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[Federal Register: September 12, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

9 CFR Part 92

[Docket No. 93-110-2]

 

Importation of Horses; Quarantine Requirements

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 regulations concerning the importation of horses 
by adding Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Finland, Guinea-Bissau, the 
Member States of the European Union, Slovenia, The Former Yugoslav 
Republic of Macedonia, and the nonrecognized areas of the former 
Yugoslavia (Montenegro and Serbia) to the list of countries where 
contagious equine metritis (CEM) exists, and by adding Oman, Qatar, and 
the United Arab Emirates to the list of countries considered to be 
affected with African horse sickness (AHS). Outbreaks of CEM, a highly 
transmissible venereal disease, have been reported in Bosnia and 
Herzegovina, Croatia, Finland, Guinea-Bissau, Slovenia, The Former 
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and the nonrecognized areas of the 
former Yugoslavia (Montenegro and Serbia). The Member States of the 
European Union either are affected with CEM or trade horses freely with 
other Member States that are affected with CEM, without testing the 
horses for the disease. Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates trade 
horses freely with other countries where AHS, a fatal viral disease, 
exists. The interim rule imposed prohibitions or restrictions on the 
importation of horses that have been in these countries to protect 
horses in the United States from CEM and AHS. Neither disease is known 
to exist in the United States.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 12, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Joyce Bowling, Staff Veterinarian, 
Import-Export Animals Staff, National Center for Import-Export, 
Veterinary Services, APHIS, USDA, room 766, Federal Building, 6505 
Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782, (301) 436-8170.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In an interim rule effective and published in the Federal Register 
on May 13, 1994 (59 FR 24886-24889, Docket No. 93-110-1), we amended 
the regulations in 9 CFR part 92 concerning the importation of horses 
by adding Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Finland, Guinea-Bissau, the 
Member States of the European Union, Slovenia, The Former Yugoslav 
Republic of Macedonia, and the nonrecognized areas of the former 
Yugoslavia (Montenegro and Serbia) to the list of countries where 
contagious equine metritis exists. The interim rule also added Oman, 
Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates to the list of countries considered 
to be affected with African horse sickness.
    Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or 
before July 12, 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 Order 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 92

    Animal disease, Imports, Livestock, Poultry and poultry products, 
Quarantine, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

PART 92--IMPORTATION OF CERTAIN ANIMALS AND POULTRY AND CERTAIN 
ANIMAL AND POULTRY PRODUCTS; INSPECTION AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS FOR 
CERTAIN MEANS OF CONVEYANCE AND SHIPPING CONTAINERS THEREON

    Accordingly, we are adopting as a final rule, without change, the 
interim rule that amended 9 CFR 92.301 and 92.308 and that was 
published at 59 FR 24886-24889 on May 13, 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 6th day of September 1994.
Terry E. Medley,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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