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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

9 CFR Part 78

[Docket No. 93-144-2]

 

Validated Brucellosis-Free States; Kansas

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Affirmation of interim rule as final rule.

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SUMMARY: We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim 
rule that amended the brucellosis regulations concerning the interstate 
movement of swine by adding Kansas to the list of validated 
brucellosis-free States. We have determined that Kansas meets the 
criteria for classification as a validated brucellosis-free State. This 
interim rule relieved certain restrictions on the interstate movement 
of breeding swine from Kansas.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 1, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Arnold Taft, Senior Staff 
Veterinarian, Swine Health Staff, Veterinary Services, APHIS, USDA, 
suite 204, Presidential Building, 6525 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, MD 
20782, (301) 436-7767.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In an interim rule effective and published in the Federal Register 
on December 28, 1993 (58 FR 68505-68506, Docket No. 93-144-1), we 
amended the brucellosis regulations in 9 CFR part 78 by adding Kansas 
to the list of validated brucellosis-free States in Sec. 78.43.
    Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or 
before February 24, 1994. 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 12778, 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 amending 9 CFR part 78.43 that was published at 58 FR 
68505-68506 on December 28, 1993.

    Authority: 21 U.S.C. 111-114a-1, 114g, 115, 117, 120, 121, 123-
126, 134b, 134f; 7 CFR 2.17, 2.51, and 371.2(d).

    Done in Washington, DC, this 25th day of April 1994.
Patricia Jensen,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Marketing and Inspection Services.
[FR Doc. 94-10407 Filed 4-29-94; 8:45 am]
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