Sapote Fruit Fly

We are adopting as a final rule, without change, two interim rules regarding sapote fruit fly. The first interim rule established regulations restricting the movement of regulated articles from a newly established quarantined area in Hidalgo County, TX. The second interim rule removed the quarantine on that portion of Hidalgo County, TX, and thus removed the restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from that area. The first interim rule was necessary to prevent the spread of sapote fruit fly to noninfested areas of the United States, and the second interim rule was necessary to reflect our determination that the sapote fruit fly had been eradicated from Hidalgo County, TX.