[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 10, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 15881-15882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8903]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
9 CFR Part 78
[Docket No. 95-074-2]
Validated Brucellosis-Free States; Georgia
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 Georgia to the list of validated
brucellosis-free States. We have determined that Georgia meets the
criteria for classification as a validated brucellosis-free State. The
interim rule relieved certain restrictions on the
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interstate movement of breeding swine from Georgia.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The interim rule was effective on December 29, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Arnold Taft, Senior Staff
Veterinarian, National Animal Health Programs, VS, APHIS, suite 3B08,
4700 River Road Unit 43, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231, (301) 734-4916; or
e-mail: ataft@aphis.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In an interim rule effective and published in the Federal Register
on December 29, 1995 (60 FR 67320-67321, Docket No. 95-074-1), we
amended the brucellosis regulations in 9 CFR Part 78 by adding Georgia
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 February 27, 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 12778, 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 60 FR
67320-67321 on December 29, 1995.
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 4th day of April 1996.
Lonnie J. King,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 96-8903 Filed 4-9-96; 8:45 am]
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