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Vol. 63, No. 88

Thursday, May 7, 1998

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

7 CFR Part 301

[Docket No. 97–056–10]

Mediterranean Fruit Fly; Quarantined

Areas; Clarification

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Interim rules; clarification.

SUMMARY: This document clarifies the

status of amendments contained in two

interim rules effective the same day. In

an interim rule effective April 17, 1998,

and published in the Federal Register

on April 22, 1998 (63 FR 19797–19798,

Docket No. 97–056–9), we amended the

Mediterranean fruit fly regulations by

removing the quarantined area in

Hillsborough County, FL, from the list

of quarantined areas. Also, in an interim

rule effective April 17, 1998, and

published in the Federal Register on

April 23, 1998 (63 FR 20053–20054,

Docket No. 98–046–1), we amended the

Mediterranean fruit fly regulations by

adding a portion of Dade County, FL, to

the list of quarantined areas and

restricting the interstate movement of

regulated articles from the quarantined

area.

DATES: Effective April 17, 1998, the only

area quarantined for the Mediterranean

fruit fly in the continental United States

is a portion of Dade County, FL.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Michael B. Stefan, Operations

Officer, Domestic and Emergency

Programs, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road

Unit 134, Riverdale, MD 20737–1236,

(301) 734–8247; or e-mail:

mstefan@aphis.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On April 22, 1998, we published in

the Federal Register (63 FR 19797–

19798, Docket No. 97–056–9) an interim

rule that amended the Mediterranean

fruit fly (Medfly) regulations by

removing the quarantined area in

Hillsborough County, FL, from the list

of quarantined areas. Also, on April 23,

1998, we published in the Federal

Register (63 FR 20053–20054, Docket

No. 98–046–1) another interim rule that

amended the Medfly regulations by

adding a portion of Dade County, FL, to

the list of quarantined areas and

restricting the interstate movement of

regulated articles from the quarantined

area. Both the dockets were signed and

became effective on April 17, 1998.

In the interim rule that removed

Hillsborough County, FL, from the list

of quarantined areas, we inadvertently

failed to delete the statement saying

that, as a result of this action, there were

no longer any areas in the continental

United States quarantined because of

Medfly. While this would have been

true if no additional Medflies had been

found, because of the finding of Medfly

in Dade County, FL, that statement was

incorrect at the time the docket was

signed. The interim rule that added

Dade County, FL, to the list of areas

quarantined because of the Medfly

quarantined a described area of Dade

County, FL.

The purpose of this notice is to clarify

our Medfly quarantine regulations.

Effective April 17, 1998, the only area

quarantined for the Medfly in the

continental United States is a portion of

Dade County, FL.

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).

Done in Washington, DC, this 30th day of

April 1998.

Craig A. Reed,

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 98–12123 Filed 5–6–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

7 CFR Part 301

[Docket No. 97–100–2]

Pine Shoot Beetle; Quarantined Areas

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: We are adopting as a final

rule, with one change, an interim rule

that amended the pine shoot beetle

regulations by adding 78 counties in

Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan,

New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West

Virginia, and Wisconsin to the list of

quarantined areas. The interim rule was

necessary to prevent the spread of the

pine shoot beetle, a pest of pine

products, into noninfested areas of the

United States. This final rules makes

one change to the map of regulated

counties that appeared in the interim

rule to add a county that mistakenly was

not included on the map.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 7, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Christine K. Markham, Regional

Program Manager, PPQ, APHIS, 505

South Lenola Road, Suite 201,

Moorestown, NJ, 08057–1549, (609)

753–5073; or Ms. Coanne O’Hern,

Operations Officer, Domestic and

Emergency Programs, PPQ, APHIS, 4700

River Road Unit 134, Riverdale, MD

20737–1236, (301) 734–8717, E-mail:

cohern@aphis.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

In an interim rule effective on

December 3, 1997, and published in the

Federal Register on December 9, 1997

(62 FR 64677–64680, Docket No. 97–

100–1), we amended the pine shoot

beetle regulations in 7 CFR part 301 by

adding 78 counties in Illinois, Indiana,

Maryland, Michigan, New York, Ohio,

Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and

Wisconsin to the list of quarantined

areas in § 301.50–3(c).

Comments on the interim rule were

required to be received on or before

February 9, 1998. We did not receive

any comments.

We are making one change to the

interim rule to correct an error. The