B.  E.  P,  Q,   601  Effective  April  8,   1953 
 
 UNITED  STATES  DEPARTMENT  OF  AGRICULTURE 
 
 AGRICULTURAL  RESEARCH  ADMINISTRATION 
 
 BUREAU  OF  ENTOMOLOGY  AND  PLANT  QUARANTINE 
 
 DOMESTIC  QUARANTINE  NOTICES 
 
 REQUIREMENTS  UNDER  MEXICAN  FRUIT  FLY  REGULATIONS  MODIFIED- - 
 STERILIZATION  OF  GRAPEFRUIT  REQUIRED 
 
 Pursuant  to  the  authority  conferred  upon  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau 
 of  Entomology  and  Plant  Quarantine  by  §  301, 6k-k  (e)   of  the  regula- 
 tions supplemental  to  the  Mexican  fruit  fly  quarantine   (7  CFR 
 Z01,6h-k  (e))  admlni strati ve  instructions  to  appear  as  8  301,6h-hf 
 in  Title  7,  Code  of  Federal  Regulations,  are  hereby  issued  to  read 
 as  follows : 
 
 §  301.6h-hf  Administrative  instructions  requiring  sterilization 
 of  grapefruit.     It  is  hereby  required  that  effective  12:01  a.m., 
 April  8,   1953,  and  continuing  throughout  the  1952-53  harvesting 
 season,  all  grapefruit,  as  a  condition  of  issuance  of  permits  for 
 interstate  movement  from  the  regulated  area  of  Texas,   shall  be 
 sterilized  in  accordance  with  the  methods  authorized  In  B,  Ea  P.  Q. 
 575,   revised  effective  February  1,   19^9  (7  CFR  1951  Supp.   301.644a). 
 
 Imposition  of  sterilization  requirements  is  dependent  upon  the 
 presence  and  development  of  Mexican  fruit  flies,  which  conditions 
 cannot  bo  predicted  within  narrow  time  limits.     Mexican  fruit  flies 
 are  now  present  in  such  numbers  in  the  Lower  Rio  Grande  valley  that 
 it  has  become  necessary  to  impose  the  foregoing  requirements  for  the 
 sterilization  of  grapefruit  as  soon  as  possible.      For  the  reasons 
 stated,   it  is  found  upon  good  cause,  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of 
 section  1*  of  the  Administrative  Procedure  Act   (5  U.   S.   C.   1003), 
 that  notice  and  public  procedure  on  these  administrative  instructions 
 are  unnecessary,   impracticable,  and  contrary  to  the  public  interest, 
 and  good  cause  is  found  for  issuing  these  Instructions  effective  less 
 than  thirty  days  after  their  publication  in  the  Federal  Register. 
 
 Done  at  Washington,  D,  C,   this  1st  day  of  April,    1953. 
 
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