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agricultural acres and about 550 wheat
producers under regulation. The
equivalent figures for Arizona and
California are, respectively, 278,000
acres (120 producers) and 56,000 acres
(18 producers).
As determined by the Small Business
Administration (SBA), the small entity
size standard for wheat farming, which
is defined as farms ‘‘primarily engaged
in growing wheat and/or producing
wheat seeds’’ (North American Industry
Classification System code 11114), is
$750,000 or less in annual receipts.
Although the size of regulated wheat
producers is unknown, they are likely to
be small in size under SBA standards.
This assumption is based on composite
data for providers of the same and
similar services. In 2002, Arizona had a
total of 7,294 farms of all types. Of those
farms, 91 percent had annual sales that
year of less than $500,000, well below
the SBA’s small entity threshold.
Similarly, the comparable percentages
for Texas (228,926 total farms) and
California (79,631 total farms) were 99
percent and 90 percent, respectively.
(Source: SBA and NASS, 2002 Census of
Agriculture.) Although many of these
businesses are considered small under
SBA standards, given the reason cited
above, the proposed change should have
little or no economic impact on small
entities, wheat producers or otherwise.
Under these circumstances, the
Administrator of the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service has
determined that this action will not
have a significant economic impact on
a substantial number of small entities.
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
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 301
Agricultural commodities, Plant
diseases and pests, Quarantine,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Transportation.
I 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:
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Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701–7772 and 7781–
7786; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3.
Section 301.75–15 also issued under Sec.
204, Title II, Pub. L. 106–113, 113 Stat.
1501A–293; sections 301.75–15 and 301.75–
16 also issued under Sec. 203, Title II, Pub.
L. 106–224, 114 Stat. 400 (7 U.S.C. 1421
note).
I 2. In § 301.89–3, paragraph (f) is
revised to read as follows:
§ 301.89–3
Regulated areas.
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(f) A field known to have been
infected with Karnal bunt, as well as
any non-infected acreage surrounding
the field, will be released from
regulation if:
(1) The field has been permanently
removed from crop production; or
(2) 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 crop must test negative,
through the absence of bunted kernels,
for Karnal bunt.
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Done in Washington, DC, this 7th day of
March 2006.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 06–2402 Filed 3–13–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
This final rule has been reviewed
under Executive Order 12988, Civil
Justice Reform. This rule: (1) Preempts
all State and local laws and regulations
that are inconsistent 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.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
7 CFR Part 301
[Docket No. 05–027–2]
Pine Shoot Beetle; Additions to
Quarantined Areas
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Affirmation of interim rule as
final rule.
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AGENCY:
This final rule contains no
information collection or recordkeeping
requirements under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.).
SUMMARY: We are adopting as a final
rule, without change, an interim rule
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that amended the pine shoot beetle
regulations by adding counties in
Illinois, Indiana, New York, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin to the list
of quarantined areas. In addition, the
interim rule designated the States of
New Hampshire and Vermont, in their
entirety, as quarantined areas based on
their decision to no longer enforce
intrastate movement restrictions. The
interim rule was necessary to prevent
the spread of pine shoot beetle, a pest
of pine trees, into noninfested areas of
the United States.
DATES: Effective on March 14, 2006, we
are adopting as a final rule the interim
rule that became effective on May 26,
2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Weyman Fussell, Program Manager, Pest
Detection and Management Programs,
PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 134,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; (301) 734–
5705.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The regulations in 7 CFR 301.50
through 301.50–10 (referred to below as
the regulations) restrict the interstate
movement of certain regulated articles
from quarantined areas in order to
prevent the spread of pine shoot beetle
(PSB) into noninfested areas of the
United States.
In an interim rule effective and
published in the Federal Register on
May 26, 2005 (70 FR 30329–30330,
Docket No. 05–027–1), we amended the
regulations in § 301.50–3 by adding
Christian, Douglas, and Edgar Counties,
IL; Vigo County, IN; Clinton, Essex,
Rensselaer, Warren, and Washington
Counties, NY; Lawrence and Meigs
Counties, OH; Snyder, Sullivan, Union,
and Wayne Counties, PA; and Dane,
Jackson, Lafayette, Sauk, and Walworth
Counties, WI, to the list of quarantined
areas in § 301.50–3(c). We took this
action based on official surveys which
indicated that these counties are
infested with PSB.The interim rule also
designated the States of New Hampshire
and Vermont, in their entirety, as
quarantined areas based on their
decision to no longer enforce intrastate
movement restrictions.
