[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 42 (Friday, March 3, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 11898]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-5287]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
9 CFR Part 77

[Docket No. 94-053-3]


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 reducing the designation of 
Virginia from an accredited-free (suspended) State to a modified 
accredited State. We have determined that Virginia no longer meets the 
criteria for designation as an accredited-free (suspended) State but 
meets the criteria for designation as a modified accredited State. This 
change was necessary to prevent the spread of tuberculosis in cattle 
and bison.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 3, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Mitchell A. Essey, Senior Staff 
Veterinarian, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary 
Services, Cattle Diseases and Surveillance, 4700 River Road Unit 36, 
Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 734-8715.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In an interim rule effective and published in the Federal Register 
on November 29, 1994 (59 FR 60885-60886, Docket No. 94-053-2), we 
amended the tuberculosis regulations in 9 CFR part 77 by removing 
Virginia from the list of accredited-free (suspended) States in 
Sec. 77.1 and adding it to the list of modified accredited States in 
that section.
    Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or 
before January 30, 1995. We did not receive any comments. The facts 
presented in the interim rule still provide a basis for the rule.
    The 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 
60885-60886 on November 29, 1994.

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

    Done in Washington, DC, this 27th day of February 1995.
Terry L. Medley,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 95-5287 Filed 3-2-95; 8:45 am]
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