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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

9 CFR Part 92

[Docket No. 93-137-2]

 

Importation of Ratites and Hatching Eggs of Ratites

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of reopening and extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: We are reopening and extending the comment period for our 
interim rule that required specified identification and recordkeeping 
for ratites and ratite hatching eggs that are intended for importation 
into the United States. This extension will provide interested persons 
with additional time in which to prepare comments on the interim rule.

DATES: Consideration will be given only to written comments on Docket 
No. 93-137-1 that are received on or before July 20, 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. 93-137-1. 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. Keith Hand, Senior Staff 
Veterinarian, Import-Export Animals Staff, National Center for Import-
Export, Veterinary Services, APHIS, USDA, room 768, Federal Building, 
6505 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782, (301) 436-5907.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 8, 1994, we published in the 
Federal Register (59 FR 10729-10734, Docket No. 93-137-1) an interim 
rule that amended the animal import regulations in 9 CFR part 92 by 
requiring that specified identification and recordkeeping requirements 
be met in the country of export for ratites and ratite hatching eggs 
intended for importation into the United States. Comments on the 
interim rule were required to be received on or before May 9, 1994.
     So that we may consider comments received after that date, we are 
extending and reopening the public comment period until 15 days after 
publication of this notice. During this period, other interested 
persons may also submit their comments for our consideration. 
Therefore, in this document, we are reopening and extending the comment 
period on Docket No. 93-137-1, so that we may consider all written 
comments received on or before July 20, 1994.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1622, 19 U.S.C. 1306; 21 U.S.C. 102-105, 
111, 114a, 134a, 134b, 134c, 134d, 134f, 135, 136, and 136a; 31 
U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.17, 2.51, and 371.2(d).

    Done in Washington, DC, this 29th day of June 1994.
Lonnie J. King,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 94-16201 Filed 7-1-94; 8:45 am]
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