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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
7 CFR Part 301
[Docket No. APHIS–2007–0114]
Imported Fire Ant; Additions to the List
of Quarantined Areas
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Interim rule and request for
comments.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We are amending the
imported fire ant regulations by
designating as quarantined areas all or
portions of 2 counties in Arkansas, 3 in
North Carolina, and 3 in Tennessee, by
expanding the quarantined area in 1
county in Arkansas and 15 in
Tennessee, and by designating the entire
State of South Carolina as a quarantined
area. As a result of this action, the
interstate movement of regulated
articles from those areas will be
restricted. This action is necessary to
prevent the artificial spread of imported
fire ant to noninfested areas of the
United States.
DATES: This interim rule is effective
October 25, 2007. We will consider all
comments that we receive on or before
December 24, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov, select
‘‘Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service’’ from the agency drop-down
menu, then click ‘‘Submit.’’ In the
Docket ID column, select APHIS–2007–
0114 to submit or view public
comments and to view supporting and
related materials available
electronically. Information on using
Regulations.gov, including instructions
for accessing documents, submitting
comments, and viewing the docket after
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the close of the comment period, is
available through the site’s ‘‘User Tips’’
link.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Please send four copies of your
comment (an original and three copies)
to Docket No. APHIS–2007–0114,
Regulatory Analysis and Development,
PPD, APHIS, Station 3A–03.8, 4700
River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD
20737–1238. Please state that your
comment refers to Docket No. APHIS–
2007–0114.
Reading Room: You may read any
comments that we receive on this
docket in our reading room. The reading
room is located in room 1141 of the
USDA South Building, 14th Street and
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC. Normal reading room
hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except holidays. To be
sure someone is there to help you,
please call (202) 690–2817 before
coming.
Other Information: Additional
information about APHIS and its
programs is available on the Internet at
https://www.aphis.usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Charles L. Brown, Imported Fire Ant
Quarantine Program Manager, Pest
Detection and Management Programs,
PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 134,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1236; (301) 734–
4838.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The imported fire ant regulations
(contained in 7 CFR 301.81 through
301.81–10 and referred to below as the
regulations) quarantine infested States
or infested areas within States and
restrict the interstate movement of
regulated articles to prevent the
artificial spread of the imported fire ant.
The imported fire ant (Solenopsis
invicta Buren, Solenopsis richteri Forel,
and hybrids of these species) is an
aggressive, stinging insect that, in large
numbers, can seriously injure and even
kill livestock, pets, and humans. The
imported fire ant, which is not native to
the United States, feeds on crops and
builds large, hard mounds that damage
farm and field machinery. The
regulations are intended to prevent the
imported fire ant from spreading
throughout its ecological range within
the country.
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The regulations in § 301.81–3 provide
that the Administrator of the Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) will list as a quarantined area
each State, or each portion of a State,
that is infested with the imported fire
ant. The Administrator will designate
less than an entire State as a
quarantined area only under the
following conditions: (1) The State has
adopted and is enforcing restrictions on
the intrastate movement of the regulated
articles listed in § 301.81–2 that are
equivalent to the interstate movement
restrictions imposed by the regulations;
and (2) designating less than the entire
State will prevent the spread of the
imported fire ant. The Administrator
may include uninfested acreage within
a quarantined area due to its proximity
to an infestation or its inseparability
from an infested locality for quarantine
purposes.
In § 301.81–3, paragraph (e) lists
quarantined areas. We are amending
§ 301.81–3(e) by:
• Adding all of Lonoke and Yell
Counties, AR, to the quarantined area;
• Expanding the quarantined area in
Faulkner County, AR, to include the
entirety of the county;
• Adding portions of Iredell, Lincoln,
and Rutherford Counties, NC, to the list
of quarantined areas;
• Expanding the quarantined areas in
Cherokee, Greenville, and Spartanburg
Counties, SC, to include the entirety of
each county, with the result that the
entire State of South Carolina is now
designated as a quarantined area;
• Adding portions of Crockett,
Morgan, and Warren Counties, TN, to
the list of quarantined areas;
• Expanding the quarantined areas in
Anderson, Coffee, Cumberland,
Haywood, Knox, and Williamson
Counties, TN; and
• Expanding the quarantined areas in
Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe, Blount,
Carroll, Grundy, Hickman, Rutherford,
and Van Buren Counties, TN, to include
the entirety of each county.
We are taking these actions because
recent surveys conducted by APHIS and
State and county agencies revealed that
the imported fire ant has spread to these
areas. See the regulatory text at the end
of this document for specific
descriptions of the new and revised
quarantined areas.
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Emergency Action
This rulemaking is necessary on an
emergency basis to prevent the spread of
imported fire ant into noninfested areas
of the United States. Under these
circumstances, the Administrator has
determined that prior notice and
opportunity for public comment are
contrary to the public interest and that
there is good cause under 5 U.S.C. 553
for making this rule effective less than
30 days after publication in the Federal
Register.
We will consider comments we
receive during the comment period for
this interim rule (see DATES above).
After the comment period closes, we
will publish another document in the
Federal Register. The document will
include a discussion of any comments
we receive and any amendments we are
making to the rule.
Executive Order 12866 and Regulatory
Flexibility Act
This rule has been reviewed under
Executive Order 12866. For this action,
the Office of Management and Budget
has waived its review under Executive
Order 12866.
We are amending the imported fire
ant regulations by designating as
quarantined areas all or portions of 2
counties in Arkansas, 3 in North
Carolina, and 3 in Tennessee, by
expanding the quarantined area in 1
county in Arkansas and 15 in
Tennessee, and by designating the entire
State of South Carolina as a quarantined
area. We are taking this action because
surveys conducted by APHIS and State
and county agencies revealed that
imported fire ant has spread to these
areas. Agricultural activities in these
imported fire ant-infested areas are at
risk due to the potential of imported fire
ants to directly or indirectly damage
crops and agricultural machinery and
harm livestock.
