[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 80 (Tuesday, April 26, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-10032]
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[Federal Register: April 26, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
9 CFR Part 91
[Docket No. 93-106-2]
Ports Designated for the Exportation of Animals
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: We are amending the ``Inspection and Handling of Livestock for
Exportation'' regulations by adding Dallas/Fort Worth International
Airport in Texas to the list of ports designated as ports of
embarkation and by designating DFW Quarantine as the export inspection
facility, for horses only, for that port. The Dallas/Fort Worth
International Airport and DFW Quarantine appear to meet the
requirements of the regulations for designation as a port of
embarkation and an animal export inspection facility, respectively. We
are also revising the listing for a port of embarkation in Los Angeles,
CA, that has changed its name and telephone number. These actions
update the regulations and add a port and an inspection facility
through which horses may be processed for export.
EFFECTIVE DATE: May 26, 1994.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information concerning the Texas
port, contact Dr. Lisa Ferguson, Senior Staff Veterinarian, Import-
Export Animals Staff, National Center for Import-Export, Veterinary
Services, APHIS, USDA, room 760, Federal Building, 6505 Belcrest Road,
Hyattsville, MD 20782, (301) 436-7511.
For information concerning the California port, contact Dr. Michael
David, Senior Staff Veterinarian, Import-Export Animals Staff, National
Center for Import-Export, Veterinary Services, APHIS, USDA, room 761,
Federal Building, 6505 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782, (301) 436-
7511.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The regulations in 9 CFR part 91, ``Inspection and Handling of
Livestock for Exportation'' (referred to below as the regulations),
prescribe conditions for exporting animals from the United States. The
regulations state, among other things, that all animals, except animals
being exported to Canada or Mexico, must be exported through designated
ports of embarkation.
To receive designation as a port of embarkation, a port must have
export inspection facilities available for the inspection, holding,
feeding, and watering of animals prior to exportation to ensure that
the animals meet certain requirements specified in the regulations. To
receive approval as an export inspection facility, the regulations
provide that a facility must meet specified standards in Sec. 91.14(c)
concerning materials, size, inspection implements, cleaning and
disinfection, feed and water, access, testing and treatment, location,
disposal of animal wastes, lighting, and office and rest room
facilities.
On November 12, 1993, we published in the Federal Register (58 FR
59962-59963, Docket No. 93-106-1), a proposal to amend the regulations
by designating the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in Texas as
a port of embarkation for horses. DFW Quarantine in Lewisville, TX, was
proposed as the export inspection facility for that port, for horses
only.
We also proposed to make changes in the regulations indicating the
name and telephone number changes undertaken by the export inspection
facility currently listed as Steifel Bros. Livestock in Los Angeles,
CA.
We solicited comments for our proposal for a 30-day comment period
ending December 13, 1993. We did not receive any comments. The facts
presented in the proposed rule still provide the basis for this final
rule.
Therefore, based on the rationale set forth in the proposed rule,
we are adopting the provisions of the proposal as a final rule without
change.
Executive Order 12866 and Regulatory Flexibility Act
This final rule has been reviewed under Executive Order 12866.
In 1992, there were over 73,000 horses exported out of the United
States. Approximately 60,000 horses (82 percent) were exported to
Canada, mostly through northern land border ports, while about 6,000
horses (8 percent) were exported to Western Europe by way of John F.
Kennedy Airport in New York. The remaining exports included about 3,700
horses to Latin America, about 3,500 horses to Asia, and a small number
of horses to Australia, New Zealand, and Africa. Horses exported to
Latin America generally were shipped through Miami, while exports to
Asia generally were shipped through Los Angeles.
Although we do not know how many horses will be exported out of the
United States through the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, we
do not expect the number to exceed 5,000 horses annually. Further, we
believe that only a few entities will engage in the export of horses
from Dallas/Fort Worth and that they all will be small entities, having
100 or fewer employees.
We believe, therefore, that this action will have no significant
impact on horse exports from the United States. Moreover, we expect any
impact to be beneficial, since the proposal establishes an additional,
possibly less expensive, port for the export of horses from the United
States.
Under these circumstances, the Administrator of the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service has determined that this action will
not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small
entities.
Executive Order 12372
This program/activity is listed in the Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance under No. 10.025 and is subject to Executive Order 12372,
which requires intergovernmental consultation with State and local
officials. (See 7 CFR part 3015, subpart V.)
Executive Order 12778
This rule has been reviewed under Executive Order 12778, Civil
Justice Reform. This rule:
(1) Preempts all State and local laws and regulations that are
inconsistent with this rule;
(2) has no retroactive effect; and
(3) does not require administrative proceedings before parties may
file suit in court challenging this rule.
Paperwork Reduction Act
This rule contains no information collection or recordkeeping
requirements under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.).
List of Subjects in 9 CFR Part 91
Animal diseases, Animal welfare, Exports, Livestock, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Transportation.
Accordingly, 9 CFR part 91 is amended to read as follows:
PART 91--INSPECTION AND HANDLING OF LIVESTOCK FOR EXPORTATION
1. The authority citation for part 91 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 21 U.S.C. 105, 112, 113, 114a, 120, 121, 134b, 134f,
612, 613, 614, 618; 46 U.S.C. 466a, 466b; 49 U.S.C. 1509(d); 7 CFR
2.17, 2.51, and 371.2(d).
2. In Sec. 91.14, paragraph (a)(1)(i)(B) is revised, paragraphs
(a)(15)(ii) through (a)(15)(vi) are redesignated as (a)(15)(iii)
through (a)(15)(vii), and new paragraphs (a)(15)(ii) and (a)(15)(ii)(A)
are added to read as follows:
Sec. 91.14 Ports of embarkation and export inspection facilities.
(a) * * *
(1) * * *
(i) * * *
(B) Valley Livestock, 14380 South Euclid Avenue, Chino, CA 91710,
(909) 597-1756.
* * * * *
(15) Texas.
* * * * *
(ii) Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.
(A) DFW Quarantine (horses only), 1010 A Chinn Chapel Road,
Lewisville, TX 75067, (214) 317-6861.
* * * * *
Done in Washington, DC, this 20th day of April 1994.
Patricia Jensen,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Marketing and Inspection Services.
[FR Doc. 94-10032 Filed 4-25-94; 8:45 am]
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