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

[Federal Register: August 13, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 156)]

[Rules and Regulations]

[Page 43291-43292]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

9 CFR Part 78

[Docket No. 98-018-2]

Brucellosis in Cattle; State and Area Classifications; Georgia

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: The interim rule was effective on April 21, 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 and published in the Federal Register on April 21, 1998 (63 FR 19652-19653, Docket No. 98-018-1), we amended the brucellosis regulations in 9 CFR part 78 by removing Georgia 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 22, 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.

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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 19652-19653 on April 21, 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 7th day of August 1998. Joan M. Arnoldi, Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 98-21762Filed8-12-98; 8:45 am]

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