Rule2024-07038
Domestic Quarantine: Quarantined Areas and Regulated Articles; Technical Amendment
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Published
April 4, 2024
Effective
April 4, 2024
Issuing agencies
Agriculture DepartmentAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Abstract
In a final rule published in the Federal Register on December 29, 2022, and effective on January 30, 2023, we amended the regulations governing domestic quarantines for various plant pests by removing lists of quarantined areas and regulated articles from the regulations in order to maintain these lists on web pages maintained by the Agency. However, in the regulations governing black stem rust, we incorrectly stated that the web page listing articles determined to be rust- resistant only listed species and varieties of the genus Berberis, rather than species and varieties of the genera Berberis, Mahoberberis, and Mahonia. Therefore, we are amending the paragraph to correct the omission.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 66 (Thursday, April 4, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 23500-23501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07038]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
7 CFR Part 301
[Docket No. APHIS-2019-0035]
RIN 0579-AE62
Domestic Quarantine: Quarantined Areas and Regulated Articles;
Technical Amendment
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Department of
Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Final rule; technical amendment.
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SUMMARY: In a final rule published in the Federal Register on December
29, 2022, and effective on January 30, 2023, we amended the regulations
governing domestic quarantines for various plant pests by removing
lists of quarantined areas and regulated articles from the regulations
in order to maintain these lists on web pages maintained by the Agency.
However, in the regulations governing black stem rust, we incorrectly
stated that the web page listing articles determined to be rust-
resistant only listed species and varieties of the genus Berberis,
rather than species and varieties of the genera Berberis, Mahoberberis,
and Mahonia. Therefore, we are amending the paragraph to correct the
omission.
DATES: Effective April 4, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Lynn Evans-Goldner, National
Policy Manager, Office of the Deputy Administrator, PPQ, APHIS, 4700
River Road, Unit 137, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851-2286; <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4824312626662d3e29263b652f27242c262d3a083d3b2c29662f273e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3854415656165d4e59564b155f57545c565d4a784d4b5c59165f574e">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a final rule \1\ that was published in
the Federal Register on December 29, 2022 (87 FR 80002), and effective
on January 30, 2023, we amended the regulations governing domestic
quarantines for various plant pests by removing lists of quarantined
areas and regulated articles from the regulations in order to maintain
these lists on web pages maintained by the Agency. One of the affected
subparts was ``Subpart D--Black Stem Rust'' (7 CFR 301.38 through
301.38-8). Section 301.38-2(b) correctly states that species and
varieties of the genera Berberis, Mahoberberis, and Mahonia are
regulated articles. However, in Sec. 301.38-2(a), which provides the
web page where regulated articles are listed, we inadvertently excluded
the genera Mahoberberis and Mahonia, incorrectly implying that the list
on the web page is limited to species of Berberis. This document
corrects that error.
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\1\ To view the final rule and supporting documents, go to:
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov/document/APHIS-2019-0035-0002">https://www.regulations.gov/document/APHIS-2019-0035-0002</a>.
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List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 301
Agricultural commodities, Plant diseases and pests, Quarantine,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Transportation.
Accordingly, we amend 7 CFR part 301 as follows:
PART 301--DOMESTIC QUARANTINE NOTICES
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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. 1501A-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).
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Sec. 301.38-2 [Amended]
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2. Amend Sec. 301.38-2, in paragraph (a), by adding the words ``,
Mahoberberis, and Mahonia'' after the word ``Berberis'' in the first
sentence.
Done in Washington, DC, this 28th day of March 2024.
Donna Lalli,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-07038 Filed 4-3-24; 8:45 am]
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