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This rulemaking would amend the Phytophthora ramorum regulations to remove regulated areas for Phytophthora ramorum from the regulations, as well as all regulatory requirements specific to such areas. The rule would also amend the regulations to revise inspection and sampling requirements for certain nurseries that are in areas quarantined for Phytophthora ramorum and that ship regulated nursery stock interstate. It would change the nature of the inspection and sampling requirements to have them take into consideration additional potential sources of Phytophthora ramorum inoculum at the nurseries. Finally, it would establish conditions under which we will regulate nurseries that are located outside of the quarantined areas for Phytophthora ramorum, if sources of Phytophthora ramorum inoculum are detected at those nurseries and the nurseries ship certain articles interstate.