[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 150 (Tuesday, August 5, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 42044-42045]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20506]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
9 CFR Part 77
[Docket No. 96-093-2]
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
Wisconsin from an accredited-free (suspended) State to an accredited-
free State. We have determined that Wisconsin meets the criteria for
designation as an accredited-free State.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The interim rule was effective on May 7, 1997.
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; or e-mail:
messey@aphis.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In an interim rule effective and published in the Federal Register
on May 7, 1997 (62 FR 24801-24802, Docket No. 96-093-1), we amended the
tuberculosis regulations in 9 CFR part 77 by removing Wisconsin from
the list of accredited-free (suspended) 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 July 7, 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
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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 62 FR
24801-24802 on May 7, 1997.
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 29th day of July 1997.
Terry L. Medley,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 97-20506 Filed 8-4-97; 8:45 am]
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