[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 232 (Friday, December 3, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 67695]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31372]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
9 CFR Part 78
[Docket No. 99-051-2]
Brucellosis in Cattle; State and Area Classifications; Kansas
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 Kansas from Class
A to Class Free. We have determined that Kansas meets the standards for
Class Free status. The interim rule relieved certain restrictions on
the interstate movement of cattle from Kansas.
DATES: The interim rule became effective on July 1, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Valerie Ragan, Senior Staff
Veterinarian, National Animal Health Programs, VS, APHIS, 4700 River
Road Unit 43, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 734-7708.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In an interim rule effective July 1, 1999, and published in the
Federal Register on July 8, 1999 (64 FR 36775-36777, Docket No. 99-051-
1), we amended the brucellosis regulations in 9 CFR part 78 by removing
Kansas from the list of Class A States or areas in Sec. 78.41(b) and
adding it to the list of Class Free States or areas in Sec. 78.41(a).
Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or
before September 7, 1999. 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 64 FR
36775-36777 on July 8, 1999.
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 29th day of November 1999.
Bobby R. Acord,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 99-31372 Filed 12-2-99; 8:45 am]
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