[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 9 (Thursday, January 14, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 2449]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-799]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

9 CFR Part 93

[Docket No. 97-131-2]


Horses From Qatar; Change in Disease Status

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of reopening and extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: We are reopening and extending the comment period for a 
proposed rule concerning the importation of horses to remove Qatar from 
the list of regions the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 
considers affected with African horse sickness. This reopening and 
extension will provide interested groups and individuals with 
additional time to prepare comments on the proposed rule.

DATES: Consideration will be given only to comments on Docket No. 97-
131-1 that are received on or before February 16, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Please send an original and three copies of your comments to 
Docket No. 97-131-1, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, 
suite 3C03, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. Please 
state that your comments refer to Docket No. 97-131-1. Comments 
received may be inspected at USDA, room 1141, South Building, 14th 
Street and Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC, between 8 a.m. and 
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. Persons wishing to 
inspect comments are requested to call ahead on (202) 690-2817 to 
facilitate entry into the comment reading room.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. John Cougill, Senior Staff 
Veterinarian, Products Program, National Center for Import and Export, 
VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 40, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231, (301) 
734-3399; or e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 12, 1998, we published in the Federal 
Register (63 FR 26099-26100 Docket No. 97-131-1) a proposed rule 
concerning the importation of horses to remove Qatar from the list of 
regions the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service considers 
affected with African horse sickness. Comments on the proposed rule 
were required to be received on or before July 13, 1998.
    So that we may consider comments received after that date, we are 
reopening and extending the public comment period on Docket No. 97-131-
1 until 30 days after the date of the publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register. During this period, other interested persons may also 
submit their comments for our consideration.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1622; 19 U.S.C. 1306; 21 U.S.C. 102-105, 
111, 114a, 134a, 134b, 134c, 134d, 134f, 135, 136, and 136a; 31 
U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.2(d).

    Done in Washington, DC, this 23rd day of December 1998.
Joan M. Arnoldi,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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