Black Stem Rust; Addition of Rust-Resistant Varieties

SUMMARY: This document confirms the effective date of the direct final

rule that amends the black stem rust quarantine and regulations by

adding six varieties to the list of rust-resistant Berberis species.

This document also corrects an error in the direct final rule. One of

the varieties was added under its trademark name, Berberis thungbergii

`Cherry Bomb.' We should have added the variety under its botanical

cultivar name, Berberis thungbergii `Monomb.'

EFFECTIVE DATE: The direct final rule published on February 25, 1994

(59 FR 9065-9066, Docket No. 93-142-1) is effective April 26, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Stephen Poe, Operations Officer,

Domestic and Emergency Operations, Plant Protection and Quarantine,

APHIS, USDA, room 645, Federal Building, 6505 Belcrest Road,

Hyattsville, MD 20782, (301) 436-6365.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

In a direct final rule published in the Federal Register on

February 25, 1994 (59 FR 9065-9066, Docket No. 93-142-1), we notified

the public of our intent to amend the black stem rust quarantine and

regulations by adding six varieties to the list of rust-resistant

Berberis species.

We solicited comments concerning the direct final rule for a 30-day

comment period ending March 28, 1994. We stated that the effective date

of the proposed amendment would be 60 days after publication of the

direct final rule in the Federal Register, unless we received written

adverse comments or written notice of intent to submit adverse comments

by the close of the comment period.

We received neither written adverse comments nor notice of intent

to submit adverse comments by that date. Therefore, the direct final

rule will become effective on April 26, 1994, as scheduled. The

correction to the direct final rule, as set forth below, will become

effective on the same date.

Sec. 301.38-2 [Corrected]

FR Doc. 94-4324, pages 9065-9066, is corrected as follows:

1. On page 9066, paragraph (b), ``B. thungbergii `Cherry Bomb''' is

corrected to read ``B. thungbergii `Monomb'''.

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 150bb, 150dd, 150ee, 150ff, 161, 162, and

164-167; 7 CFR 2.17, 2.51, and 371.2(c).

Done in Washington, DC, this 12th day of April 1994.

Lonnie J. King,

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 94-9131 Filed 4-14-94; 8:45 am]

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