Comments on the interim rule were
required to be received on or before July
25, 2005. 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 action also affirms the
information contained in the interim
rule concerning Executive Orders
12866, 12372, and 12988 and the
Paperwork Reduction Act.
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Further, for this action, the Office of
Management and Budget has waived its
review under Executive Order 12866.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
This rule affirms an interim rule that
amended the regulations by adding 20
counties in Illinois, Indiana, New York,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, and
the States of New Hampshire (9
previously nonquarantined counties)
and Vermont (10 previously
nonquarantined counties), in their
entirety, to the list of areas quarantined
for PSB. As a result of this action, there
are additional restrictions on the
interstate movement of regulated
articles from these areas.
The following analysis addresses the
economic effect of the interim rule on
small entities, as required by the
Regulatory Flexibility Act.
The interim rule affects entities in the
39 newly regulated counties in Illinois,
Indiana, New Hampshire, New York,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and
Wisconsin that are engaged in moving
regulated articles interstate from the
regulated area.
Entities affected by the interim rule
may include nursery stock growers,
Christmas tree farms, logging
operations, and others who sell, process,
or move regulated articles. As a result of
the interim rule, any regulated articles
to be moved interstate from a
quarantined area must first be inspected
and/or treated in order to qualify for a
certificate or limited permit authorizing
the movement. Cut Christmas tree
farms, nurseries and greenhouses,
sawmills, logging operations, and others
in the newly quarantined counties will
be required to inspect and/or treat
infested pine products before moving
them interstate. Certain pine products
may not be shipped during certain
months of the year or will be required
to undergo debarking before transport
occurs.
APHIS has identified at least 1,048
entities that sell, process, or move forest
products in these 39 regulated counties
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which might be impacted by the rule. Of
these entities, there were approximately
253 that were producing nursery and
greenhouse crops and 795 cut Christmas
tree farms (table 1). In addition, an
unknown number of sawmills and
logging operations in the newly
operated counties process pine tree
products. According to information
provided by agricultural extension
officers in Illinois, Indiana, and New
York and information previously
collected by APHIS, pine trees and pine
tree products such as cut Christmas
trees sold in these States generally
remain within the regulated areas.
Nurseries and greenhouses specialize in
production of deciduous landscape
products rather than production of
rooted pine Christmas trees and pine
nursery stock, which generally
constitute a small part of their
production, if they are produced at all.
Therefore, the interim rule is not likely
to affect most nurseries and
greenhouses.
TABLE 1.—NURSERY AND CUT CHRISTMAS TREE FARMS IN NEWLY QUARANTINED AREAS
Newly
quarantined
counties
State
Nursery and
greenhouse
farms
Cut Christmas
tree farms
Illinois ...........................................................................................................................................
Indiana .........................................................................................................................................
New Hampshire ...........................................................................................................................
New York .....................................................................................................................................
Ohio .............................................................................................................................................
Pennsylvania ................................................................................................................................
Vermont .......................................................................................................................................
Wisconsin .....................................................................................................................................
3
1
9
5
2
4
10
5
6
3
73
37
17
30
22
65
17
8
209
125
11
73
252
100
Total ......................................................................................................................................
39
253
795
Sources: USDA, NASS, 2002 Census of Agriculture Volume 1, Chapter 2, County level data, table 34; Indiana Agricultural Extension Office;
and New York Agricultural Extension Office. The 2002 Census of Agriculture does not report sales with county-level data.
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Impact on Small Entities
The Regulatory Flexibility Act
requires that agencies consider the
economic effects of their rules on small
entities and to use flexibility to provide
regulatory relief when regulations create
economic disparities between different
sized entities. According to the Small
Business Administration’s (SBA’s)
Office of Advocacy, regulations create
disparities based on size when they
have a significant economic impact on
a substantial number of small entities.