This interim rule will affect
businesses such as nurseries,
landscaping operations, and timber
companies that are located within the
newly expanded quarantined areas and
that transport regulated articles
interstate.
Table 1 summarizes the 2002 Census
of Agriculture data according to three
commodity groups that will be affected
by the interim rule. These commodity
groups are: (1) Nursery, greenhouse,
floriculture, and sod; 1 (2) other crops
and hay; 2 and (3) cut Christmas trees
and short rotation woody crops.
Since no clear-cut method exists to
disaggregate these commodity groups to
the specific imported fire ant-regulated
articles, the entirety of these commodity
groups is used to approximate the
number and size of the entities that may
be affected by the interim rule.
In 2002, there were 1,193 nurseries,
greenhouses, floriculture producers, and
sod producers, 4,098 producers of other
crops and hay, and 98 producers of cut
Christmas trees and short rotation
woody crops in the affected counties.
Sales 3 of all agricultural products sold
in the counties were more than $1
billion in 2002, of which about $172
million can be attributed to the three
commodity groups affected by the
quarantine restrictions imposed by this
rule.
TABLE 1.—SUMMARY OF THREE COMMODITY GROUPS IN THE AFFECTED COUNTIES
Nursery, greenhouse,
floriculture, and sod
Other crops and hay
Number of affected counties
Number of
farms
3 (AR) ....................................
3 (NC) ....................................
3 (SC) ....................................
18 (TN) ..................................
27 (total) ................................
Number of
farms
Sales
($1,000)
15
75
130
973
1,193
1,366
3,701
18,946
131,192
155,205
399
450
399
2,850
4,098
Sales
($1,000)
Cut-Christmas trees and
short rotation woody
crops
Subtotal of the commodity groups affected
by the quarantine
Number of
farms
Number of
farms
3,095
1,912
1,749
9,001
15,757
3
7
18
70
98
Sales
($1,000)
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27
54
593
7,439
Sales
($1,000)
417
532
547
3,893
5,389
4,461
5,640
20,749
140,786
171,636
All agricultural products
Number of
farms
2,923
2,533
2,751
17,046
25,253
Sales
($1,000)
231,180
172,680
67,410
538,125
1,009,412
Source: USDA, NASS, 2002 Census of Agriculture, State and County Level Data. Table 2. Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold Including Direct and Organic
in 2002.
and Tennessee are substantially higher
(28 percent and 24 percent,
respectively) than in the newly
quarantined counties in Arkansas and
North Carolina (less than 1 percent and
2 percent, respectively). An average of
16 percent of farms in the affected
counties sell other crops and hay, but
Table 2 summarizes the percentage
shares of sales and number of farms for
those 3 commodity groups relative to
the total agricultural product sales and
number of farms in the 27 counties.
Sales shares of nursery, greenhouse,
floriculture, and sod in the newly
quarantined counties of South Carolina
these products comprise less than 2
percent of all agricultural products sold
in these counties. Overall, based on
2002 Census of Agriculture data, 21
percent of the farms (5,389 out of 25,253
farms) and 17 percent of agricultural
product sales in the 27 counties may be
affected by this interim rule.
TABLE 2.—PERCENTAGE SHARES OF THREE COMMODITY GROUPS IN THE AFFECTED COUNTIES
Nursery, greenhouse,
floriculture, and sod
Number of counties
Number of
farms
(percent)
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3 (NC) ....................................
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Number of
farms
(percent)
Sales
(percent)
0.5
3.0
4.7
0.6
2.1
28.1
1 In the 2002 Census, data include sales of
bedding plants, bulbs, cut flowers, flower seeds,
foliage plants, mushrooms, nursery potted plants,
shrubbery, nursery stock, live Christmas trees,
tobacco transplants, sod, etc.
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13.7
17.8
14.5
Sales
(percent)
Cut-Christmas trees and
short rotation woody
crops
Number of
farms
(percent)
1.3
1.1
2.6
0.1
0.3
0.7
Sales
(percent)
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Number of
farms
(percent)
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0.0
0.1
2 In the 2002 Census, data are for the total market
value of all crops not categorized elsewhere. This
includes crops such as grass seed, hay and grass
silage, haylage, greenchop, hops, maple syrup, mint
for oil, ginseng root, peanuts, sugarcane, sugar
beets, etc.
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Sum of three affected
commodity groups by
the quarantine
Sales
(percent)
14.3
21.0
19.9
1.9
3.3
30.8
All agricultural products
Number of
farms
(percent)
100
100
100
Sales
(percent)
100
100
100
3 The value of sales represents the gross market
value before taxes and production expenses of all
agricultural products sold or removed from the
place in 2002 regardless of who received the
payment.
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TABLE 2.—PERCENTAGE SHARES OF THREE COMMODITY GROUPS IN THE AFFECTED COUNTIES—Continued
Nursery, greenhouse,
floriculture, and sod
Number of counties
Number of
farms
(percent)
18 (TN) ..................................
27 (total) ................................
Other crops and hay
Number of
farms
(percent)
Sales
(percent)
5.7
4.7
24.4
15.4
16.7
16.2
Sales
(percent)
Cut-Christmas trees and
short rotation woody
crops
Number of
farms
(percent)
1.7
1.6
0.4
0.4
Sales
(percent)
Sum of three affected
commodity groups by
the quarantine
Number of
farms
(percent)
0.1
0.1
Sales
(percent)
22.8
21.3
26.2
17.0
All agricultural products
Number of
farms
(percent)
100
100
Sales
(percent)
100
100
Source: USDA, NASS, 2002 Census of Agriculture, State and County Level Data. Table 2. Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold Including Direct and Organic
in 2002.
