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be considered to be enrolled in the
standard option of the Blue Cross and
Blue Shield Service Benefit Plan. The
effective date of enrollment changes
under this provision will be set by OPM
when it makes the announcement
allowing such changes.
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(iv) If the discontinuance of the plan,
whether permanent or temporary, is due
to a disaster, the former spouse must
change the enrollment within 60 days of
the disaster, as announced by OPM. If
the former spouse does not change the
enrollment within the time frame
announced by OPM, the former spouse
will be considered to be enrolled in the
standard option of the Blue Cross and
Blue Shield Service Benefit Plan. The
effective date of enrollment changes
under this provision will be set by OPM
when it makes the announcement
allowing such changes.
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5. In § 890.1108 add new paragraph
(h)(4)(iv) to read as follows:
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(iv) If the discontinuance of the plan,
whether permanent or temporary, is due
to a disaster, the enrollee must change
the enrollment within 60 days of the
disaster, as announced by OPM. If the
enrollee does not change the enrollment
within the time frame announced by
OPM, the enrollee will be considered to
be enrolled in the standard option of the
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Service
Benefit Plan. The effective date
enrollment changes under this provision
will be set by OPM when it makes the
announcement allowing such changes.
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7 CFR Part 301
[Docket No. 05–078–2]
Karnal Bunt; Addition and Removal of
Regulated Areas in Arizona
This final rule 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
AGENCY:
§ 890.806 When can former spouses
change enrollment or reenroll and what are
the effective dates?
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Affirmation of interim rule as
final rule.
Agricultural commodities, Plant
diseases and pests, Quarantine,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Transportation.
SUMMARY: We are adopting as a final
rule, without change, an interim rule
that amended the Karnal bunt
regulations by adding certain areas in
Maricopa and Pinal Counties, AZ, to the
list of regulated areas and by removing
certain areas or fields in Maricopa
County, AZ, from the list of regulated
areas. Those actions were necessary to
prevent the spread of Karnal bunt into
noninfected areas of the United States
and to relieve restrictions on certain
areas that were no longer necessary.
DATES: Effective on March 7, 2006, we
are adopting as a final rule the interim
rule that became effective on December
7, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Vedpal Malik, Karnal Bunt Program
Manager, Pest Detection and
Management Programs, PPQ, APHIS,
4700 River Road Unit 134, Riverdale,
MD 20737–1236; (301) 734–3769.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
PART 301—DOMESTIC QUARANTINE
NOTICES
Background
In an interim rule effective December
7, 2005, and published in the Federal
Register on December 13, 2005 (70 FR
73553–73556, Docket No. 05–078–1), we
amended the regulations in ‘‘Subpart—
Karnal Bunt’’ (7 CFR 301.89–1 through
301.89–16) by adding certain areas in
Maricopa and Pinal Counties, AZ, to the
list of regulated areas in § 301.89–3(g),
either because they were found during
surveys to contain a bunted wheat
kernel, or because they are within the 3mile-wide buffer zone around fields or
areas affected with Karnal bunt. In the
same interim rule, we also amended the
regulations by removing certain areas or
fields in Maricopa County, AZ, from the
list of regulated areas based on our
determination that those fields or areas
had met our criteria for release from
regulation.
We solicited comments concerning
the interim rule for 60 days ending
February 13, 2006. We did not receive
any comments. Therefore, for the
reasons given in the interim rule, we are
adopting the interim rule as a final rule.
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Accordingly, we are adopting as a
final rule, without change, the interim
rule that amended 7 CFR part 301 and
that was published at 70 FR 73553–
73556 on December 13, 2005.
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Done in Washington, DC, this 28th day of
February 2006.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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[Docket No. 05–003–3]
Importation of Peppers From Certain
Central American Countries
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We are amending the
regulations governing the importation of
fruits and vegetables in order to allow
certain types of peppers grown in
approved registered production sites in
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala,
Honduras, and Nicaragua to be
imported, under certain conditions, into
the United States without treatment.
The conditions to which the
importation of peppers will be subject,
including trapping, pre-harvest
inspection, and shipping procedures,
are designed to prevent the introduction
of quarantine pests into the United
States. This action will allow for the
importation of peppers from those
countries in Central America while
continuing to provide protection against
the introduction of quarantine pests into
the United States.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
7 CFR Part 301
[Docket No. 05-078-2]
Karnal Bunt; Addition and Removal of Regulated Areas in Arizona
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Affirmation of interim rule as final rule.
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SUMMARY: We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim
rule that amended the Karnal bunt regulations by adding certain areas
in Maricopa and Pinal Counties, AZ, to the list of regulated areas and
by removing certain areas or fields in Maricopa County, AZ, from the
list of regulated areas. Those actions were necessary to prevent the
spread of Karnal bunt into noninfected areas of the United States and
to relieve restrictions on certain areas that were no longer necessary.
DATES: Effective on March 7, 2006, we are adopting as a final rule the
interim rule that became effective on December 7, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Vedpal Malik, Karnal Bunt Program
Manager, Pest Detection and Management Programs, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River
Road Unit 134, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; (301) 734-3769.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In an interim rule effective December 7, 2005, and published in the
Federal Register on December 13, 2005 (70 FR 73553-73556, Docket No.
05-078-1), we amended the regulations in ``Subpart--Karnal Bunt'' (7
CFR 301.89-1 through 301.89-16) by adding certain areas in Maricopa and
Pinal Counties, AZ, to the list of regulated areas in Sec. 301.89-
3(g), either because they were found during surveys to contain a bunted
wheat kernel, or because they are within the 3-mile-wide buffer zone
around fields or areas affected with Karnal bunt. In the same interim
rule, we also amended the regulations by removing certain areas or
fields in Maricopa County, AZ, from the list of regulated areas based
on our determination that those fields or areas had met our criteria
for release from regulation.
We solicited comments concerning the interim rule for 60 days
ending February 13, 2006. We did not receive any comments. Therefore,
for the reasons given in the interim rule, we are adopting the interim
rule as a final rule.
This final rule 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
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Accordingly, we are adopting as a final rule, without change, the
interim rule that amended 7 CFR part 301 and that was published at 70
FR 73553-73556 on December 13, 2005.
Done in Washington, DC, this 28th day of February 2006.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 06-2073 Filed 3-6-06; 8:45 am]
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