According to SBA size standards,
nursery stock growers are considered
small entities when they have annual
sales of $750,000 or less, and Christmas
tree growers are considered small
entities when they have annual sales of
$5 million or less. The 2002
Agricultural Census does not report
sales by county. However, from
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previously gathered information, APHIS
would assume that the majority of these
types of entities within the newly
quarantined areas are small by the SBA
size standards.
As noted previously, those nurseries
and greenhouses within the newly
quarantined areas specialize in
production of deciduous landscape
products, not the production of
regulated articles such as rooted pine
trees and pine nursery stock. Further,
the Christmas trees and pine products
from cut Christmas tree farms generally
remain within the regulated areas. For
these reasons, the economic effects of
the interim rule on regulated entities as
a whole are not expected to be
significant.
Under these circumstances, the
Administrator of the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service has
determined that this action will not
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have a significant economic impact on
a substantial number of small entities.
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 70 FR 30329–
30330 on May 26, 2005.
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Done in Washington, DC, this 7th day of
March 2006.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 06–2403 Filed 3–13–06; 8:45 am]
Background
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
9 CFR Parts 93 and 95
[Docket No. 03–080–9]
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy;
Minimal-Risk Regions and Importation
of Commodities; Technical
Amendments
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Final rule; technical
amendments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In a final rule published in
the Federal Register on January 4, 2005,
we amended the regulations regarding
the importation of animals and animal
products to establish a category of
regions that present a minimal risk of
introducing bovine spongiform
encephalopathy into the United States
via live ruminants and ruminant
products and byproducts, and added
Canada to this category. We also
established conditions for the
importation of certain live ruminants
and ruminant products and byproducts
from such regions. In this document, we
are clarifying our intent with regard to
certain provisions in the final rule and
are correcting several inconsistencies
within the rule. These technical
amendments will clarify the regulations.
DATES: Effective Date: These
amendments are effective March 14,
2006.
For
information regarding ruminant
products, contact Dr. Karen JamesPreston, Director, Technical Trade
Services, Animal Products, National
Center for Import and Export, VS,
APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 38,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; (301) 734–
4356.
For information concerning live
ruminants, contact Lee Ann Thomas,
Director, Technical Trade Services,
Animals, Organisms and Vectors, and
Select Agents, National Center for
Import and Export, VS, APHIS, 4700
River Road, Unit 38, Riverdale, MD
20737–1231; (301) 734–4356.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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In a final rule published in the
Federal Register on January 4, 2005 (70
FR 460–553, Docket No. 03–080–3), we
amended the regulations regarding the
importation of animals and animal
products to establish a category of
regions that present a minimal risk of
introducing bovine spongiform
encephalopathy (BSE) into the United
States via live ruminants and ruminant
products and byproducts, and we added
Canada to this category. We also
established conditions for the
importation of certain live ruminants
and ruminant products and byproducts
from such regions.
Following publication of the final
rule, it came to our attention that certain
provisions in the rule either did not
make clear our intention or were written
in a way that was inconsistent with
other provisions in the rule or with the
description of such provisions in the
preamble of the rule. We addressed two
of those issues in an interim rule that
was published in the Federal Register
and made effective on November 28,
2005 (70 FR 71213–71218, Docket No.
03–080–8). In this document, we are
clarifying certain other provisions of the
January 2005 final rule, as discussed
below.
Certification and Individual
Identification of Bovines, Sheep, and
Goats Imported for Immediate Slaughter
In this amendment, we are making
clear that live bovines, sheep, and goats
imported from Canada for slaughter in
the United States—whether for
immediate slaughter or for feeding and
then slaughter—must be accompanied
by a health certificate issued in
accordance with § 93.405 of the
regulations and be individually
identified before the animal’s arrival at
the port of entry into the United States.
