[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 1 (Friday, January 2, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 1-2]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-34178]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
9 CFR Part 3
[Docket No. 97-126-1]
Specifications for the Humane Handling, Care, Treatment, and
Transportation of Marine Mammals; Nonsubstantive Corrections
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: We are amending the regulations regarding humane handling,
care, treatment, and transportation of marine mammals to correct the
designations of three footnotes. This action will result in all the
footnotes in 9 CFR part 3, ``Standards,'' being numbered consecutively.
We are also removing the authority citations that appear unnecessarily
in three places in the regulations.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 23, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. Kathy Holmes, Regulatory
Coordination Specialist, Regulatory Analysis and Development, Program
Planning and Development, APHIS, USDA, 4700 River Road Unit 118,
Riverdale, MD 20737-1238; (301) 734-8682.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The regulations in 9 CFR part 3, subpart E (Secs. 3.100 through
3.118,
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referred to below as the regulations) contain specifications for the
humane handling, care, treatment, and transportation of marine mammals.
The three footnotes in subpart E are currently designated as footnotes
1, 5, and 2. We are amending the regulations by redesignating those
three footnotes as footnotes 6, 7, and 8, respectively. This action
will result in all the footnotes in 9 CFR part 3, ``Standards,'' being
numbered consecutively.
We are also removing the authority citation that appears at the
beginning of subpart E, as well as the authority citation that appears
at the beginning of ``Subpart F--Specifications for the Humane
Handling, Care, Treatment, and Transportation of Warmblooded Animals
Other Than Dogs, Cats, Rabbits, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, Nonhuman
Primates, and Marine Mammals'' and the authority citation that appears
in subpart F just above Sec. 3.136, ``Consignments to carriers and
intermediate handlers.'' The authority that applies to all of part 3,
including subparts E and F, is cited at the beginning of the part.
Because the changes contained in this rule are nonsubstantive in
nature, we have found that notice and public procedure on this rule are
unnecessary. Therefore, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553, notice of proposed
rulemaking and opportunity to comment are not required, and this rule
may be made effective less than 30 days after publication in the
Federal Register. Further, since this rule relates to internal agency
management, it is exempt from the provisions of Executive Order 12866
and Executive Order 12988. Finally, this action is not a rule as
defined by Pub. L. 96-354, the Regulatory Flexibility Act, and thus, is
exempt from the provisions of the Act.
Paperwork Reduction Act
This rule contains no new information collection or recordkeeping
requirements under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.).
List of Subjects in 9 CFR Part 3
Animal welfare, Marine mammals, Pets, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Research, Transportation.
Accordingly, 9 CFR part 3 is amended as follows:
PART 3--STANDARDS
1. The authority citation for part 3 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 2131-2156; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.2(d).
2. The authority citation for ``Subpart E--Specifications for the
Humane Handling, Care, Treatment, and Transportation of Marine
Mammals'' is removed.
Sec. 3.100 [Amended]
3. In Sec. 3.100, paragraph (a), footnote 1 and its reference in
the text are redesignated as footnote 6.
Sec. 3.102 [Amended]
4. In Sec. 3.102, paragraph (c), footnote 5 and its reference in
the text are redesignated as footnote 7.
Sec. 3.104 [Amended]
5. In Sec. 3.104, paragraph (b)(1)(i), footnote 2 and its reference
in the text are redesignated as footnote 8.
6. The authority citation for ``Subpart F--Specifications for the
Humane Handling, Care, Treatment, and Transportation of Warmblooded
Animals Other Than Dogs, Cats, Rabbits, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, Nonhuman
Primates, and Marine Mammals'' is removed.
7. In subpart F, under the undesignated center heading
``Transportation Standards'', the authority citation is removed.
Done in Washington, DC, this 23rd day of December 1997 .
Craig A. Reed,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 97-34178 Filed 12-31-97; 8:45 am]
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