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Vol. 73, No. 173 

Friday, September 5, 2008 

1To view the interim rule and the comment we 

received, go to http://www.regulations.gov/ 

fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocketDetail&

d=APHIS-2007-0157. 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

7 CFR Part 301 

[Docket No. APHIS–2007–0157] 

Karnal Bunt; Removal of Regulated 

Areas in Texas 

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 Karnal bunt 

regulations to remove certain areas or 

fields in Baylor, Knox, Throckmorton, 

and Young Counties, TX, from the list 

of regulated areas based on our 

determination that those fields or areas 

meet our criteria for release from 

regulation. The interim rule was 

necessary to relieve restrictions that are 

no longer necessary. 

DATES: Effective on September 5, 2008, 

we are adopting as a final rule the 

interim rule published at 73 FR 18701– 

18703 on April 7, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Matthew H. Royer, Associate Director, 

Emergency and Domestic Programs, 

PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 26, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1234; (301) 734– 

7819. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In an interim rule 1 effective and 

published in the Federal Register on 

April 7, 2008 (73 FR 18701–18703, 

Docket No. APHIS–2007–0157), we 

amended the Karnal bunt regulations 

contained in Subpart-Karnal Bunt (7 

CFR 301.78 through 301.78–10) by 

removing certain areas or fields in 

Baylor, Knox, Throckmorton, and 

Young Counties, TX, from the list of 

regulated areas in § 301.89–3(g). That 

action was based on our determination 

that these fields or areas are eligible for 

release from regulations under the 

criteria in § 301.89–3(f). The interim 

rule relieved restrictions on fields 

within those areas that were no longer 

necessary. 

Comments on the interim rule were 

required to be received on or before June 

6, 2008. We received one comment by 

that date, from a State agricultural 

agency. The commenter supported the 

action taken in the interim rule. 

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 73 FR 18701– 

18703 on April 7, 2008. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 29th day of 

August 2008. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. E8–20622 Filed 9–4–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Cooperative State Research, 

Education, and Extension Service 

7 CFR Part 3430 

Competitive and Noncompetitive Nonformula Grant Programs—General 

Grant Administrative Provisions and 

Program-Specific Administrative 

Provisions for the Specialty Crop 

Research Initiative 

AGENCY: Cooperative State Research, 

Education, and Extension Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Interim rule; correction and 

comment period extension. 

SUMMARY: The Cooperative State 

Research, Education, and Extension 

Service (CSREES) published on August 

1, 2008, an interim final rule concerning 

one set of administrative requirements 

that contain elements common to all of 

the competitive and noncompetitive 

non-formula grant programs the Agency 

administers. That document contained 

an invalid E-mail address for the 

submission of comments. This 

document adds a valid E-mail address 

and extends the comment period for 30 

days. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

interim rule published August 1, 2008 

(73 FR 44897), effective August 1, 2008, 

is extended until October 30, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by RIN 0524–AA28, by any of 

the following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

E-mail: Policy@csrees.usda.gov. 

Include Regulatory Information Number 

(RIN) number 0524–AA28 in the subject 

line of the message. 

Fax: 202–401–7752. 

Mail: Paper, disk or CD–ROM 

submissions should be submitted to 

Cooperative State Research, Education, 

and Extension Service, U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, STOP 2299, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–2299. 

Hand Delivery/Courier: Cooperative 

State Research, Education, and 

Extension Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Room 2258, Waterfront 

Centre, 800 9th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20024. 


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Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and the 

RIN for this rulemaking. All comments 

received will be posted without change 

to http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin 

Daly, Policy Section Leader, Office of 

Extramural Programs, Cooperative State 

Research, Education, and Extension 

Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

STOP 2299, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250–

2299; Voice: 202–401–3319; Fax: 202–

401–7752; E-mail: 

edaly@csrees.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

correction is to replace an invalid Email address listed in the ADDRESSES

section of the original document and to 

extend the comment period listed in the 

DATES section of the original document 

an additional 30 days. The correct 

address and comment submission 

instruction is: E-mail: 

Policy@csrees.usda.gov. Include 

Regulatory Information Number (RIN) 

number 0524–AA28 in the subject line 

of the message. The extended comment 

end period is October 30, 2008. 

Done at Washington, DC, this 29th day of 

August, 2008. 

Gale Buchanan, 

Under Secretary, Research, Education, and 

Economics. 

