[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 122 (Thursday, June 25, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 34628]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16962]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. 98-066-1]
Horse Protection Certified Designated Qualified Person (DQP)
Programs and Licensed DQP's
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice advises the general public and the horse industry
of the Designated Qualified Person (DQP) programs currently certified
by the Department of Agriculture, and the currently licensed DQP's
under each certified program.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Dick Watkins, Initiatives
Coordinator, Animal Care, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 84, Riverdale, MD
20737-1234, (301) 734-7712; or e-mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The practice known as ``soring'' is the
causing of suffering in show horses to affect their performance in the
show ring. In 1970, Congress passed the Horse Protection Act (15 U.S.C.
1821-1831), referred to below as the Act, to eliminate the practice of
soring by prohibiting the showing or selling of sored horses.
Exercising our rulemaking power under the Act, we issued regulations at
9 CFR part 11, referred to below as the regulations, that prohibit
devices and methods that might sore horses.
In 1979, in response to an amendment to the Act, we established
regulations under which show management must, to avoid liability for
any sore horses that are shown, appoint individuals trained to conduct
preshow inspections to detect or diagnose sored horses. The
individuals, referred to as Designated Qualified Persons (DQP's), are
trained and licensed under industry sponsored DQP programs that we
certify and monitor. The requirements for DQP programs and licensing of
DQP's are set forth in Sec. 11.7 of the regulations.
Section 11.7 also requires that, at least once each year, we
publish in the Federal Register a current list of certified DQP
programs and licensed DQP's. Following is that list:
Heart of America Walking Horse Association, Route 2, Box 6B, Barry, IL
62312
Licensed DQP's: Chadwick Campbell, Jennifer Campbell, Larry
Carriger, William H. Cox, A.L. Fogey, Lawanda Foust, R. Dewey Foust,
Robert Foust, Fred Gebbany, Billy Grooms, Floyd Hampsmire, Phillip
Manker, Steve Mullins, Ted Nichols, Wendell Pig, Billie Schafer, Linda
Scrivner, Scott Skopec, Charlie Smartt, Robert H. Smith, William
Stotler, John Williams
Horse Protection Commission, Inc., P.O. Box 1330, Frazier Park, CA
93225
Licensed DQP's: Donna Benefield, Larry Connelly, Kathy Hester, Tom
Hester, Sebastian Kolbusz, Robert Lauer, Donna Moore, Cherie Pitts,
Chad Shepherd
Missouri Fox Trotting Horse Breed Association, Inc., P.O. Box 1027,
Ava, MO 65608
Licensed DQP's: Richard Carr, Daryl L. Caswell, Pat Harris, Edward
Lee, Ken Williams, Lee Yates,
National Horse Show Commission, Inc., P.O. Box 167, Shelbyville, TN
37160
Licensed DQP's: Lonnie D. Adkins, Melanie Allen, Nolan Benton,
Johny Black, Ray Cairnes, Ronnie Campbell, Rick Carl, Richard Carr,
Harry Chaffin, John Cordell, Joe L. Cuningham, Sr., Eddie Ray Davis,
Jessie Davis, Jerry Eaton, William Edwards, Robert Estes, Anthony
Eubanks, James Fields, Bob Flynn, Kathy Givens, Iry Gladney, Grover
Hatton, Jimmy House, Dave Jividen, Gary Kimmons, Dana Kyte, Larry R.
Landreth, William (Bill) Lones, Malcom G. Lutrell, John Marsee, G. K.
Mease, Earl Melton, Andy Messick, Lonnie Messick, Richard Messick,
Percy Moss, Cary C. Myers, Harlan Pennington, Curtis Pittman, Ted
Poland, Barney Porter, Dickey Reece, Ricky D. Rutledge, Vernon Shearer,
Ronnie Slack, Ricky L. Statham, Don Steen, J. N. Syrcle, Charles
Thomas, Mark Thomas, Steven Thomas, Virginia Wagner, Arnold ``Sarge''
Walker, Doug Watkins, Tommy Willett, Willie Gene Williams, John F.
Wilson
Spotted Saddle Horse Breeders and Exhibitors Association, P.O. Box
1046, Shelbyville, TN 37162
Licensed DQP's: Earl M. ``Marty'' Coleman, Danny Ray Davis, Boyd
Melton, Lucky Thornton, Don Woodson
Western International Walking Horse Association 18525 SE 346, Auburn,
WA 98092,
Licensed DQP's: Larry Corbett, Don Douglas, Ross Fox, Dennis Izzi,
Terry Jerke, Dave Swingley, Kim Swingley.
Done in Washington, DC, this 19th day of June 1998.
Craig A. Reed,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 98-16962 Filed 6-24-98; 8:45 am]
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