[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 8 (Thursday, January 12, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 2875]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-807]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

9 CFR Part 78

[Docket No. 94-009-3]


Brucellosis in Cattle; State and Area Classifications; California

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 brucellosis regulations concerning the interstate 
movement of cattle by changing the classification of California from 
Class Free to Class A. We have determined that California no longer 
meets the standards for Class Free status. The interim rule was 
necessary to impose certain restrictions on the interstate movement of 
cattle from California.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 13, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Michael J. Gilsdorf, Senior Staff 
Veterinarian, Cattle Diseases and Surveillance Staff, Veterinary 
Services, APHIS, USDA, P.O. Drawer 810, Riverdale, MD 20738. The 
telephone number for the agency contact will change when agency offices 
in Hyattsville, MD, move to Riverdale, MD, during January. Telephone: 
(301) 436-4918 (Hyattsville); (301) 734-4918 (Riverdale).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In an interim rule effective and published in the Federal Register 
on September 16, 1994 (59 FR 47533-47534, Docket No. 94-009-2), we 
amended the brucellosis regulations in 9 CFR part 78 by removing 
California from the list of Class Free States in Sec. 78.41(a) and 
adding it to the list of Class A States in Sec. 78.41(b).
    Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or 
before November 15, 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 78

    Animal diseases, Bison, Cattle, Hogs, Quarantine, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements, Transportation.

PART 78--BRUCELLOSIS

    Accordingly, we are adopting as a final rule, without change, the 
interim rule that amended 9 CFR 78.41 and that was published at 59 FR 
47533-47534 on September 16, 1994.

    Authority: 21 U.S.C. 111-114a-1, 114g, 115, 117, 120, 121, 123-
126, 134b, 134f; 7 CFR 2.17, 2.51, and 371.2(d).

    Done in Washington, DC, this 6th day of January 1995.
Lonnie J. King,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 95-807 Filed 1-11-95; 8:45 am]
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