part 301 and that was published at 80
FR 59551-59557 on October 2, 2015.
Done in Washington, DC, this 17th day of February 2016.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-03672 Filed 2-22-16; 8:45 am]
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