Table 3 summarizes sales and number
of farms in the 27 counties and their
respective 4 States. The market value of
all agricultural products sold in these
counties was more than $1 billion,
about 61 percent (or $615 million) of
which were sales attributable to
livestock, poultry, and animal products,
with the remaining 39 percent (or $394
million) attributable to crop sales,
including nursery and greenhouse
crops. The market value of the 3 affected
commodity groups sold in the 27
counties was about $172 million, or
about 14 percent of the $1.2 billion in
total sales for the 3 affected commodity
groups in the 4 States. Within these
States and in neighboring States, there
is a large agricultural economy at risk
due to the potential of imported fire ant
to damage crops and injure livestock.
TABLE 3.—SALES AND NUMBER OF FARMS IN THE NEWLY QUARANTINED COUNTIES AND THEIR STATES
Sum of three affected
commodity groups and
State total
Arkansas:
3 .................................................................................
Total AR .....................................................................
North Carolina:
3 .................................................................................
Total NC .....................................................................
South Carolina:
3 .................................................................................
Total SC .....................................................................
Tennessee:
18 ...............................................................................
Total TN .....................................................................
27 newly infested counties total ........................................
Four States (AR, NC, SC, TN) total .................................
Livestock, poultry, and
their products
All agricultural products
Number of
farms
Number of counties
All crops, including nursery and greenhouse
Number of
farms
Number of
farms
Number of
farms
Sales
($1,000)
Sales
($1,000)
Sales
($1,000)
Sales
($1,000)
417
6,287
4,461
81,986
738
12,995
79,256
1,620,384
1,868
30,956
151,925
3,330,014
2,923
47,483
231,180
4,950,397
532
12,030
5,640
566,104
762
24,587
13,417
2,008,634
1,553
26,948
159,263
4,953,052
2,533
53,930
172,680
6,961,686
547
6,131
20,749
244,090
785
7,869
33,071
593,245
1,207
10,133
34,338
896,505
2,751
24,541
67,409
1,489,750
3,893
17,266
5,389
41,714
140,786
333,023
171,636
1,225,203
5,154
29,143
7,439
74,594
268,543
1,072,548
394,287
5,294,811
10,124
51,367
14,752
119,404
269,582
1,127,266
615,108
10,306,837
17,046
87,595
25,253
213,549
538,125
2,199,814
1,009,394
15,601,647
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Source: USDA, NASS, 2002 Census of Agriculture, State and County Level Data. Table 2. Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold Including Direct and Organic
in 2002.
According to Small Business
Administration criteria, a business
engaged in crop production (North
American Industry Classification
System [NAICS] Subsector 111) is
considered to be a small entity if its
annual receipts are not more than
$750,000. A business engaged in
support activities for agriculture and
forestry (NAICS Subsector 115) is
considered small if its annual receipts
are not more than $6 million.
Agricultural entities in the newly
quarantined areas are predominantly, if
not entirely, small entities.
The aforementioned three commodity
groups, as well as farm equipment
dealers, construction companies, and
those who sell, process, or move
regulated articles from and through
quarantined areas, may be affected by
this rule. Such operations will now be
required to treat restricted articles
before moving them interstate. Only
regulated articles moved interstate
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outside of the quarantined areas will be
affected. However, adverse economic
effects of the rule on affected entities
that move regulated articles interstate
are mitigated by the availability of
various treatments. In most cases these
treatments permit the movement of
regulated articles with only a small
additional cost. For example, the
treatment cost of an average shipment of
nursery plants on a standard trailer
truck ranges between 0.04 percent and
1 percent 4 of the value of the plants
transported, given a treatment cost per
shipment of around $200. The estimated
annual compliance costs for these
entities is small in comparison to the
benefit gained through reduced human4 An average nursery plant (i.e., potted) costs
between $2 and $50, so that the value of a load for
a standard tractor trailer transporting up to 10,000
plants ranges between $20,000 and $500,000; $200/
$20,000 = 1 percent, and $200/$500,000 = 0.04
percent.
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assisted spread of imported fire ant to
noninfested areas of the United States.
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
This 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
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North Carolina
before parties may file suit in court
challenging this rule.
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Paperwork Reduction Act
This rule contains no new
information collection or recordkeeping
requirements under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.).
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 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).
I 2. In § 301.81–3, paragraph (e) is
amended as follows:
I a. Under the heading Arkansas, by
adding, in alphabetical order, new
entries for Lonoke and Yell Counties,
and by revising the entry for Faulkner
County to read as set forth below.
I b. Under the heading North Carolina,
by adding, in alphabetical order, new
entries for Iredell, Lincoln, and
Rutherford Counties, as set forth below.
I c. By revising the entry for South
Carolina to read as set forth below.
I d. Under the heading Tennessee, by
adding, in alphabetical order, new
entries for Crockett, Morgan, and
Warren Counties, and by revising the
entries for Anderson, Bedford, Benton,
Bledsoe, Blount, Carroll, Coffee,
Cumberland, Grundy, Haywood,
Hickman, Knox, Rutherford, Van Buren,
and Williamson Counties to read as set
forth below.
§ 301.81–3
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Faulkner County. The entire county.
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Lonoke County. The entire county.
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Yell County. The entire county.
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Iredell County. That portion of the
county lying south of State Highway
150.
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Lincoln County. That portion of the
county lying east of State Highway 321.
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Rutherford County. That portion of
the county lying south of State Highway
74.
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South Carolina
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Tennessee
Anderson County. That portion of the
county lying east and south of a line
beginning at the intersection of the
Roane/Anderson County line and
Tennessee Highway 330; then northeast
on Tennessee Highway 330 to
Tennessee Highway 116; then north on
Tennessee Highway 116 to Interstate 75;
then southeast on Interstate 75 to the
Anderson/Knox County line.
Bedford County. The entire county.
Benton County. The entire county.
Bledsoe County. The entire county.
Blount County. The entire county.
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Carroll County. The entire county.
