[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 1 (Friday, January 2, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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[FR Doc No: 97-34177]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

7 CFR Part 301

[Docket No. 96-016-28]
RIN 0579-AA83


Karnal Bunt; Additions to Regulated Areas

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Interim rule; technical amendment.

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SUMMARY: In an interim rule published in the Federal Register on 
November 24,1997, we amended the Karnal bunt regulations by adding 
portions of McCulloch, Mills, and San Saba Counties, TX, to the list of 
regulated areas and by expanding the boundaries of the regulated areas 
in La Paz, Maricopa, and Pinal Counties, AZ, due to the detection of 
Karnal bunt in those areas.
    The interim rule contained an error in the Supplementary 
Information section and an error in a list of fields in the rule 
portion. This document corrects those errors.

DATES: This amendment is effective November 24, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Please send an original and three copies of your comments to 
Docket No. 96-016-26, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, 
suite 3C03, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. Please 
state that your comments refer to Docket No. 96-016-26. Comments 
received may be inspected at USDA, room 1141, South Building, 14th 
Street and Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC, between 8 a.m. and 
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. Persons wishing to 
inspect comments are requested to call ahead on (202) 690-2817 to 
facilitate entry into the comment reading room.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Mike Stefan, Operations Officer, 
Domestic and Emergency Operations, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 
134, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236, (301) 734-8247.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In an interim rule published in the Federal 
Register on November 24, 1997 (62 FR 62504-62506, Docket No. 96-016-
26), we amended the Karnal bunt regulations in 7 CFR part 301 by adding 
certain counties in Texas to the list of regulated areas due to the 
detection of Karnal bunt in those areas. We also expanded the 
boundaries of regulated areas in certain counties in Arizona for the 
same reason.
    In the Supplementary Information section of the interim rule, we 
summarized the regulations that apply to these newly regulated areas. 
Among other things, we stated that ``While Karnal bunt host crops may 
be planted in the surveillance area, they may not be used for seed.'' 
We should have said that Karnal bunt host crops may be planted in the 
surveillance area and may be used for seed within the regulated area if 
tested and found free from spores and bunted wheat kernels and then 
treated with fungicide in acccordance with Sec. 301.89-13(d).
    Also, the rule portion of the interim rule contained an error in a 
list of numbered fields designated as restricted areas for regulated 
articles other than seed in San Saba County, TX. Field number 40113 
3301 should not have been listed. Fields numbers 40113 3302 and 40113 
3303 should have been listed instead. All these fields belong to the 
same individual, and the misdesignation stemmed from a paperwork error. 
We are correcting the error in our list.

List of Subjects in 7 CFR 301

    Agricultural commodities, Plant diseases and pests, Quarantine 
reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Transportation.
    Accordingly, 7 CFR part 301 is amended as follows:

PART 301--DOMESTIC QUARANTINE NOTICES

    1. The authority citation for part 301 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 147a, 150bb, 150dd, 150ee, 150ff, 161, 162, 
and 164-167; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.2(c).


Sec. 301.89-3  [Corrected]

    2. In Sec. 301.89-3, in paragraph (f), under the heading ``Texas'', 
in paragraph (2), under ``San Saba County'', the number ``40113 3301'' 
is removed and the numbers ``40113 3302'' and ``40113 3303'' are added 
in its place.

    Done in Washington, DC, this 18th day of December 1997.
Terry L. Medley,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 97-34177 Filed 12-31-97; 8:45 am]
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