65FR31245A Asian Longhorned Beetle; Addition to Quarantined Areas
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Posting-number: Volume 65, Issue 96, Page 31245A
[Federal Register: May 17, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 96)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 31245-31246]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
7 CFR Part 301
[Docket No. 00-004-2]
Asian Longhorned Beetle; Addition to Quarantined Areas
<BD>AGENCY: <RM>Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
<BD>ACTION: <RM>Affirmation of interim rule as final rule.
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<BD>SUMMARY: <RM>We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an
interim rule that amended the Asian longhorned beetle regulations by
expanding the quarantined area in the city of Chicago, IL, and adding
two new areas in Cook County, IL. As a result of the interim rule, the
interstate movement of regulated articles from those areas is
restricted. The interim rule was necessary on an emergency basis to
prevent the artificial spread of the Asian longhorned beetle to
noninfested areas of the United States.
<BD>EFFECTIVE DATE: <RM>The interim rule became effective on January
27, 2000.
<BD>FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: <RM>Mr. Ron Milberg, Operations
Officer, Program Support, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 134,
Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; (301) 734-5255.
<BD>SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
<RM>Background
In an interim rule effective January 27, 2000, and published in the
<CS>Federal Register <RM>on February 2, 2000 (65 FR 4865-4866, Docket
No. 00-004-1), we amended the Asian longhorned beetle regulations
contained in Sec. 301.51-1 through Sec. 301.51-9 by expanding the
quarantined area in the city of Chicago, IL, and adding two new areas
in Cook County, IL, in Sec. 301.51-3. That action restricted the
interstate movement of regulated articles from those areas.
Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or
before April 3, 2000. 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 Orders 12866, 12372, and 12988, and the
Paperwork Reduction Act.
Further, for this action, the Office of Management and Budget has
waived the review process required by Executive Order 12866.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
This rule affirms an interim rule that amended the Asian longhorned
beetle regulations by expanding the quarantined area in the city of
Chicago, IL, and adding two new areas in Cook County, IL. As a result
of the interim rule, the interstate movement of regulated articles from
those areas is restricted. The interim rule was necessary on an
emergency basis to prevent the artificial spread of the Asian
longhorned beetle to noninfested areas of the United States.
The following analysis addresses the economic effect of this rule
on small entities, as required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
The quarantine and restrictions on the interstate movement of
certain articles from the quarantined areas has been determined to be
the most effective means of preventing the artificial spread of the
pest outside the State of Illinois. Biological controls and pesticides
do not currently appear to be effective alternatives.
Nonetheless, the interim rule will have no economic effect on
businesses, large or small, since none are located in the newly
quarantined 216 acres. The newly quarantined areas consist of a
residential area, a cemetery, and a forest preserve.
Under these circumstances, the Administrator of the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service has determined that this action will
not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small
entities.
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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
Accordingly, we are adopting as a final rule, without change, the
interim rule that amended 7 CFR part 301 and that was published at 65
FR 4865-4866 on February 2, 2000.
<CS>Authority: <RM>7 U.S.C. 147a, 150bb, 150dd, 150ee, 150ff,
161, 162, and 164-167; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.2(c).
Done in Washington, DC, this 12th day of May 2000.
Craig A. Reed,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 00-12437 Filed 5-16-00; 8:45 am]
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