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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
9 CFR Parts 50, 77, and 92

[Docket No. 93-014-2]

 

Cattle From Mexico

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 
proposed rule that would require that certain steers and spayed heifers 
imported into the United States from Mexico be sent either to a 
quarantined pasture or quarantined feedlot for finish feeding, or to a 
quarantined holding facility for quarantine and a 60-day post-entry 
tuberculin test. The proposed rule also would deny claims for indemnity 
for Mexican-origin steers or spayed heifers that test positive to the 
60-day post-entry tuberculin test, and to deny claims for indemnity for 
cattle that were exposed to such animals. This extension will provide 
interested persons with additional time in which to prepare comments on 
the proposed rule.

DATES: Consideration will be given only to written comments on Docket 
No. 93-014-1 that are received on or before September 16, 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. 93-014-1. 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. Joseph Vantiem, Senior Staff 
Veterinarian, Cattle Disease and Surveillance Staff, Veterinary 
Services, APHIS, USDA, room 729, Federal Building, 6505 Belcrest Road, 
Hyattsville, MD 20782, (301) 436-8715.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 9, 1994, we published in the Federal 
Register (59 FR 23810-23817, Docket No. 93-014-1) a proposed rule that 
would require that certain steers and spayed heifers imported into the 
United States from Mexico be sent either to a quarantined pasture or 
quarantined feedlot for finish feeding, or to a quarantined holding 
facility for quarantine and a 60-day post-entry tuberculin test. The 
proposed rule also would deny claims for indemnity for Mexican-origin 
steers or spayed heifers that test positive to the 60-day post-entry 
tuberculin test, and to deny claims for indemnity for cattle that were 
exposed to such animals. Comments on the proposed rule were required to 
be received on or before July 8, 1994.
    During the comment period, we received requests that we extend the 
comment period. The requests came from four State Veterinarians, who 
stated that they would like to present their views to the Binational 
Tuberculosis Committee, then submit a comment on the proposed rule. The 
Binational Tuberculosis Committee is scheduled to meet July 21, 1994.
    In response to these requests, and so that we may consider comments 
received after July 8, 1994, we are reopening and extending the public 
comment period until 60 days after publication of this notice. This 
action will allow the requestors and all other interested persons 
additional time to prepare comments.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1622; 19 U.S.C. 1306; 21 U.S.C. 102-105, 
111-113, 114, 114a, 114a-1, 115-117, 120, 121, 125, 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 13th day of July 1994.
B. Glen Lee,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 94-17347 Filed 7-15-94; 8:45 am]
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