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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

9 CFR Part 95

[Docket No. 89-174-2]

 

Importation of Fetal Bovine Serum

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: We are extending the comment period for our proposed rule that 
would remove the prohibition on the importation into the United States 
of fetal bovine serum from countries in which foot-and-mouth disease or 
rinderpest exists, and would establish conditions under which fetal 
bovine serum from those countries can be imported without presenting a 
significant risk of introducing disease into this country. This 
extension will provide interested persons with additional time to 
prepare comments on the proposed rule.

DATES: Consideration will be given only to comments on Docket No. 89-
174-1 that are received on or before June 27, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Please send an original and three copies of your comments to 
Chief, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, USDA, room 804, 
Federal Building, 6505 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782. Please 
state that your comments refer to Docket No. 89-174-1. Comments 
received may be inspected at USDA, room 1141, South Building, 14th 
Street and Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC, between 8 a.m. and 
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. Persons wishing to 
inspect comments are requested to call ahead on (202) 690-2817 to 
facilitate entry into the comment reading room.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. John H. Gray, Senior Staff 
Veterinarian, Import-Export Products Staff, National Center for Import-
Export, Veterinary Services, APHIS, USDA, room 756, Federal Building, 
6505 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782, (301) 436-7885.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 25, 1994, we published in the Federal Register (59 FR 
9142-9146, Docket No. 89-174-1) a proposal to remove the prohibition on 
the importation into the United States of fetal bovine serum from 
countries in which foot-and-mouth disease or rinderpest exists, and to 
establish conditions under which fetal bovine serum from those 
countries can be imported without presenting a significant risk of 
introducing disease into this country.
    Comments on the proposed rule were required to be received on or 
before April 26, 1994. We have received a request from a major 
distributor of fetal bovine serum to extend the period during which 
comments will be accepted. In response, we are extending the comment 
period on Docket No. 89-174-1 for an additional 60 days. This action 
will allow the requestor and other interested persons additional time 
to prepare and submit comments.

    Authority: 21 U.S.C. 111, 136, and 136a; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 
2.17, 2.51, and 371.2(d).

    Done in Washington, DC, this 11th day of April 1994.
Lonnie J. King,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 94-9128 Filed 4-14-94; 8:45 am]
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