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Coffee County. That portion of the
county lying west and south of a line
beginning at the intersection of the
Cannon/Coffee County line and
Tennessee Highway 53; then south on
Tennessee Highway 53 to Riddle Road;
then southeast on Riddle Road to Keele
Road; then northeast on Keele Road to
Tennessee Highway 55; then northeast
on Tennessee Highway 55 to Swann
Road; then east on Swann Road to Wiser
Road; then north on Wiser Road to Rock
Road; then east on Rock Road to
Pleasant Knoll Road; then north on
Pleasant Knoll Road to Marcrom Road;
then east on Marcrom Road to the
Coffee/Warren County line.
Crockett County. That portion of the
county lying east of a line beginning at
the intersection of the Haywood/
Crockett County line and U.S. Highway
70A/79; then northeast on U.S. Highway
70A/79 to Tennessee Highway 88; then
north on Tennessee Highway 88 to
Tennessee Highway 54; then northeast
on Tennessee Highway 54 to the
Crockett/Gibson County line.
Cumberland County. That portion of
the county lying southeast of a line
beginning at the intersection of the
White/Cumberland County line and
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U.S. Highway 70; then east on U.S.
Highway 70 to Market Street (in Crab
Orchard); then north on Market Street to
Main Street; then west on Main Street
to Chestnut Hill Road; then northeast on
Chestnut Hill Road to Westchester
Drive; then north on Westchester Drive
to Peavine Road; then east on Peavine
Road to Hebbertsburg Road; then
northeast on Hebbertsburg Road to the
Cumberland/Morgan County line.
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Grundy County. The entire county.
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Haywood County. That portion of the
county lying southeast of Tennessee
Highway 54.
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Hickman County. The entire county.
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Knox County. That portion of the
county lying southwest of a line
beginning at the intersection of the
Union/Knox County line and Tennessee
Highway 33; then south on Tennessee
Highway 33 to the Tennessee River;
then northeast along the Tennessee
River to the French Broad River; then
east along the French Broad River to the
Knox/Sevier County line.
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Morgan County. That portion of the
county lying south of a line beginning
at the intersection of the Cumberland/
Morgan County line and Tennessee
Highway 298; then northeast on
Tennessee Highway 298 to Tennessee
Highway 62; then southeast on
Tennessee Highway 62 to the Morgan/
Roane County line.
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Rutherford County. The entire county.
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Van Buren County. The entire county.
Warren County. That portion of the
county lying southeast of a line
beginning at the intersection of the
Coffee/Warren County line and
Marcrom Road; then east on Marcrom
Road to Fred Hoover Road; then north
on Fred Hoover Road to Tennessee
Highway 287; then northwest on
Tennessee Highway 287 to Vervilla
Road; then northeast on Vervilla Road to
Swan Mill Road; then east on Swan Mill
Road to Grove Road; then southeast on
Grove Road to Tennessee Highway 108/
127; then northeast on Tennessee
Highway 108/127 to the split between
Tennessee Highway 108 and Tennessee
Highway 127; then northeast on
Tennessee Highway 127 to Tennessee
Highway 56; then southeast on
Tennessee Highway 56 to Fairview
Road; then northeast on Fairview Road
to Tennessee Highway 8; then southeast
on Tennessee Highway 8 to Dark
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Hollow Road; then north on Dark
Hollow Road to Tennessee Highway 30;
then northeast on Tennessee Highway
30 to the Warren/Van Buren County
line.
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Williamson County. That portion of
the county lying northeast of a line
beginning at the intersection of the
Davidson/Williamson County line and
U.S. Highway 31; then southwest on
U.S. Highway 31 to U.S. Highway
Business 431; then southeast on U.S.
Highway Business 431 to Mack Hatcher
Parkway; then north on Mack Hatcher
Parkway to South Royal Oaks
Boulevard; then northeast on South
Royal Oaks Boulevard to Tennessee
Highway 96; then east on Tennessee
Highway 96 to Clovercroft Road; then
northeast on Clovercroft Road to Wilson
Pike; then north on Wilson Pike to
Clovercroft Road; then northeast on
Clovercroft Road to Rocky Fork Road;
then east on Rocky Fork Road to the
Rutherford/Williamson County line.
Also, that portion of the county
enclosed by a line beginning at the
intersection of the Maury/Williamson
County line and Tennessee Highway
246; then north on Tennessee Highway
246 to Thompson Station Road West;
then east on Thompson Station Road
West to Thompson Station Road East;
then east on Thompson Station Road
East to Interstate 65; then south on
Interstate 65 to the Williamson/Maury
County line.
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Done in Washington, DC, this 19th day of
October 2007.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E7–21003 Filed 10–24–07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–34–P
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
7 CFR Part 319
[Docket No. APHIS–2006–0133]
RIN 0579–AC20
Importation of Unshu Oranges From
the Republic of Korea Into Alaska
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Final rule.
rwilkins on PROD1PC63 with RULES
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We are amending the
regulations governing the importation of
citrus fruit to allow fresh Unshu oranges
from the Republic of Korea to be
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imported into the State of Alaska under
certain conditions. As a condition of
entry, the oranges will have to be
prepared for shipping using
packinghouse procedures that include
culling of damaged or diseased fruit and
cleaning with high-pressure air or water
in combination with brushing. In
addition, the oranges will have to be
accompanied by a phytosanitary
certificate with an additional
declaration stating that the oranges were
inspected and found free from
Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri and
Unaspis yanonensis. The individual
cartons or boxes in which the Unshu
oranges are shipped will also have to be
marked with a statement restricting
their importation and distribution to the
State of Alaska. This action will allow
for the importation of Unshu oranges
from the Republic of Korea into Alaska
while continuing to provide protection
against the introduction of quarantine
pests.
DATES: Effective Date: November 26,
2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Alex Belano, Import Specialist,
Commodity Import Analysis and
Operations, Plant Health Programs,
PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; (301) 734–
8765.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Citrus canker is a disease that affects
citrus and is caused by the infectious
bacterium Xanthomonas axonopodis
pv. citri (also known as Xanthomonas
campestris pv. citri and Xanthomonas
citri). Currently, the regulations in 7
CFR 319.28 (referred to below as the
regulations) allow the importation of
Unshu oranges (Citrus reticulata var.
unshu) from certain areas in the
Republic of Korea (South Korea) into
certain areas of the United States under
a permit and after the specified
safeguards of a preclearance program
have been met to prevent the
introduction of citrus canker. However,
the importation of Unshu oranges from
South Korea was administratively
suspended in 2002 due to the increased
number of interceptions of the causal
agent of citrus canker at various
packinghouses in South Korea.
