[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 193 (Tuesday, October 6, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 53548-53549]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26767]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
9 CFR Part 78
[Docket No. 98-068-2]
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 Free to Class A. We have determined that Louisiana no longer
meets the standards for Class Free status. The interim rule was
necessary to impose certain restrictions on the interstate movement of
cattle from Louisiana.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The interim rule was effective on June 16, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. R.T. Rollo, Jr., Staff
Veterinarian, National Animal Health Programs, VS, APHIS, 4700 River
Road Unit 43, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231, (301) 734-7709; or e-mail:
reed.t.rollo@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In an interim rule effective on June 16, 1998, and published in the
Federal Register on June 24, 1998 (63 FR 34264-34266, Docket No. 98-
068-1), we amended the brucellosis regulations in 9 CFR part 78 by
removing Louisiana from the list of Class Free States in Sec. 78.41(a)
and adding it to the list of Class A States in Sec. 78.41(b).
Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or
before
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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 78 and that was published at 63 FR
34264-34266 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. 98-26767 Filed 10-5-98; 8:45 am]
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