Interstate transportation of animals and animal products (quarantine): Brucellosis in catle and bison— State area classifications,

[Federal Register: July 10, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 132)]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

9 CFR Part 78

[Docket No. 98-036-2]

Brucellosis in Cattle; State and Area Classifications; Alabama

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 Alabama from Class A to Class Free. We have determined that Alabama meets the standards for Class Free status. The interim rule was necessary to relieve certain restrictions on the interstate movement of cattle from Alabama.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The interim rule was effective on April 14, 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: rrollo@aphis.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

In an interim rule effective April 14, 1998, and published in the Federal Register on April 17, 1998 (63 FR 19169-19170, Docket No. 98- 036-1), we amended the brucellosis regulations in 9 CFR part 78 by removing Alabama 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 June 16, 1998. 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 78 and that was published at 63 FR 19169-19170 on April 17, 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 2nd day of July 1998. Charles P. Schwalbe, Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

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