[FR Doc. E8–20562 Filed 9–4–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

15 CFR Part 774 

[Docket No. 080211156–8157–01] 

RIN 0694–AE24 

Clarification of the Classification of 

Crew Protection Kits on the Commerce 

Control List 

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and 

Security, Commerce. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Industry and 

Security (BIS) is amending the Export 

Administration Regulations (EAR) to 

clarify that crew protection kits used as 

protective cabs on construction 

equipment are on the Wassenaar 

Arrangement Munitions List and are 

correctly classified on the Commerce 

Control List in the entry that applies to 

construction equipment built to military 

specifications. 

DATES: Effective date is September 5, 

2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by RIN 0694–AE24, by any of 

the following methods: 

• E-mail: rpd2@bis.doc.gov. Include 

‘‘RIN 0694–AE24’’ in the subject line of 

the message. 

• Fax: 202–482–3355. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: U.S. 

Department of Commerce, Bureau of 

Industry and Security, Regulatory Policy 

Division, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Room 2705, Washington, DC 

20230, ATTN: RIN 0694–AE24. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gene Christiansen, Office of National 

Security and Technology Transfer 

Controls, telephone: (202) 482–2984. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

BIS is amending the Export 

Administration Regulations (EAR) to 

add the phrase ‘‘crew protection kits’’ to 

Export Control Classification Number 

(ECCN) 0A018.a. This ECCN is used to 

control items that are listed on the 

Wassenaar Arrangement Munitions List 

(WAML). Specifically, the WAML 

category ML–17.b lists construction 

equipment ‘‘specially designed for 

military use.’’ On the Commerce Control 

List (CCL), ECCN 0A018.a controls 

items listed in category ML–17.b as 

‘‘construction equipment built to 

military specifications.’’

Recently, the Departments of 

Commerce, State, and Defense reviewed 

ECCN 0A018.a and concluded that 

although crew protection kits are 

covered by the phrase ‘‘[c]onstruction 

equipment built to military 

specifications * * * and specially 

designed parts and accessories therefor’’

as set forth in that ECCN, it would 

enhance the ECCN’s clarity if crew 

protection kits were added explicitly to 

the ECCN’s text. Crew protection kits 

are items that can be used as protective 

cabs on construction equipment to help 

protect crews operating in a military or 

otherwise hostile environment. To 

facilitate public understanding that 

crew protection kits are considered 

construction equipment built to military 

specifications, the Departments of 

Commerce, State, and Defense agreed to 

include specific reference to these kits 

in the descriptive text of ECCN 0A018.a. 

Therefore, this regulation amends 

ECCN 0A018.a to include crew 

protection kits in the descriptive 

language of that paragraph. Moreover, 

this regulation makes slight changes to 

the language of ECCN 0A018.a to further 

clarify that the items listed are all 

considered to be construction 

equipment built to military 

specifications, and thus are all 

controlled by that ECCN. These changes 

do not create new export controls for 

crew protection kits. 

Although the Export Administration 

Act expired on August 20, 2001, the 

President, through Executive Order 

13222 of August 17, 2001, 3 CFR, 2001 

Comp., p. 783 (2002), as extended by the 

Notice of July 23, 2008, 73 FR 43603 

(July 25, 2008), has continued the 

Export Administration Regulations in 

effect under the International 

Emergency Economic Powers Act. 

Rulemaking Requirements 

1. This rule has been determined to be 

not significant for purposes of Executive 

Order 12866. 

2. Notwithstanding any other 

provision of law, no person is required 

to respond to nor be subject to a penalty 

for failure to comply with a collection 

of information, subject to the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

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

et seq.) (PRA), unless that collection of 

information displays a currently valid 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) Control Number. This regulation 

contains a collection previously 

approved by the OMB under control 

numbers 0694–0088, ‘‘Multi-Purpose 

Application,’’ which carries a burden 

hour estimate of 58 minutes to prepare 

and submit form BIS–748. 

Miscellaneous and recordkeeping 

activities account for 12 minutes per 

submission. BIS expects that this rule 

will not change that burden hour 

estimate. 

3. This rule does not contain policies 

with Federalism implications as that 

term is defined in Executive Order 

13132. 

4. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1), the 

provisions of the Administrative 

Procedure Act requiring a notice of 

proposed rulemaking and the 

opportunity for public comment are 

waived, because this regulation involves 

a military or foreign affairs function of 

the United States. No other law requires 

that a notice of proposed rulemaking 

and an opportunity for public comment 

be given for this rule. Because a notice 

of proposed rulemaking and an 

opportunity for public comment are not 

required to be given for this rule under 

the Administrative Procedure Act or by 

any other law, the analytical 

requirements of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) are 

not applicable. Therefore, this 

regulation is issued in final form. 

Although there is no formal comment 

period, public comments on this 

regulation are welcome on a continuing 

basis. Comments should be submitted 

via courier or via hand delivery to 


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