[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 19 (Wednesday, January 29, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 4119-4120]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2198]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
9 CFR Part 78
[Docket No. 96-043-2]
Brucellosis in Cattle; State and Area Classifications; Louisiana
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Affirmation of interim rule as final rule.
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SUMMARY: We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim
rule that amended the brucellosis regulations concerning the interstate
movement of cattle by changing the classification of Louisiana from
Class A to Class Free.
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We have determined that Louisiana meets the standards for Class Free
status. The interim rule was necessary to relieve certain restrictions
on the interstate movement of cattle from Louisiana.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The interim rule was effective on October 31, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Michael J. Gilsdorf, Senior Staff
Veterinarian, Brucellosis Eradication Staff, VS, APHIS, USDA, Suite
3B08, 4700 River Road Unit 36, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; (301) 734-
7708.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In an interim rule effective and published in the Federal Register
on October 31, 1996 (61 FR 56116-56118, Docket No. 96-043-1), we
amended the brucellosis regulations in 9 CFR part 78 by removing
Louisiana from the list of Class A States in Sec. 78.41(b) and adding
it to the list of Class Free States in Sec. 78.41(a).
Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or
before December 30, 1996. We did not receive any comments. The facts
presented in the interim rule still provide a basis for the rule.
This action also affirms the information contained in the interim
rule concerning Executive Order 12866 and the Regulatory Flexibility
Act, Executive Orders 12372 and 12988, and the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Further, for this action, the Office of Management and Budget has
waived the review process required by Executive Order 12866.
List of Subjects in 9 CFR Part 78
Animal diseases, Bison, Cattle, Hogs, Quarantine, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Transportation.
PART 78--BRUCELLOSIS
Accordingly, we are adopting as a final rule, without change, the
interim rule that amended 9 CFR 78 and that was published at 61 FR
56116-56118 on October 31, 1996.
Authority: 21 U.S.C. 111-114a-1, 114g, 115, 117, 120, 121, 123-
126, 134b, and 134f; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.2(d).
Done in Washington, DC, this 23rd day of January 1997.
Terry L. Medley,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 97-2198 Filed 1-28-97; 8:45 am]
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