[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 26 (Tuesday, February 8, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 5998-5999]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-2779]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

9 CFR Part 77

[Docket No. 99-063-2]


Tuberculosis in Cattle and Bison; State Designations; California, 
Pennsylvania, and Puerto Rico

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

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movement of cattle and bison by raising the designations of California, 
Pennsylvania, and Puerto Rico from modified accredited States to 
accredited-free States. We have determined that California, 
Pennsylvania, and Puerto Rico meet the criteria for designation as 
accredited-free States.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The interim rule became effective on October 14, 1999.

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 October 14, 1999, and published in the 
Federal Register on October 20, 1999 (64 FR 56399-56400, Docket No. 99-
063-1), we amended the tuberculosis regulations in 9 CFR part 77 by 
removing California, Pennsylvania, and Puerto Rico from the list of 
modified accredited States in Sec. 77.1 and adding them to the list of 
accredited-free States in that section.
    Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or 
before December 20, 1999. 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 64 FR 
56399-56400 on October 20, 1999.

    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 2nd day of February 2000.
Bobby R. Acord,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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