As established by the January 2005
final rule, § 93.436(a) of the regulations
requires a certificate for bovines
imported from BSE minimal-risk regions
for immediate slaughter, and § 93.436(b)
requires a certificate for bovines
imported from BSE minimal-risk regions
for feeding and then slaughter. Section
93.419(c) requires a certificate for sheep
and goats imported from BSE minimalrisk regions. Section 93.405, which
contains general requirements for
certificates for ruminants, provides in
paragraph (a)(4) that certificates for
bovines, sheep, and goats imported from
BSE minimal-risk regions include,
among other information, the name and
address of the importer; the species,
breed and number or quantity of
ruminants to be imported; the purpose
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of the importation; individual ruminant
identification and any other
identification present on the animal,
including registration number, if any; a
description of the ruminant, including
name, age, color, and markings, if any;
the region of origin; the address of or
other means of identifying the premises
of origin and any other premises where
the ruminants resided immediately
prior to export, including the State or its
equivalent, the municipality or nearest
city, or an equivalent method, approved
by the Administrator, of identifying the
location of the premises; the name and
address of the exporter; the port of
embarkation in the foreign region; and
the mode of transportation, route of
travel, and port of entry in the United
States.
The January 2005 final rule did not
amend § 93.405(a), however, which
allowed for exemptions to the certificate
requirement as provided in § 93.418(a)
for cattle imported from Canada for
immediate slaughter and as provided in
§ 93.419(a) for sheep and goats imported
from Canada for immediate slaughter.
The language in §§ 93.418(a) and
93.419(a) that exempted cattle, sheep,
and goats imported from Canada for
immediate slaughter from the
certification requirements of § 93.405
was included in the regulations before
a BSE-infected cow was diagnosed in
Canada in May 2003. It was not
removed when BSE was detected in
Canada because, following that
detection, no live ruminants were
allowed importation from Canada,
which made the exemptions moot. It
was our intention to remove those
exemptions once the importation of
bovines, sheep, and goats from Canada
was allowed to resume. However, by
oversight, we neglected to remove those
exemptions in our January 2005 final
rule. Therefore, in this document, we
are amending §§ 93.405(a), 93.418(a),
and 93.419(a) to do so.
What Must Be Included on the
Certification Regarding Sheep and
Goats Imported for Immediate Slaughter
As discussed above, we are making
clear in this technical amendment that
sheep and goats imported from Canada
for immediate slaughter must be
accompanied by the health certificate
required in accordance with § 93.405.
However, only parts of § 93.405 are
applicable to sheep and goats imported
from Canada for immediate slaughter.
Paragraphs (b) and (c) of § 93.405
include import conditions with regard
to scrapie that are not applicable to
sheep and goats imported from Canada
for immediate slaughter, due to the very
restricted movement of such animals in
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
7 CFR Part 301
[Docket No. 05-027-2]
Pine Shoot Beetle; Additions to Quarantined Areas
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 pine shoot beetle regulations by adding counties
in Illinois, Indiana, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin to
the list of quarantined areas. In addition, the interim rule designated
the States of New Hampshire and Vermont, in their entirety, as
quarantined areas based on their decision to no longer enforce
intrastate movement restrictions. The interim rule was necessary to
prevent the spread of pine shoot beetle, a pest of pine trees, into
noninfested areas of the United States.
DATES: Effective on March 14, 2006, we are adopting as a final rule the
interim rule that became effective on May 26, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Weyman Fussell, Program Manager,
Pest Detection and Management Programs, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road,
Unit 134, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 734-5705.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The regulations in 7 CFR 301.50 through 301.50-10 (referred to
below as the regulations) restrict the interstate movement of certain
regulated articles from quarantined areas in order to prevent the
spread of pine shoot beetle (PSB) into noninfested areas of the United
States.
In an interim rule effective and published in the Federal Register
on May 26, 2005 (70 FR 30329-30330, Docket No. 05-027-1), we amended
the regulations in Sec. 301.50-3 by adding Christian, Douglas, and
Edgar Counties, IL; Vigo County, IN; Clinton, Essex, Rensselaer,
Warren, and Washington Counties, NY; Lawrence and Meigs Counties, OH;
Snyder, Sullivan, Union, and Wayne Counties, PA; and Dane, Jackson,
Lafayette, Sauk, and Walworth Counties, WI, to the list of quarantined
areas in Sec. 301.50-3(c). We took this action based on official
surveys which indicated that these counties are infested with PSB.The
interim rule also designated the States of New Hampshire and Vermont,
in their entirety, as quarantined areas based on their decision to no
longer enforce intrastate movement restrictions.
Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or
before July 25, 2005. 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 action also affirms the information contained in the interim
rule concerning Executive Orders 12866, 12372, and 12988 and the
Paperwork Reduction Act.
