[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 212 (Thursday, October 31, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 56116]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27973]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

9 CFR Parts 71 and 75

[Docket No. 96-040-2]


CEM; Remove Interstate Movement Regulations

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Direct final rule; confirmation of effective date.

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SUMMARY: On September 10, 1996, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service published a direct final rule. (See 61 FR 47669-47671, Docket 
No. 96-040-1.) The direct final rule notified the public of our 
intention to remove the regulations governing the interstate movement 
of horses affected with or exposed to contagious equine metritis and to 
add this disease to a list of diseases not known to exist in the United 
States. The last areas of the United States quarantined for contagious 
equine metritis were removed from quarantine in 1987, and the disease 
has not been known to exist in the United States since that time. We 
did not receive any written adverse comments or written notice of 
intent to submit adverse comments in response to the direct final rule.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the direct final rule is 
confirmed as: November 12, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Tim Cordes, Senior Staff 
Veterinarian, National Animal Health Programs, VS, APHIS, 4700 River 
Road Unit 43, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231, (301) 734-3279.

    Authority: 21 U.S.C. 111-113, 114a, 114a-1, 115-117, 120-126, 
and 134-134h; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.2(d).

    Done in Washington, D.C., this 24th day of October 1996.
A. Strating,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 96-27973 Filed 10-30-96; 8:45 am]
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