In 2005, the national plant protection
organization (NPPO) of South Korea
requested that the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
allow the shipment of Unshu oranges
into the State of Alaska until the pest
risk of citrus canker from South Korea
could be adequately mitigated for the
rest of the United States.
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On December 4, 2006, we published
in the Federal Register (71 FR 70330–
70335, Docket No. APHIS–2006–0133) a
proposal 1 to allow the importation of
fresh Unshu oranges from the Republic
of Korea into the State of Alaska under
certain conditions. As a condition of
entry, we proposed that the oranges
would have to be prepared for shipping
using packinghouse procedures that
include culling of damaged or diseased
fruit and washing in a water bath. In
addition, we proposed that the oranges
would have to be accompanied by a
phytosanitary certificate with an
additional declaration stating that the
oranges were inspected and found free
from Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri
and Unaspis yanonensis. The individual
cartons or boxes in which the Unshu
oranges are shipped would also have to
be marked with a statement restricting
their importation and distribution to the
State of Alaska. This action was
intended to allow for the importation of
Unshu oranges from the Republic of
Korea into Alaska while continuing to
provide protection against the
introduction of quarantine pests.
We solicited comments concerning
our proposal for 60 days ending
February 2, 2007. We received two
comments by that date, both from
domestic citrus industry groups. One of
the commenters expressed concern that
a pesticide not approved for use in the
United States could be imported on fruit
from South Korea. While the United
States does not have direct control over
pesticides that are used on food
commodities such as Unshu oranges in
other countries, there are regulations in
the United States concerning the
importation of food to ensure that
commodities do not enter the United
States containing illegal pesticide
residues. Through section 408 of the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act,
the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) has the authority to establish,
change, or cancel tolerances for food
commodities. These tolerances are the
maximum levels of pesticide residues
that have been determined, through
comprehensive safety evaluations, to be
safe for human consumption.
Tolerances apply to both food
commodities that are grown in the
United States and food commodities
that are grown in other countries and
imported into the United States. While
EPA has no authority in a foreign
country, the tolerance levels are
enforced once the commodity enters the
1 To view the proposed rule and the comments
we received, go to https://www.regulations.gov/
fdmspublic/component/
main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2006-0133.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
7 CFR Part 301
[Docket No. APHIS-2007-0114]
Imported Fire Ant; Additions to the List of Quarantined Areas
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Interim rule and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We are amending the imported fire ant regulations by
designating as quarantined areas all or portions of 2 counties in
Arkansas, 3 in North Carolina, and 3 in Tennessee, by expanding the
quarantined area in 1 county in Arkansas and 15 in Tennessee, and by
designating the entire State of South Carolina as a quarantined area.
As a result of this action, the interstate movement of regulated
articles from those areas will be restricted. This action is necessary
to prevent the artificial spread of imported fire ant to noninfested
areas of the United States.
DATES: This interim rule is effective October 25, 2007. We will
consider all comments that we receive on or before December 24, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://
www.regulations.gov, select ``Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service'' from the agency drop-down menu, then click ``Submit.'' In the
Docket ID column, select APHIS-2007-0114 to submit or view public
comments and to view supporting and related materials available
electronically. Information on using Regulations.gov, including
instructions for accessing documents, submitting comments, and viewing
the docket after the close of the comment period, is available through
the site's ``User Tips'' link.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Please send four copies
of your comment (an original and three copies) to Docket No. APHIS-
2007-0114, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 3A-
03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. Please state
that your comment refers to Docket No. APHIS-2007-0114.
Reading Room: You may read any comments that we receive on this
docket in our reading room. The reading room is located in room 1141 of
the USDA South Building, 14th Street and Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC. Normal reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except holidays. To be sure someone is there to
help you, please call (202) 690-2817 before coming.
Other Information: Additional information about APHIS and its
programs is available on the Internet at https://www.aphis.usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Charles L. Brown, Imported Fire
Ant Quarantine Program Manager, Pest Detection and Management Programs,
PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 134, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; (301)
734-4838.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The imported fire ant regulations (contained in 7 CFR 301.81
through 301.81-10 and referred to below as the regulations) quarantine
infested States or infested areas within States and restrict the
interstate movement of regulated articles to prevent the artificial
spread of the imported fire ant.
The imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta Buren, Solenopsis
richteri Forel, and hybrids of these species) is an aggressive,
stinging insect that, in large numbers, can seriously injure and even
kill livestock, pets, and humans. The imported fire ant, which is not
native to the United States, feeds on crops and builds large, hard
mounds that damage farm and field machinery. The regulations are
intended to prevent the imported fire ant from spreading throughout its
ecological range within the country.
The regulations in Sec. 301.81-3 provide that the Administrator of
the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will list as a
quarantined area each State, or each portion of a State, that is
infested with the imported fire ant. The Administrator will designate
less than an entire State as a quarantined area only under the
following conditions: (1) The State has adopted and is enforcing
restrictions on the intrastate movement of the regulated articles
listed in Sec. 301.81-2 that are equivalent to the interstate movement
restrictions imposed by the regulations; and (2) designating less than
the entire State will prevent the spread of the imported fire ant. The
Administrator may include uninfested acreage within a quarantined area
due to its proximity to an infestation or its inseparability from an
infested locality for quarantine purposes.
