[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 135 (Friday, July 15, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-17247]
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[Federal Register: July 15, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
9 CFR Part 78
[Docket No. 94-008-2]
Brucellosis in Cattle; State and Area Classifications; Texas
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 Texas from Class B
to Class A. We have determined that Texas meets the standards for Class
A status. The interim rule was necessary to relieve certain
restrictions on the interstate movement of cattle from Texas.
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 15, 1994.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Michael J. Gilsdorf, Senior Staff
Veterinarian, Cattle Diseases and Surveillance Staff, Veterinary
Services, APHIS, USDA, room 729, Federal Building, 6505 Belcrest Road,
Hyattsville, MD 20782, (301) 436-4918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In an interim rule effective and published in the Federal Register
on March 28, 1994 (59 FR 14359-14360, Docket No. 94-008-1), we amended
the brucellosis regulations in 9 CFR part 78 by removing Texas from the
list of Class B States in Sec. 78.41(c) 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 May 27, 1994. 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 78.41 and that was published at 59 FR
14359-14360 on March 28, 1994.
Authority: 21 U.S.C. 111-114a-1, 114g, 115, 117, 120, 121, 123-
126, 134b, 134f; 7 CFR 2.17, 2.51, and 371.2(d).
Done in Washington, DC, this 11th day of July 1994.
William S. Wallace,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 94-17247 Filed 7-14-94; 8:45 am]
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