[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 61 (Tuesday, March 31, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 15285]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8306]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

9 CFR Part 93

[Docket No. 97-104-2]


Specifically Approved States Authorized To Receive Mares and 
Stallions Imported From Regions Where CEM Exists

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Direct final rule; confirmation of effective date.

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SUMMARY: On February 6, 1998, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service published a direct final rule. (See 63 FR 6063-6064, Docket No. 
97-104-1.) The direct final rule notified the public of our intention 
to amend the animal importation regulations by adding Oklahoma to the 
lists of States approved to receive certain mares and stallions 
imported into the United States from regions affected with contagious 
equine metritis. 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: April 7, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dr. David Vogt, Senior Staff Veterinarian, Animals Program, National 
Center for Import and Export, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 39, 
Riverdale, MD 20737-1231, (301) 734-8423; or e-mail: 
[email protected].

    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 24th day of March 1998.
Terry L. Medley,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 98-8306 Filed 3-30-98; 8:45 am]
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