In Sec. 301.81-3, paragraph (e) lists quarantined areas. We are
amending Sec. 301.81-3(e) by:
Adding all of Lonoke and Yell Counties, AR, to the
quarantined area;
Expanding the quarantined area in Faulkner County, AR, to
include the entirety of the county;
Adding portions of Iredell, Lincoln, and Rutherford
Counties, NC, to the list of quarantined areas;
Expanding the quarantined areas in Cherokee, Greenville,
and Spartanburg Counties, SC, to include the entirety of each county,
with the result that the entire State of South Carolina is now
designated as a quarantined area;
Adding portions of Crockett, Morgan, and Warren Counties,
TN, to the list of quarantined areas;
Expanding the quarantined areas in Anderson, Coffee,
Cumberland, Haywood, Knox, and Williamson Counties, TN; and
Expanding the quarantined areas in Bedford, Benton,
Bledsoe, Blount, Carroll, Grundy, Hickman, Rutherford, and Van Buren
Counties, TN, to include the entirety of each county.
We are taking these actions because recent surveys conducted by
APHIS and State and county agencies revealed that the imported fire ant
has spread to these areas. See the regulatory text at the end of this
document for specific descriptions of the new and revised quarantined
areas.
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Emergency Action
This rulemaking is necessary on an emergency basis to prevent the
spread of imported fire ant into noninfested areas of the United
States. Under these circumstances, the Administrator has determined
that prior notice and opportunity for public comment are contrary to
the public interest and that there is good cause under 5 U.S.C. 553 for
making this rule effective less than 30 days after publication in the
Federal Register.
We will consider comments we receive during the comment period for
this interim rule (see DATES above). After the comment period closes,
we will publish another document in the Federal Register. The document
will include a discussion of any comments we receive and any amendments
we are making to the rule.
Executive Order 12866 and Regulatory Flexibility Act
This rule has been reviewed under Executive Order 12866. For this
action, the Office of Management and Budget has waived its review under
Executive Order 12866.
We are amending the imported fire ant regulations by designating as
quarantined areas all or portions of 2 counties in Arkansas, 3 in North
Carolina, and 3 in Tennessee, by expanding the quarantined area in 1
county in Arkansas and 15 in Tennessee, and by designating the entire
State of South Carolina as a quarantined area. We are taking this
action because surveys conducted by APHIS and State and county agencies
revealed that imported fire ant has spread to these areas. Agricultural
activities in these imported fire ant-infested areas are at risk due to
the potential of imported fire ants to directly or indirectly damage
crops and agricultural machinery and harm livestock.
This interim rule will affect businesses such as nurseries,
landscaping operations, and timber companies that are located within
the newly expanded quarantined areas and that transport regulated
articles interstate.
Table 1 summarizes the 2002 Census of Agriculture data according to
three commodity groups that will be affected by the interim rule. These
commodity groups are: (1) Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod;
\1\ (2) other crops and hay; \2\ and (3) cut Christmas trees and short
rotation woody crops.
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\1\ In the 2002 Census, data include sales of bedding plants,
bulbs, cut flowers, flower seeds, foliage plants, mushrooms, nursery
potted plants, shrubbery, nursery stock, live Christmas trees,
tobacco transplants, sod, etc.
\2\ In the 2002 Census, data are for the total market value of
all crops not categorized elsewhere. This includes crops such as
grass seed, hay and grass silage, haylage, greenchop, hops, maple
syrup, mint for oil, ginseng root, peanuts, sugarcane, sugar beets,
etc.
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Since no clear-cut method exists to disaggregate these commodity
groups to the specific imported fire ant-regulated articles, the
entirety of these commodity groups is used to approximate the number
and size of the entities that may be affected by the interim rule.
In 2002, there were 1,193 nurseries, greenhouses, floriculture
producers, and sod producers, 4,098 producers of other crops and hay,
and 98 producers of cut Christmas trees and short rotation woody crops
in the affected counties. Sales \3\ of all agricultural products sold
in the counties were more than $1 billion in 2002, of which about $172
million can be attributed to the three commodity groups affected by the
quarantine restrictions imposed by this rule.
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\3\ The value of sales represents the gross market value before
taxes and production expenses of all agricultural products sold or
removed from the place in 2002 regardless of who received the
payment.
Table 1.--Summary of Three Commodity Groups in the Affected Counties
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Nursery, greenhouse, Other crops and hay Cut-Christmas trees Subtotal of the All agricultural
floriculture, and sod ------------------------ and short rotation commodity groups products
------------------------ woody crops affected by the -----------------------
Number of affected counties ------------------------ quarantine
Number of Sales Number of Sales ------------------------ Number of Sales
farms ($1,000) farms ($1,000) Number of Sales Number of Sales farms ($1,000)
farms ($1,000) farms ($1,000)
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3 (AR).......................... 15 1,366 399 3,095 3 .......... 417 4,461 2,923 231,180
3 (NC).......................... 75 3,701 450 1,912 7 27 532 5,640 2,533 172,680
3 (SC).......................... 130 18,946 399 1,749 18 54 547 20,749 2,751 67,410
18 (TN)......................... 973 131,192 2,850 9,001 70 593 3,893 140,786 17,046 538,125
27 (total)...................... 1,193 155,205 4,098 15,757 98 7,439 5,389 171,636 25,253 1,009,412
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Source: USDA, NASS, 2002 Census of Agriculture, State and County Level Data. Table 2. Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold Including Direct and
Organic in 2002.
Table 2 summarizes the percentage shares of sales and number of
farms for those 3 commodity groups relative to the total agricultural
product sales and number of farms in the 27 counties. Sales shares of
nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod in the newly quarantined
counties of South Carolina and Tennessee are substantially higher (28
percent and 24 percent, respectively) than in the newly quarantined
counties in Arkansas and North Carolina (less than 1 percent and 2
percent, respectively). An average of 16 percent of farms in the
affected counties sell other crops and hay, but these products comprise
less than 2 percent of all agricultural products sold in these
counties. Overall, based on 2002 Census of Agriculture data, 21 percent
of the farms (5,389 out of 25,253 farms) and 17 percent of agricultural
product sales in the 27 counties may be affected by this interim rule.
