[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 54 (Thursday, March 20, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 13293]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7014]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
9 CFR Part 77
[Docket No. 96-092-2]
Tuberculosis in Cattle and Bison; State Designation
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 tuberculosis regulations concerning the
interstate movement of cattle and bison by raising the designation of
Oklahoma from a modified accredited State to an accredited-free State.
We have determined that Oklahoma meets the criteria for designation as
an accredited-free state.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The interim rule was effective on December 26, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Mitchell A. Essey, Senior Staff
Veterinarian, National Animal Health Programs, VS, APHIS, 4700 River
Road Unit 36, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231, (301) 734-7727.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In an interim rule effective and published in the Federal Register
on December 26, 1996 (61 FR 67928-67929, Docket No. 96-092-1), we
amended the tuberculosis regulations in 9 CFR part 77 by removing
Oklahoma from the list of modified accredited States in Sec. 77.1 and
adding it to the list of accredited-free States in that section.
Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or
before February 24, 1997. 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 77
Animal diseases, Bison, Cattle, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Transportation, Tuberculosis.
PART 77--TUBERCULOSIS
Accordingly, we are adopting as a final rule, without change, the
interim rule that amended 9 CFR part 77 and that was published at 61 FR
67928-67929 on December 26, 1996.
Authority: 21 U.S.C. 111, 114, 114a, 115-117, 120, 121, 134b,
and 134f; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.2(d).
Done in Washington, DC, this 14th day of March 1997.
Terry L. Medley,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 97-7014 Filed 3-19-97; 8:45 am]
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