[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 1 (Monday, January 4, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 5]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34745]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

9 CFR Part 78

[Docket No. 98-086-2]


Validated Brucellosis-Free States; Alabama

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 swine by adding Alabama to the list of validated 
brucellosis-free States. We have determined that Alabama meets the 
criteria for classification as a validated brucellosis-free State. The 
interim rule relieved certain restrictions on the interstate movement 
of breeding swine from Alabama.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Arnold Taft, Senior Staff 
Veterinarian, National Animal Health Programs, VS, APHIS, 4700 River 
Road Unit 43, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231, (301) 734-4916.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In an interim rule effective and published in the Federal Register 
on August 21, 1998 (63 FR 44776-44777, Docket No. 98-086-1), we amended 
the brucellosis regulations in 9 CFR part 78 by adding Alabama to the 
list of validated brucellosis-free States in Sec. 78.43.
    Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or 
before October 20, 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 
44776-44777 on August 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 24th day of December 1998.
Joan M. Arnoldi,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 98-34745 Filed 12-31-98; 8:45 am]
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