Table 2.--Percentage Shares of Three Commodity Groups in the Affected Counties
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Nursery, greenhouse, Other crops and hay Cut-Christmas trees Sum of three affected All agricultural
floriculture, and sod ------------------------ and short rotation commodity groups by products
------------------------ woody crops the quarantine -----------------------
Number of counties Number of ------------------------------------------------
Number of Sales farms Sales Number of Number of Number of Sales
farms (percent) (percent) (percent) farms Sales farms Sales farms (percent)
(percent) (percent) (percent) (percent) (percent) (percent)
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3 (AR).......................... 0.5 0.6 13.7 1.3 0.1 .......... 14.3 1.9 100 100
3 (NC).......................... 3.0 2.1 17.8 1.1 0.3 0.0 21.0 3.3 100 100
3 (SC).......................... 4.7 28.1 14.5 2.6 0.7 0.1 19.9 30.8 100 100
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18 (TN)......................... 5.7 24.4 16.7 1.7 0.4 0.1 22.8 26.2 100 100
27 (total)...................... 4.7 15.4 16.2 1.6 0.4 0.1 21.3 17.0 100 100
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Source: USDA, NASS, 2002 Census of Agriculture, State and County Level Data. Table 2. Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold Including Direct and
Organic in 2002.
Table 3 summarizes sales and number of farms in the 27 counties and
their respective 4 States. The market value of all agricultural
products sold in these counties was more than $1 billion, about 61
percent (or $615 million) of which were sales attributable to
livestock, poultry, and animal products, with the remaining 39 percent
(or $394 million) attributable to crop sales, including nursery and
greenhouse crops. The market value of the 3 affected commodity groups
sold in the 27 counties was about $172 million, or about 14 percent of
the $1.2 billion in total sales for the 3 affected commodity groups in
the 4 States. Within these States and in neighboring States, there is a
large agricultural economy at risk due to the potential of imported
fire ant to damage crops and injure livestock.
Table 3.--Sales and Number of Farms in the Newly Quarantined Counties and Their States
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Sum of three affected All crops, including Livestock, poultry, All agricultural
commodity groups and nursery and greenhouse and their products products
State total -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of counties ------------------------
Number of Sales Number of Sales Number of Sales Number of Sales
farms ($1,000) farms ($1,000) farms ($1,000) farms ($1,000)
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Arkansas:
3................................................... 417 4,461 738 79,256 1,868 151,925 2,923 231,180
Total AR............................................ 6,287 81,986 12,995 1,620,384 30,956 3,330,014 47,483 4,950,397
North Carolina:
3................................................... 532 5,640 762 13,417 1,553 159,263 2,533 172,680
Total NC............................................ 12,030 566,104 24,587 2,008,634 26,948 4,953,052 53,930 6,961,686
South Carolina:
3................................................... 547 20,749 785 33,071 1,207 34,338 2,751 67,409
Total SC............................................ 6,131 244,090 7,869 593,245 10,133 896,505 24,541 1,489,750
Tennessee:
18.................................................. 3,893 140,786 5,154 268,543 10,124 269,582 17,046 538,125
Total TN............................................ 17,266 333,023 29,143 1,072,548 51,367 1,127,266 87,595 2,199,814
27 newly infested counties total........................ 5,389 171,636 7,439 394,287 14,752 615,108 25,253 1,009,394
Four States (AR, NC, SC, TN) total...................... 41,714 1,225,203 74,594 5,294,811 119,404 10,306,837 213,549 15,601,647
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Source: USDA, NASS, 2002 Census of Agriculture, State and County Level Data. Table 2. Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold Including Direct and
Organic in 2002.
According to Small Business Administration criteria, a business
engaged in crop production (North American Industry Classification
System [NAICS] Subsector 111) is considered to be a small entity if its
annual receipts are not more than $750,000. A business engaged in
support activities for agriculture and forestry (NAICS Subsector 115)
is considered small if its annual receipts are not more than $6
million. Agricultural entities in the newly quarantined areas are
predominantly, if not entirely, small entities.
The aforementioned three commodity groups, as well as farm
equipment dealers, construction companies, and those who sell, process,
or move regulated articles from and through quarantined areas, may be
affected by this rule. Such operations will now be required to treat
restricted articles before moving them interstate. Only regulated
articles moved interstate outside of the quarantined areas will be
affected. However, adverse economic effects of the rule on affected
entities that move regulated articles interstate are mitigated by the
availability of various treatments. In most cases these treatments
permit the movement of regulated articles with only a small additional
cost. For example, the treatment cost of an average shipment of nursery
plants on a standard trailer truck ranges between 0.04 percent and 1
percent \4\ of the value of the plants transported, given a treatment
cost per shipment of around $200. The estimated annual compliance costs
for these entities is small in comparison to the benefit gained through
reduced human-assisted spread of imported fire ant to noninfested areas
of the United States.
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\4\ An average nursery plant (i.e., potted) costs between $2 and
$50, so that the value of a load for a standard tractor trailer
transporting up to 10,000 plants ranges between $20,000 and
$500,000; $200/$20,000 = 1 percent, and $200/$500,000 = 0.04
percent.
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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
This 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
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before parties may file suit in court challenging this rule.
Paperwork Reduction Act
This rule contains no new information collection or recordkeeping
requirements under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.).
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 301
Agricultural commodities, Plant diseases and pests, Quarantine,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Transportation.
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Accordingly, we are amending 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).
0
2. In Sec. 301.81-3, paragraph (e) is amended as follows:
0
a. Under the heading Arkansas, by adding, in alphabetical order, new
entries for Lonoke and Yell Counties, and by revising the entry for
Faulkner County to read as set forth below.
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b. Under the heading North Carolina, by adding, in alphabetical order,
new entries for Iredell, Lincoln, and Rutherford Counties, as set forth
below.
0
c. By revising the entry for South Carolina to read as set forth below.
