[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 14 (Monday, January 23, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 4372]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-1634]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
9 CFR Part 92

[Docket No. 94-032-2]


Importation of Brushtail Possums and Hedgehogs From New Zealand

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 animal importation regulations to prohibit the 
importation of brushtail possums and hedgehogs from New Zealand. This 
action is necessary to prevent the introduction of tuberculous animals 
into the United States. The intended effect is to protect domestic 
livestock from tuberculosis.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 22, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Samuel Richeson, Senior Staff 
Veterinarian, Import-Export Animals Staff, National Center for Import-
Export, Veterinary Services, APHIS, USDA, room 764, 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 June 6, 1994 (59 FR 29186-29187, Docket No. 94-032-1), we amended 
the animal importation regulations in 9 CFR part 92 by prohibiting the 
importation of brushtail possums and hedgehogs from New Zealand.
    Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or 
before August 5, 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 diseases, 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 was published at 59 FR 29186-29187 on June 6, 1994, 
and that amended 9 CFR part 92 by adding a new subpart G.

    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 17th day of January 1995.
Lonnie J. King,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 95-1634 Filed 1-20-95; 8:45 am]
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