[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 181 (Friday, September 18, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 49819]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25056]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
9 CFR Part 93
[Docket No. 98-059-2]
Specifically Approved States Authorized To Receive Mares and
Stallions Imported From Regions Where CEM Exists
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Direct final rule; confirmation of effective date.
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SUMMARY: On July 27, 1998, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service published a direct final rule. (See 63 FR 40007-40008, Docket
No. 98-059-1.) The direct final rule notified the public of our
intention to amend the animal importation regulations by adding Georgia
to the lists of States approved to receive certain mares and stallions
imported into the United States from regions affected with contagious
equine metritis. We did not receive any written adverse comments or
written notice of intent to submit adverse comments in response to the
direct final rule.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the direct final rule is
confirmed as: September 25, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. David Vogt, Senior Staff
Veterinarian, Animals Program, National Center for Import and Export,
VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 39, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231, (301)
734-8423; or e-mail: dvogt@aphis.usda.gov.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1622; 19 U.S.C. 1306; 21 U.S.C. 102-105,
111, 114a, 134a, 134b, 134c, 134d, 134f, 135, 136, and 136a; 31
U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.2(d).
Done in Washington, DC, this 14th day of September 1998.
Joan M. Arnoldi,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 98-25056 Filed 9-17-98; 8:45 am]
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