[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 150 (Tuesday, August 5, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 42044-42045]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20506]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

9 CFR Part 77

[Docket No. 96-093-2]


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 
Wisconsin from an accredited-free (suspended) State to an accredited-
free State. We have determined that Wisconsin meets the criteria for 
designation as an accredited-free State.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The interim rule was effective on May 7, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Mitchell A. Essey, Senior Staff 
Veterinarian, National Animal Health Programs, VS, APHIS, 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 May 7, 1997 (62 FR 24801-24802, Docket No. 96-093-1), we amended the 
tuberculosis regulations in 9 CFR part 77 by removing Wisconsin from 
the list of accredited-free (suspended) 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 July 7, 1997. 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 12988, 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

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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 62 FR 
24801-24802 on May 7, 1997.

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

    Done in Washington, DC, this 29th day of July 1997.
Terry L. Medley,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 97-20506 Filed 8-4-97; 8:45 am]
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