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Vol. 78, No. 206 

Thursday, October 24, 2013 

1To view the interim rule and its supporting 

economic analysis, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS2012-0075. 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

7 CFR Part 301 

[Docket No. APHIS–2012–0075] 

Gypsy Moth Generally Infested Areas; 

Additions in Wisconsin 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Affirmation of interim rule as 

final rule. 

SUMMARY: We are adopting as a final 

rule, without change, an interim rule 

that amended the regulations to add 

areas in Wisconsin to the list of 

generally infested areas based on the 

detection of infestations of gypsy moth 

in those areas. The interim rule was 

necessary to prevent the artificial spread 

of the gypsy moth to noninfested areas 

of the United States. 

DATES: Effective on October 24, 2013, 

we are adopting as a final rule the 

interim rule published at 78 FR 24665– 

24666 on April 26, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Julie S. Spaulding, National Policy 

Manager, Plant Health Programs, Plant 

Protection and Quarantine, APHIS, 4700 

River Road Unit 137, Riverdale, MD 

20737; (301) 851–2184. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar 

(Linnaeus), is a destructive pest of 

forest, shade, and commercial trees such 

as nursery stock and Christmas trees. 

The gypsy moth regulations (contained 

in 7 CFR 301.45–1 through 301.45–12 

and referred to below as the regulations) 

restrict the interstate movement of 

regulated articles from generally 

infested areas to prevent the artificial 

spread of the gypsy moth. Section 

301.45–3 of the regulations lists 

generally infested areas. 

In an interim rule 1 effective and 

published in the Federal Register on 

April 26, 2013 (78 FR 24665–24666, 

Docket No. APHIS–2012–0075), we 

amended § 301.45–3(a) by adding 

portions of Wisconsin to the list of 

generally infested areas. We also made 

editorial changes to § 301.45–1. 

Comments on the interim rule were 

required to be received on or before June 

25, 2013. We received no comments by 

that date. 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 

Accordingly, we are adopting as a 

final rule, without change, the interim 

rule that amended 7 CFR part 301 and 

that was published at 78 FR 24665– 

24666 on April 26, 2013. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 18th day of 

October 2013. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–25018 Filed 10–23–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

7 CFR Part 301 

[Docket No. APHIS–2010–0048] 

RIN 0579–AD29 

Citrus Canker, Citrus Greening, and 

Asian Citrus Psyllid; Interstate 

Movement of Regulated Nursery Stock 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: We are adopting as a final 

rule, with nonsubstantive changes, an 

interim rule that amended the 

regulations governing the interstate 

movement of regulated articles from 

areas quarantined for citrus canker, 

citrus greening, and/or Asian citrus 

psyllid (ACP) to allow the movement of 

regulated nursery stock under a 

certificate to any area within the United 

States. In order to be eligible to move 

regulated nursery stock, a nursery had 

to enter into a compliance agreement 

with the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service that specified the 

conditions under which the nursery 

stock must be grown, maintained, and 

shipped. The interim rule also amended 

the regulations that allow the movement 

of regulated nursery stock from an area 

quarantined for ACP, but not for citrus 

greening, to amend the existing 

regulatory requirements for the issuance 

of limited permits for the interstate 

movement of the nursery stock. The 

interim rule was necessary on an 

immediate basis in order to provide 

nursery stock producers in areas 

quarantined for citrus canker, citrus 

greening, and/or ACP with the ability to 

ship regulated nursery stock to markets 

within the United States that would 

otherwise be unavailable to them due to 

the prohibitions and restrictions 

contained in the regulations while 

continuing to provide adequate 

safeguards to prevent the spread of the 

three pests into currently unaffected 

areas of the United States. 

DATES: Effective Date: November 25, 

2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Lynn Evans-Goldner, National Policy 

Manager, Pest Management, Plant 


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