Interstate transportation of animals and animal products (quarantine): Brucellosis in cattle— Florida,

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Federal Register: January 5, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 2)Rules and RegulationsPage 394-395From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

9 CFR Part 78

Docket No. 98-014-3Brucellosis in Cattle; State and Area Classifications; Florida

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Affirmation of interim rule as final rule.

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 Florida from Class Free to Class A. We have determined that Florida no longer meets the standards for Class Free status. The interim rule was necessary to impose certain restrictions on the interstate movement of cattle from Florida.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The interim rule was effective on August 13, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. R.T. Rollo, Jr., Staff Veterinarian, National Animal Health Programs, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 43, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231, (301) 734-7709; or e-mail: reed.t.rollo@usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

In an interim rule effective on August 13, 1998, and published in the Federal Register on August 20, 1998 (63 FR 44544-44545, Docket No. 98-014-2), we amended the brucellosis regulations in 9 CFR part 78 by removing Florida from the list of Class Free States or areas in Sec. 78.41(a) and adding it to the list of Class A States or areas in Sec. 78.41(b).

Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or before October 19, 1998. We did not receive any comments. Therefore, for the reasons given in the interim rule, we are adopting the interim rule as a final rule.

This action also affirms the information contained in the interim

[Page 395]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 63 FR 44544-44545 on August 20, 1998.

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 29th day of December 1998. Craig A. Reed, Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

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