[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 183 (Thursday, September 21, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 48882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23478]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

9 CFR Part 77

[Docket No. 93-058-2]


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

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 23, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Mitchell A. Essey, Senior Staff 
Veterinarian, Cattle Diseases and Surveillance, VS, APHIS, 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 June 27, 1995 (60 FR 33100-33101, Docket No. 93-058-1), we amended 
the tuberculosis regulations in 9 CFR part 77 by removing Kansas 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 August 28, 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 
33100-33101 on June 27, 1995.

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

    Done in Washington, DC, this 15th day of September 1995.
Terry L. Medley,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 95-23478 Filed 9-20-95; 8:45 am]
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