[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 166 (Monday, August 28, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 44416]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-21186]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
9 CFR Part 77

[Docket No. 95-020-2]


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 raising the designation of 
North Carolina from a modified accredited State to an accredited-free 
State. We have determined that North Carolina meets the criteria for 
designation as an accredited-free State.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 27, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Mitchell A. Essey, Senior Staff 
Veterinarian, Cattle Diseases and Surveillance, VS, APHIS, Suite 3B08, 
4700 River Road Unit 36, Riverdale, MD, 20737-1231, (301) 734-7727.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In an interim rule effective and published in the Federal Register 
on April 13, 1995 (60 FR 18728-18729, Docket No. 95-020-1), we amended 
the tuberculosis regulations in 9 CFR part 77 by removing North 
Carolina from the list of modified accredited States in Sec. 77.1 and 
adding it to the list of accredited-free States in that section.

    Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or 
before June 12, 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 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 60 FR 
18728-18729 on April 13, 1995.

    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 18th day of August 1995.
Lonnie J. King,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 95-21186 Filed 8-25-95; 8:45 am]
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