0
d. Under the heading Tennessee, by adding, in alphabetical order, new
entries for Crockett, Morgan, and Warren Counties, and by revising the
entries for Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe, Blount, Carroll,
Coffee, Cumberland, Grundy, Haywood, Hickman, Knox, Rutherford, Van
Buren, and Williamson Counties to read as set forth below.
Sec. 301.81-3 Quarantined areas.
* * * * *
(e) * * *
* * * * *
Arkansas
* * * * *
Faulkner County. The entire county.
* * * * *
Lonoke County. The entire county.
* * * * *
Yell County. The entire county.
* * * * *
North Carolina
* * * * *
Iredell County. That portion of the county lying south of State
Highway 150.
* * * * *
Lincoln County. That portion of the county lying east of State
Highway 321.
* * * * *
Rutherford County. That portion of the county lying south of State
Highway 74.
* * * * *
South Carolina
The entire State.
* * * * *
Tennessee
Anderson County. That portion of the county lying east and south of
a line beginning at the intersection of the Roane/Anderson County line
and Tennessee Highway 330; then northeast on Tennessee Highway 330 to
Tennessee Highway 116; then north on Tennessee Highway 116 to
Interstate 75; then southeast on Interstate 75 to the Anderson/Knox
County line.
Bedford County. The entire county.
Benton County. The entire county.
Bledsoe County. The entire county.
Blount County. The entire county.
* * * * *
Carroll County. The entire county.
* * * * *
Coffee County. That portion of the county lying west and south of a
line beginning at the intersection of the Cannon/Coffee County line and
Tennessee Highway 53; then south on Tennessee Highway 53 to Riddle
Road; then southeast on Riddle Road to Keele Road; then northeast on
Keele Road to Tennessee Highway 55; then northeast on Tennessee Highway
55 to Swann Road; then east on Swann Road to Wiser Road; then north on
Wiser Road to Rock Road; then east on Rock Road to Pleasant Knoll Road;
then north on Pleasant Knoll Road to Marcrom Road; then east on Marcrom
Road to the Coffee/Warren County line.
Crockett County. That portion of the county lying east of a line
beginning at the intersection of the Haywood/Crockett County line and
U.S. Highway 70A/79; then northeast on U.S. Highway 70A/79 to Tennessee
Highway 88; then north on Tennessee Highway 88 to Tennessee Highway 54;
then northeast on Tennessee Highway 54 to the Crockett/Gibson County
line.
Cumberland County. That portion of the county lying southeast of a
line beginning at the intersection of the White/Cumberland County line
and U.S. Highway 70; then east on U.S. Highway 70 to Market Street (in
Crab Orchard); then north on Market Street to Main Street; then west on
Main Street to Chestnut Hill Road; then northeast on Chestnut Hill Road
to Westchester Drive; then north on Westchester Drive to Peavine Road;
then east on Peavine Road to Hebbertsburg Road; then northeast on
Hebbertsburg Road to the Cumberland/Morgan County line.
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Grundy County. The entire county.
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Haywood County. That portion of the county lying southeast of
Tennessee Highway 54.
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Hickman County. The entire county.
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Knox County. That portion of the county lying southwest of a line
beginning at the intersection of the Union/Knox County line and
Tennessee Highway 33; then south on Tennessee Highway 33 to the
Tennessee River; then northeast along the Tennessee River to the French
Broad River; then east along the French Broad River to the Knox/Sevier
County line.
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Morgan County. That portion of the county lying south of a line
beginning at the intersection of the Cumberland/Morgan County line and
Tennessee Highway 298; then northeast on Tennessee Highway 298 to
Tennessee Highway 62; then southeast on Tennessee Highway 62 to the
Morgan/Roane County line.
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Rutherford County. The entire county.
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Van Buren County. The entire county.
Warren County. That portion of the county lying southeast of a line
beginning at the intersection of the Coffee/Warren County line and
Marcrom Road; then east on Marcrom Road to Fred Hoover Road; then north
on Fred Hoover Road to Tennessee Highway 287; then northwest on
Tennessee Highway 287 to Vervilla Road; then northeast on Vervilla Road
to Swan Mill Road; then east on Swan Mill Road to Grove Road; then
southeast on Grove Road to Tennessee Highway 108/127; then northeast on
Tennessee Highway 108/127 to the split between Tennessee Highway 108
and Tennessee Highway 127; then northeast on Tennessee Highway 127 to
Tennessee Highway 56; then southeast on Tennessee Highway 56 to
Fairview Road; then northeast on Fairview Road to Tennessee Highway 8;
then southeast on Tennessee Highway 8 to Dark
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Hollow Road; then north on Dark Hollow Road to Tennessee Highway 30;
then northeast on Tennessee Highway 30 to the Warren/Van Buren County
line.
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Williamson County. That portion of the county lying northeast of a
line beginning at the intersection of the Davidson/Williamson County
line and U.S. Highway 31; then southwest on U.S. Highway 31 to U.S.
Highway Business 431; then southeast on U.S. Highway Business 431 to
Mack Hatcher Parkway; then north on Mack Hatcher Parkway to South Royal
Oaks Boulevard; then northeast on South Royal Oaks Boulevard to
Tennessee Highway 96; then east on Tennessee Highway 96 to Clovercroft
Road; then northeast on Clovercroft Road to Wilson Pike; then north on
Wilson Pike to Clovercroft Road; then northeast on Clovercroft Road to
Rocky Fork Road; then east on Rocky Fork Road to the Rutherford/
Williamson County line. Also, that portion of the county enclosed by a
line beginning at the intersection of the Maury/Williamson County line
and Tennessee Highway 246; then north on Tennessee Highway 246 to
Thompson Station Road West; then east on Thompson Station Road West to
Thompson Station Road East; then east on Thompson Station Road East to
Interstate 65; then south on Interstate 65 to the Williamson/Maury
County line.
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Done in Washington, DC, this 19th day of October 2007.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E7-21003 Filed 10-24-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-34-P
