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USDA/APHIS RIN: 0579-AC85 Publication ID: Fall 2009 
Title: Citrus Greening and Asian Citrus Psyllid; Quarantine and Interstate Movement Regulations 
Abstract: This rulemaking will establish regulations that designate the State of Florida and one parish in Louisiana as quarantined areas for citrus greening, and Alabama, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, three counties in South Carolina, and portions of two counties in California as quarantined areas for Asian citrus psyllid, a vector of a bacterium that causes citrus greening. It would also establish restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from the quarantined areas, as well as treatments under which Asian citrus psyllid host material may be moved interstate from a quarantined area. These actions follow the discovery of citrus greening and/or Asian citrus psyllid in the quarantined areas, and are necessary in order to prevent the spread of the disease and its vector to noninfested areas of the United States. 
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 7 CFR 301    7 CFR 305   
Legal Authority: 7 USC 7701 to 7772    7 USC 7781 to 7786    21 USC 136 and 136a   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Availability of an Environmental Assessment  09/09/2009  74 FR 46409   
Environmental Assessment Comment Period End  11/09/2009    
Interim Final Rule  01/00/2010    
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End  03/00/2010    
Additional Information: Additional information about APHIS and its programs is available on the Internet at http://www.aphis.usda.gov.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes  Government Levels Affected: Federal, State 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes 
Agency Contact:
Patrick J. Gomes
National Project Coordinator, Citrus Health Response Program, PPQ
Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
920 Main Campus Drive, Suite 200,
Raleigh, NC 27606-5213
Phone:919 855-7313