[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 193 (Tuesday, October 6, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 53548-53549]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26767]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

9 CFR Part 78

[Docket No. 98-068-2]


Brucellosis in Cattle; State and Area Classifications; Louisiana

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 Louisiana from 
Class Free to Class A. We have determined that Louisiana no longer 
meets the standards for Class Free status. The interim rule was 
necessary to impose certain restrictions on the interstate movement of 
cattle from Louisiana.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The interim rule was effective on June 16, 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 on June 16, 1998, and published in the 
Federal Register on June 24, 1998 (63 FR 34264-34266, Docket No. 98-
068-1), we amended the brucellosis regulations in 9 CFR part 78 by 
removing Louisiana from the list of Class Free States in Sec. 78.41(a) 
and adding it to the list of Class A States in Sec. 78.41(b).
    Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or 
before

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August 24, 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 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 78 and that was published at 63 FR 
34264-34266 on June 24, 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 30th day of September 1998.
Craig A. Reed,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 98-26767 Filed 10-5-98; 8:45 am]
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