[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 193 (Tuesday, October 6, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 53548]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26766]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
9 CFR Part 78
[Docket No. 98-061-2]
Validated Brucellosis-Free States; Oklahoma
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 swine by adding Oklahoma to the list of validated
brucellosis-free States. We have determined that Oklahoma meets the
criteria for classification as a validated brucellosis-free State. The
interim rule relieved certain restrictions on the interstate movement
of breeding swine from Oklahoma.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The interim rule was effective on June 24, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Arnold Taft, Senior Staff
Veterinarian, National Animal Health Programs, VS, APHIS, 4700 River
Road Unit 43, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231, (301) 734-4916.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In an interim rule effective and published in the Federal Register
on June 24, 1998 (63 FR 34266-34267, Docket No. 98-061-1), we amended
the brucellosis regulations in 9 CFR part 78 by adding Oklahoma to the
list of validated brucellosis-free States in Sec. 78.43.
Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or
before August 24, 1998. We did not receive any comments. Therefore, for
the reasons given in the interim rule, we are adopting the interim rule
as a final 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 part 78 and that was published at 63 FR
34266-34267 on June 24, 1998.
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 30th day of September 1998.
Craig A. Reed,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 98-26766 Filed 10-5-98; 8:45 am]
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