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Vol. 76, No. 225 

Tuesday, November 22, 2011 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

7 CFR Part 301 

[Docket No. APHIS–2011–0074] 

Karnal Bunt; Regulated Areas in 

California 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Interim rule and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: We are amending the Karnal 

bunt regulations to make changes to the 

list of areas or fields regulated because 

of Karnal bunt, a fungal disease of 

wheat. Specifically, we are removing 

areas and fields in Riverside County, 

CA, from the list of regulated areas 

based on our determination that those 

fields or areas meet our criteria for 

release from regulation. This action is 

necessary to relieve restrictions on 

certain areas that are no longer 

necessary. 

DATES: This interim rule is effective 

November 22, 2011. We will consider 

all comments that we receive on or 

before January 23, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/#!document

Detail;D=APHIS-2011-0074-0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2011–0074, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Supporting documents and any 

comments we receive on this docket 

may be viewed at http://www.

regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=

APHIS-2011-0074 or in our reading 

room, which is located in room 1141 of 

the USDA South Building, 14th Street 

and Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC. Normal reading room 

hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except holidays. To be 

sure someone is there to help you, 

please call (202) 690–2817 before 

coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Lynn Evans-Goldner, Karnal Bunt 

Program Manager, Forest Pest and Plant 

Pathogen Programs, EDP, PPQ, APHIS, 

4700 River Road Unit 26, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1236; (301) 734–7228. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Karnal bunt is a fungal disease of 

wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), durum 

wheat (Triticum durum L.), and triticale 

(Triticum aestivum L. x Secale cereal 

L.), a hybrid of wheat and rye. Karnal 

bunt is caused by the fungus Tilletia 

indica (Mitra) Mundkur and is spread 

primarily through the planting of 

infected seed followed by very specific 

environmental conditions matched 

during specific stages of wheat growth. 

Some countries in the international 

wheat market regulate Karnal bunt as a 

fungal disease requiring quarantine; 

therefore, without measures taken by 

the United States Department of 

Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS), to 

prevent its spread, the presence of 

Karnal bunt in the United States could 

have significant consequences with 

regard to the export of wheat to 

international markets. 

Upon detection of Karnal bunt in 

Arizona in March of 1996, Federal 

quarantine and emergency actions were 

imposed to prevent the interstate spread 

of the disease to other wheat-producing 

areas in the United States. The 

quarantine continues in effect, although 

it has since been modified, both in 

terms of its physical boundaries and in 

terms of its restrictions on the 

production and movement of regulated 

articles from regulated areas. The 

regulations regarding Karnal bunt are set 

forth in 7 CFR 301.89–1 through 

301.89–16 (referred to below as the 

regulations). Articles regulated for 

Karnal bunt are listed in § 301.89–2. 

Conditions for determining whether an 

area is regulated for Karnal bunt are set 

forth in § 301.89–3. 

Under the regulations in § 301.89–3(f), 

a field known to have been infected 

with Karnal bunt, as well as any 

noninfected acreage surrounding the 

field, will be released from regulation if: 

• The field has been permanently 

removed from crop production; or 

• The field is tilled at least once per 

year for a total of 5 years (the years need 

not be consecutive). After tilling, the 

field may be planted with a crop or left 

fallow. If the field is planted with a host 

crop, the harvested grain must test 

negative, through the absence of bunted 

kernels, for Karnal bunt. 

In this interim rule, we are amending 

the list of quarantined areas in § 301.89– 

3(g) by removing areas in Riverside 

County, CA, from the list of regulated 

areas, based on our determination that 

these fields or areas are eligible for 

release from regulation under the 

criteria in § 301.89–3(f). Specifically, we 

are removing the remaining 17,827 acres 

from Riverside County, CA. 

This action relieves restrictions on 

fields within those areas that are no 

longer warranted. We note that with the 

removal of those fields in Riverside 

County, there are no longer any areas 

within the State of California that are 

quarantined because of Karnal bunt. 

Immediate Action 

Immediate action is necessary to 

relieve restrictions on certain fields or 

areas that are no longer warranted. 

Under these circumstances, the 

Administrator has determined that prior 

notice and opportunity for public 

comment are contrary to the public 

interest and that there is good cause 

under 5 U.S.C. 553 for making this 

action effective less than 30 days after 

publication in the Federal Register. 

We will consider comments we 

receive during the comment period for 

this interim rule (see DATES above). 

After the comment period closes, we 

will publish another document in the 

Federal Register. The document will 

include a discussion of any comments 

we receive and any amendments we are 

making to the rule. 

Executive Order 12866 and Regulatory 

Flexibility Act 

This interim rule is subject to 

Executive Order 12866. However, for 

this action, the Office of Management 

and Budget has waived its review under 

Executive Order 12866. 

This rule amends the Karnal bunt 

regulations by removing certain areas in 

California from quarantine based on 


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surveys that indicate these areas have 

met the criteria for release from 

regulation. 

