[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 10, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 15881-15882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8903]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

9 CFR Part 78

[Docket No. 95-074-2]


Validated Brucellosis-Free States; Georgia

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 swine by adding Georgia to the list of validated 
brucellosis-free States. We have determined that Georgia meets the 
criteria for classification as a validated brucellosis-free State. The 
interim rule relieved certain restrictions on the

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interstate movement of breeding swine from Georgia.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The interim rule was effective on December 29, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Arnold Taft, Senior Staff 
Veterinarian, National Animal Health Programs, VS, APHIS, suite 3B08, 
4700 River Road Unit 43, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231, (301) 734-4916; or 
e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In an interim rule effective and published in the Federal Register 
on December 29, 1995 (60 FR 67320-67321, Docket No. 95-074-1), we 
amended the brucellosis regulations in 9 CFR Part 78 by adding Georgia 
to the list of validated brucellosis-free States in Sec. 78.43.
    Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or 
before February 27, 1996. 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 Part 78 and that was published at 60 FR 
67320-67321 on December 29, 1995.

    Authority: 21 U.S.C. 111-114a-1, 114g, 115, 117, 120, 121, 123-
126, 134b, and 134f; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.2(d).

    Done in Washington, DC, this 4th day of April 1996.
Lonnie J. King,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 96-8903 Filed 4-9-96; 8:45 am]
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