[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 156 (Thursday, August 13, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 43291-43292]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21762]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

9 CFR Part 78

[Docket No. 98-018-2]


Brucellosis in Cattle; State and Area Classifications; Georgia

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 brucellosis regulations concerning the interstate 
movement of cattle by changing the classification of Georgia from Class 
A to Class Free. We have determined that Georgia meets the standards 
for Class Free status. The interim rule was necessary to relieve 
certain restrictions on the interstate movement of cattle from Georgia.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The interim rule was effective on April 21, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. R.T. Rollo, Jr., Staff 
Veterinarian, National Animal Health Programs, VS, APHIS, 4700 River 
Road Unit 43, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231, (301) 734-7709; or e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In an interim rule effective and published in the Federal Register 
on April 21, 1998 (63 FR 19652-19653, Docket No. 98-018-1), we amended 
the brucellosis regulations in 9 CFR part 78 by removing Georgia from 
the list of Class A States in Sec. 78.41(b) and adding it to the list 
of Class Free States in Sec. 78.41(a).
    Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or 
before June 22, 1998. 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.

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    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 78

    Animal diseases, Bison, Cattle, Hogs, Quarantine, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements, Transportation.

PART 78--BRUCELLOSIS

    Accordingly, we are adopting as a final rule, without change, the 
interim rule that amended 9 CFR part 78 and that was published at 63 FR 
19652-19653 on April 21, 1998.

    Authority: 21 U.S.C. 111-114a-1, 114g, 115, 117, 120, 121, 123-
126, 134b, and 134f; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.2(d).

    Done in Washington, DC, this 7th day of August 1998.
Joan M. Arnoldi,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 98-21762 Filed 8-12-98; 8:45 am]
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