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9 CFR Part 92
9 CFR Part 94

[Docket No. 94-083-2]

 

Change in Disease Status of Portugal Because of BSE

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 by adding Portugal to the list of 
countries where bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) exists, because 
the disease has been detected in native cattle in that country. The 
interim rule prohibited or restricted the importation of certain fresh, 
chilled, and frozen meat, and certain other animal products and animal 
byproducts from ruminants which have been in Portugal. The interim rule 
was necessary to reduce the risk that BSE could be introduced into the 
United States.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 23, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Kathleen Akin, Senior Staff 
Veterinarian, Import-Export Products Staff, National Center for Import-
Export, Veterinary Services, APHIS, USDA, room 755, Federal Building, 
6505 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782, (301) 436-7830.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In an interim rule effective September 9, 1994, and published in 
the Federal Register on September 15, 1994 (59 FR 47235-47236, Docket 
No. 94-083-1), we amended the regulations in 9 CFR part 94 by adding 
Portugal to the list of countries where BSE exists in Sec. 94.18.
    Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or 
before November 14, 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 94

    Animal diseases, Imports, Livestock, Meat and meat products, Milk, 
Poultry and poultry products, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

PART 94--RINDERPEST, FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE, FOWL PEST (FOWL 
PLAGUE), VELOGENIC VISCEROTROPIC NEWCASTLE DISEASE, AFRICAN SWINE 
FEVER, HOG CHOLERA, AND BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY: 
PROHIBITED AND RESTRICTED IMPORTATIONS

    Accordingly, we are adopting as a final rule, without change, the 
interim rule that amended 9 CFR 94.18 and that was published at 59 FR 
47235-47236 on September 15, 1994.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 147a, 150ee, 161, 162, and 450; 19 U.S.C. 
1306; 21 U.S.C. 111, 114a, 134a, 134b, 134c, 134f, 136, and 136a; 31 
U.S.C. 9701; 42 U.S.C. 4331, 4332; 7 CFR 2.17, 2.51, and 371.2(d).

    Done in Washington, DC, this 16th day of December 1994.
Lonnie J. King,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 94-31465 Filed 12-21-94; 8:45 am]
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