[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 16, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 16617]
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[FR Doc No: 96-9345]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

9 CFR Part 77

[Docket No. 95-072-2]


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

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 16, 1996.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In an interim rule effective and published in the Federal Register 
on December 8, 1995 (60 FR 62988-62989, Docket No. 95-072-1), we 
amended the tuberculosis regulations in 9 CFR part 77 by removing 
Wisconsin from the list of accredited-free States in Sec. 77.1 and 
adding it to the list of accredited-free (suspended) States in that 
section.
    Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or 
before February 6, 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.
    Furthermore, 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 part 77 and that was published at 60 FR 
62988-62989 on December 8, 1995.


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

    Done in Washington, DC, this 10th day of April 1996.
Terry L. Medley,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 96-9345 Filed 4-15-96; 8:45 am]
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