High-Temperature Forced-Air Treatments for Citrus

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

7 CFR Parts 300 and 301

[Docket No. 96-069-4]

High-Temperature Forced-Air Treatments for Citrus

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Direct final rule; confirmation of effective date.

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SUMMARY: On July 13, 1999, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service published a direct final rule. (See 64 FR 37663-37665, Docket

No. 96-069-3.) The direct final rule notified the public of our

intention to amend the Plant Protection and Quarantine Treatment

Manual, which is incorporated by reference into the Code of Federal

Regulations, to allow navel oranges from Mexico and areas of the United

States that are infested with plant pests in the genus Anastrepha,

which includes A. ludens, the Mexican fruit fly, to be treated with a

high-temperature forced-air process that was approved for tangerines,

oranges other than navel oranges, and grapefruit from these areas. We

did not receive any written adverse comments or written notice of

intent to submit adverse comments in response to the direct final rule.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the direct final rule is

confirmed as: September 13, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Donna West, Import Specialist,

Phytosanitary Issues Management, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 140,

Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; (301) 734-6799.

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 147a, 150bb, 150dd, 150ee, 150ff, 161, 162,

and 164-167; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.2(c).

Done in Washington, DC, this 3rd day of September 1999.

Angel Cielo,

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 99-23521 Filed 9-9-99; 8:45 am]

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