plant-animal-health · Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service · Rule · Published 2008-12-18 · Effective 2008-12-18 · 73 FR 76863
Document
Document number
E8-30077
Federal Register citation
73 FR 76863
CFR reference
7 CFR 319
Type
Rule
Action
Affirmation of interim rule as final rule.
Category
plant-animal-health
Sub-agency
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Publication date
2008-12-18
Effective date
2008-12-18
USDA docket
Docket No. APHIS-2007-0111
Abstract
We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the regulations governing the importation of nursery stock to prohibit or restrict the importation of ash (Fraxinus spp.) plants for planting, except seed, from all foreign countries except for certain areas in Canada that are not regulated areas for emerald ash borer. The interim rule was necessary to prevent further introductions of emerald ash borer into the United States and to prevent the artificial spread of this destructive plant pest.