We have prepared an economic 

analysis for this interim rule. The 

analysis, which considers the number 

and types of entities that are likely to be 

affected by this action and the potential 

economic effects on those entities, 

provides the basis for the 

Administrator’s determination that the 

rule will not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. The economic 

analysis may be viewed on the 

Regulations.gov Web site (see 

ADDRESSES above for instructions for 

accessing Regulations.gov). Copies of 

the economic analysis are also available 

from the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Executive Order 12372 

This program/activity is listed in the 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

under No. 10.025 and is subject to 

Executive Order 12372, which requires 

intergovernmental consultation with 

State and local officials. (See 7 CFR part 

3015, subpart V.) 

Executive Order 12988 

This rule has been reviewed under 

Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice 

Reform. This rule: (1) Preempts all State 

and local laws and regulations that are 

in conflict with this rule; (2) has no 

retroactive effect; and (3) does not 

require administrative proceedings 

before parties may file suit in court 

challenging this rule. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

This interim rule contains no 

information collection or recordkeeping 

requirements under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 

et seq.). 

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 301 

Agricultural commodities, Plant 

diseases and pests, Quarantine, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Transportation. 

Accordingly, we are amending 7 CFR 

part 301 as follows: 

PART 301—DOMESTIC QUARANTINE 

NOTICES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 301 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701–7772 and 7781– 

7786; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3. 

Section 301.75–15 issued under Sec. 204, 

Title II, Public Law 106–113, 113 Stat. 1501 

A–293; sections 301.75–15 and 301.75–16 

issued under Sec. 203, Title II, Public Law 

106–224, 114 Stat. 400 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note). 

■ 2. In § 301.89–3, paragraph (g) is 

amended by removing the entry for 

California. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 16th day of 

November 2011. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–30100 Filed 11–21–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

10 CFR Parts 1, 9, 19, 20, 30, 35, 40, 

52, 55, 60, 61, 70, 73, 110, 170, and 171 

[NRC–2011–0169] 

RIN 3150–AJ01 

Miscellaneous Administrative Changes 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC or the Commission) 

is amending its regulations to make 

miscellaneous administrative changes, 

including updating the street address for 

its Region IV office and correcting an 

authority citation and typographical and 

spelling errors, and other edits and 

conforming changes. This document is 

necessary to inform the public of these 

changes to the NRC’s regulations. 

DATES: This rule is effective December 

22, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You can access publicly 

available documents related to this final 

rule using the following methods: 

• NRC’s Public Document Room 

(PDR): The public may examine and 

have copies made, for a fee, publicly 

available documents at the NRC’s PDR, 

Room O1–F21, One White Flint North, 

11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland 20852. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS): Publicly available documents 

created or received at the NRC are 

available online in the NRC Library at 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ 

adams.html. From this page, the public 

can gain entry into ADAMS, which 

provides text and image files of the 

NRC’s public documents. If you do not 

have access to ADAMS or if there are 

problems in accessing the documents 

located in ADAMS, contact the NRC’s 

PDR reference staff at 1–(800) 397–4209, 

(301) 415–4737, or by email to 

pdr.resource@nrc.gov. 

• Federal Rulemaking Web Site: 

Supporting materials related to this final 

rule can be found at http:// 

www.regulations.gov by searching on 

Docket ID: NRC–2011–0169. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Carol 

Gallagher; telephone at (301) 492–3668; 

email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christina England, Rules, 

Announcements, and Directives Branch, 

Division of Administrative Services, 

Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001, telephone: (301) 492– 

3663, email: Christina.England@nrc.gov; 

or Angella Love Blair, Rules, 

Announcements, and Directives Branch, 

Division of Administrative Services, 

Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001, telephone: (301) 492– 

3671, email: Angella.Love-Blair@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

The NRC is amending its regulations 

at Title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR) parts 1, 9, 19, 20, 

26, 30, 35, 40, 52, 55, 60, 61, 70, 73, 110, 

170, and 171 to make miscellaneous 

administrative changes. These changes 

include correcting the authority citation 

for 10 CFR part 61, updating the street 

address for its Region IV office, 

correcting typographical and spelling 

errors, and making other edits and 

conforming changes. 

Summary of Changes 

Replace ‘‘NRC’s Electronic Reading 

Room’’ With ‘‘NRC Library’’ 

The name of the NRC’s online 

repository, formerly called ‘‘NRC’s 

Electronic Reading Room’’ and 

‘‘Electronic Reading Room,’’ has been 

changed to ‘‘NRC Library.’’ Only the 

name has changed; the Web site address 

remains the same. The new name is 

incorporated into § 9.27(a) of the NRC’s 

regulations. In addition, the new name 

is incorporated in the definition of 

‘‘NRC Public Document Room’’ by 

replacing the term ‘‘Electronic Reading 

Room’’ with ‘‘NRC Library’’ in § 60.2 of 

the NRC’s regulations. 

Correct Spelling Errors 

In § 19.14(b), an ‘‘r’’ was inadvertently 

included in the word ‘‘phases’’ resulting 

in a different word, ‘‘phrases.’’ In 

§ 19.14(b), the word ‘‘phrases’’ is 

replaced with the word ‘‘phases.’’ 

In § 60.75(c)(2), an ‘‘m’’ was 

inadvertently omitted from the word 

‘‘accomodate.’’ In § 60.75(c)(2), the word 

‘‘accomodate’’ is replaced with the word 

‘‘accommodate.’’ 


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