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                                          Friday, November 25, 1994

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

9 CFR Part 77

[Docket No. 94-068-2]

 

Tuberculosis in Cattle and Bison; State Designation

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 tuberculosis regulations concerning the 
interstate movement of cattle and bison by raising the designation of 
Louisiana from a modified accredited State to an accredited-free State. 
We have determined that Louisiana meets the criteria for designation as 
an accredited-free State.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 27, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Joseph S. VanTiem, Senior Staff 
Veterinarian, Cattle Diseases and Surveillance Staff, Veterinary 
Services, APHIS, USDA, room 729, Federal Building, 6505 Belcrest Road, 
Hyattsville, MD 20782, (301) 436-8715.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In an interim rule effective and published in the Federal Register 
on July 19, 1994 (59 FR 36691-36692, Docket No. 94-068-1), we amended 
the tuberculosis regulations in 9 CFR part 77 by removing Louisiana 
from the list of modified accredited States in Sec. 77.1 and adding it 
to the list of accredited-free States in that section.
    Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or 
before September 19, 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 77

    Animal diseases, Bison, Cattle, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements, Transportation, Tuberculosis.

PART 77--TUBERCULOSIS

    Accordingly, we are adopting as a final rule, without change, the 
interim rule that amended 9 CFR 77.1 and that was published at 59 FR 
36691-36692 on July 19, 1994.

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

    Done in Washington, DC, this 18th day of November 1994.
Alex B. Thiermann,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 94-29096 Filed 11-25-94; 8:45 am]
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