[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 180 (Wednesday, September 17, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 48751]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24668]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
9 CFR Part 78
[Docket No. 97-009-2]
Brucellosis in Cattle; State and Area Classifications; Tennessee
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 Tennessee from
Class A to Class Free. We have determined that Tennessee meets the
standards for Class Free status. The interim rule was necessary to
relieve certain restrictions on the interstate movement of cattle from
Tennessee.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The interim rule was effective on February 28, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. R.T. Rollo, Jr., Staff
Veterinarian, National Animal Health Programs, VS, APHIS, Suite 3B08,
4700 River Road Unit 36, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231, (301) 734-7709; or
e-mail: rrollo@aphis.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In an interim rule effective February 28, 1997, and published in
the Federal Register on March 6, 1997 (62 FR 10192-10193, Docket No.
97-009-1), we amended the brucellosis regulations in 9 CFR part 78 by
removing Tennessee from the list of Class A States in Sec. 78.41(b) and
adding it to the list of Class Free States in Sec. 78.41(a).
Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or
before May 5, 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 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 62 FR
10192-10193 on March 6, 1997.
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 11th day of September 1997.
Terry L. Medley,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 97-24668 Filed 9-16-97; 8:45 am]
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