[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 9, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 24547]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11373]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

9 CFR Part 78

[Docket No. 94-134-2]


Brucellosis in Cattle; State and Area Classifications; Colorado

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 Colorado from 
Class A to Class Free. We have determined that Colorado meets the 
standards for Class Free status. The interim rule was necessary to 
relieve certain restrictions on the interstate movement of cattle from 
Colorado.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 8, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Michael J. Gilsdorf, Senior Staff 
Veterinarian, Cattle Diseases and Surveillance Staff, VS, APHIS, USDA, 
Suite 3B08, 4700 River Road Unit 36, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; (301) 
734-4918.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In an interim rule effective and published in the Federal Register 
on January 23, 1995 (60 FR 4371-4372, Docket No. 94-134-1), we amended 
the brucellosis regulations in 9 CFR part 78 by removing Colorado from 
the list of Class A States in Sec. 78.41(b) and adding it to the list 
of Class Free States in Sec. 78.1(a).
    Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or 
before March 24, 1995. 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 60 FR 
4371-4372 on January 23, 1995.

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

    Done in Washington, DC, this 28th day of April 1995.
Lonnie J. King,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 95-11373 Filed 5-8-95; 8:45 am]
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