[[Page 12993]]
Further, for this action, the Office of Management and Budget has
waived its review under Executive Order 12866.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
This rule affirms an interim rule that amended the regulations by
adding 20 counties in Illinois, Indiana, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
and Wisconsin, and the States of New Hampshire (9 previously
nonquarantined counties) and Vermont (10 previously nonquarantined
counties), in their entirety, to the list of areas quarantined for PSB.
As a result of this action, there are additional restrictions on the
interstate movement of regulated articles from these areas.
The following analysis addresses the economic effect of the interim
rule on small entities, as required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
The interim rule affects entities in the 39 newly regulated
counties in Illinois, Indiana, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Wisconsin that are engaged in moving
regulated articles interstate from the regulated area.
Entities affected by the interim rule may include nursery stock
growers, Christmas tree farms, logging operations, and others who sell,
process, or move regulated articles. As a result of the interim rule,
any regulated articles to be moved interstate from a quarantined area
must first be inspected and/or treated in order to qualify for a
certificate or limited permit authorizing the movement. Cut Christmas
tree farms, nurseries and greenhouses, sawmills, logging operations,
and others in the newly quarantined counties will be required to
inspect and/or treat infested pine products before moving them
interstate. Certain pine products may not be shipped during certain
months of the year or will be required to undergo debarking before
transport occurs.
APHIS has identified at least 1,048 entities that sell, process, or
move forest products in these 39 regulated counties which might be
impacted by the rule. Of these entities, there were approximately 253
that were producing nursery and greenhouse crops and 795 cut Christmas
tree farms (table 1). In addition, an unknown number of sawmills and
logging operations in the newly operated counties process pine tree
products. According to information provided by agricultural extension
officers in Illinois, Indiana, and New York and information previously
collected by APHIS, pine trees and pine tree products such as cut
Christmas trees sold in these States generally remain within the
regulated areas. Nurseries and greenhouses specialize in production of
deciduous landscape products rather than production of rooted pine
Christmas trees and pine nursery stock, which generally constitute a
small part of their production, if they are produced at all. Therefore,
the interim rule is not likely to affect most nurseries and
greenhouses.
Table 1.--Nursery and Cut Christmas Tree Farms in Newly Quarantined Areas
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Newly Nursery and
State quarantined greenhouse Cut Christmas
counties farms tree farms
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Illinois........................................................ 3 6 17
Indiana......................................................... 1 3 8
New Hampshire................................................... 9 73 209
New York........................................................ 5 37 125
Ohio............................................................ 2 17 11
Pennsylvania.................................................... 4 30 73
Vermont......................................................... 10 22 252
Wisconsin....................................................... 5 65 100
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Total....................................................... 39 253 795
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Sources: USDA, NASS, 2002 Census of Agriculture Volume 1, Chapter 2, County level data, table 34; Indiana
Agricultural Extension Office; and New York Agricultural Extension Office. The 2002 Census of Agriculture does
not report sales with county-level data.
Impact on Small Entities
The Regulatory Flexibility Act requires that agencies consider the
economic effects of their rules on small entities and to use
flexibility to provide regulatory relief when regulations create
economic disparities between different sized entities. According to the
Small Business Administration's (SBA's) Office of Advocacy, regulations
create disparities based on size when they have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small entities.
According to SBA size standards, nursery stock growers are
considered small entities when they have annual sales of $750,000 or
less, and Christmas tree growers are considered small entities when
they have annual sales of $5 million or less. The 2002 Agricultural
Census does not report sales by county. However, from previously
gathered information, APHIS would assume that the majority of these
types of entities within the newly quarantined areas are small by the
SBA size standards.
As noted previously, those nurseries and greenhouses within the
newly quarantined areas specialize in production of deciduous landscape
products, not the production of regulated articles such as rooted pine
trees and pine nursery stock. Further, the Christmas trees and pine
products from cut Christmas tree farms generally remain within the
regulated areas. For these reasons, the economic effects of the interim
rule on regulated entities as a whole are not expected to be
significant.
Under these circumstances, the Administrator of the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service has determined that this action will
not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small
entities.
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
0
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 30329-30330 on May 26, 2005.
[[Page 12994]]
Done in Washington, DC, this 7th day of March 2006.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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