[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 134 (Thursday, July 11, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 36520]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17672]
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Proposed Rules
Federal Register
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these
notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.
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Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 134 / Thursday, July 11, 1996 /
Proposed Rules
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
9 CFR Parts 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, and 98
[Docket No. 94-106-4]
RIN 0579-AA71
Importation of Animals and Animal Products
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: We are extending the comment period for our proposed rule that
would amend the regulations regarding the importation of animals and
animal products by establishing criteria for foreign ``regions'' based
on risk class levels. We are also announcing the availability, through
the World Wide Web and in our comment reading room, of information
concerning public comments received on the proposed rule, transcripts
of public hearings held on the proposed rule, and other documents that
are part of the administrative record for the proposed rule.
DATES: Consideration will be given only to comments on the proposed
rule received on or before September 16, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted as paper copies or by electronic
mail. If you submit paper copies, please send an original and three
copies of your comments to Docket No. 94-106-1, Regulatory Analysis and
Development, PPD, APHIS, suite 3C03, 4700 River Road Unit 118,
Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. Please state that your comments refer to
Docket No. 94-106-1. We encourage the submission of copies by
electronic mail, since this both facilitates our analysis of the
comments and allows us to make the text of comments available to the
public via the Internet. The e-mail address for comments on this
proposed rule is [email protected]. Please be sure to include
your full name and organization in any comments you submit by e-mail.
If your e-mail comment is a duplicate of a paper copy you have
submitted, please state this in the first line of your e-mail message.
Comments submitted by e-mail will be posted to the APHIS
Regionalization Proposal Web Page within a few days after receipt. This
Web page also contains copies of the proposed rule in several formats,
lists of persons who have submitted comments, transcripts of public
hearings held on the proposed rule, and other background information
from the administrative record of the proposed rule. The Web page URL
is http://www.aphis.usda.gov/PPD/region. Both paper and e-mail comments
received may be inspected at USDA, room 1141, South Building, 14th
Street and Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC, between 8 a.m. and
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. Persons wishing to
inspect comments are requested to call ahead on (202) 690-2817 to
facilitate entry into the comment reading room.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Gary Colgrove, Chief Staff
Veterinarian, National Center for Import and Export, VS, APHIS, 4700
River Road Unit 38, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231, (301) 734-8590.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 18, 1996, we published in the
Federal Register (61 FR 16978-17105, Docket No. 94-106-1), a proposal
to amend the regulations in title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations
regarding the importation of animals and animal products. We proposed
to establish criteria for foreign ``regions'' based on risk class
levels that would apply to the importation of ruminants and swine and
the products of these animals. We also proposed to allow, under certain
conditions, the unloading and reloading at the port of arrival of meat
and other animal products otherwise prohibited entry into the United
States.
Comments on the proposed rule were required to be received on or
before July 17, 1996. We have received four requests to extend the
period during which comments will be accepted. These requests were
received from an advisory committee to the Secretary of Agriculture, a
livestock institute, a veterinary association, and an animal health
association.
In response to these requests, we are extending the comment period
on Docket No. 94-106-1 for an additional 60 days. We believe this
action, along with the series of four public hearings that we have held
regarding the proposal, will allow the organizations requesting
extension of the comment period and all other interested persons
adequate opportunity to prepare and submit comments.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1622; 19 U.S.C. 1306; 21 U.S.C. 102-105,
111, 114a, 134a, 134b, 134c, 134d, 134f, 135, 136, and 136a; 31
U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.2(d).
Done in Washington, DC, this 3rd day of July 1996.
Terry L. Medley,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 96-17672 Filed 7-10-96; 8:45 am]
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