Pink Bollworm Regulated Areas

We are amending the pink bollworm regulations by removing all or portions of previously regulated areas in Clay, Crittenden, and Mississippi Counties in Arkansas; Dunklin, New Madrid, and Pemiscot Counties in Missouri; and Dyer and Lauderdale Counties in Tennessee from the list of suppressive areas for pink bollworm. We are also removing Missouri and Tennessee from the list of States quarantined because of pink bollworm. We are taking this action because trapping surveys show that the pink bollworm no longer exists in these areas. This action is necessary to relieve unnecessary restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from these previously regulated areas. This rule also adds a previously nonregulated portion of Poinsett County in Arkansas to the list of suppressive areas for pink bollworm. This action imposes restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from the regulated area in Poinsett County in Arkansas. This action is necessary to prevent the interstate movement of pink bollworm into noninfested areas.