[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 193 (Tuesday, October 6, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 53547-53548]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26764]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

9 CFR Part 77

[Docket No. 97-063-3]


Tuberculosis in Cattle and Bison; State Designation; Hawaii

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 
Hawaii from an accredited-free (suspended) State to an accredited-free 
State. We have determined that Hawaii meets the

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criteria for designation as an accredited-free State.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The interim rule was effective on June 1, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Joseph VanTiem, Senior Staff 
Veterinarian, National Animal Health Programs, VS, APHIS, 4700 River 
Road Unit 43, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231, (301) 734-7716.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In an interim rule effective June 1, 1998, and published in the 
Federal Register on June 5, 1998 (63 FR 30582-30583, Docket No. 97-063-
2), we amended the tuberculosis regulations in 9 CFR part 77 by 
removing Hawaii 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 August 4, 1998. We did not receive any comments. Therefore, for 
the reasons given in the interim rule, we are adopting the interim rule 
as a final 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 
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 63 FR 
30582-30583 on June 5, 1998.

    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 30th day of September 1998.
Craig A. Reed,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 98-26764 Filed 10-5-98; 8:45 am]
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