[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 58 (Friday, March 24, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 15877-15878]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-7445]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

9 CFR Part 77

[Docket No. 99-038-2]


Tuberculosis in Cattle, Bison, Goats, and Captive Cervids; State 
and Zone Designations; Correction

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: We are correcting an error in a proposed rule that would amend 
the bovine tuberculosis regulations. This proposed rule was published 
in the Federal Register on March 7, 2000 (65 FR 11912-11940, Docket No. 
99-038-1).

DATES: We invite you to comment on the proposed rule (Docket No. 99-
038-1), as corrected by this document. We will consider all comments 
that we receive by April 21, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Please send your comment and three copies to: Docket No. 99-
038-1, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Suite 3C03, 
4700 River Road, Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238.
    Please state that your comment refers to Docket No. 99-038-1.
    You may read any comments that we receive on Docket No. 99-038-1 in 
our reading room. The reading room is located in room 1141 of the USDA 
South Building, 14th Street and Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, 
DC. Normal reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, except holidays. To be sure someone is there to help you, 
please call (202) 690-2817 before coming.
    APHIS documents published in the Federal Register, and related 
information, including the names of organizations and individuals who 
have commented on APHIS dockets, are available on the Internet at 
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/webrepor.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Joseph Van Tiem, Senior Staff 
Veterinarian, VS, APHIS, USDA, 4700 River Road Unit 43, Riverdale, MD 
20737-1231; (301) 734-7716.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We published in the Federal Register on 
March 7, 2000, (65 FR 11912-11940, Docket No. 99-038-1), a proposed 
rule to amend the bovine tuberculosis regulations (9 CFR part 77).
    There are several errors in that document. The first is in proposed 
Sec. 77.10(b), which sets forth the requirements for the interstate 
movement of certain cattle and bison from States and zones listed as 
modified accredited advanced with regard to tuberculosis. It provides 
that if cattle or bison to be moved interstate from a modified 
accredited advanced State or zone are steers or spayed heifers, or are 
officially identified sexually intact heifers to be moved to an 
approved feedlot, the animals may be moved interstate without 
restriction.
    However, as explained in the Supplementary Information section of 
the proposed rule, any such animals moved interstate, if they are not 
individually identified by a registration name and number, would be 
required to be officially identified.
    The other errors are in subpart C, ``Captive Cervids,'' in the 
lists of States and zones with regard to tuberculosis risk 
classifications for captive cervids. These classifications appear in 
Sec. 77.22(a) and (b) for accredited free States and zones, 
Sec. 77.24(a) and (b) for modified accredited advanced States and 
zones, Sec. 77.26(a) and (b) for modified accredited States and zones, 
Sec. 77.28(a) and (b) for accreditation preparatory States and zones, 
and Sec. 77.30(a) and (b) for nonaccredited States and zones. As set 
forth in the proposed rule, all States and zones are classified as 
either modified accredited or accreditation preparatory, and that is 
not correct. As explained in the Supplementary Information section of 
the proposed rule, only some States and zones should be classified as 
modified accredited or accreditation preparatory for captive cervids. 
The remainder should be classified as accredited-free or modified 
accredited advanced.
    This document corrects proposed Secs. 77.10(b), 77.22(a) and (b), 
77.24(a), 77.26(a) and (b), and 77.28(a) as follows so that they are 
consistent with the explanations in the Supplementary Information 
section of the proposed rule.

PART 77--[CORRECTED]

    1. On page 11928, column 1, Sec. 77.10(b) is corrected to read as 
follows:


Sec. 77.10  Interstate movement from modified accredited advanced 
States and zones.

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    (b) Cattle or bison may be moved interstate if they are steers or 
spayed heifers, or are officially identified sexually intact heifers 
moved to an approved feedlot. All cattle and bison so moved that are 
not individually identified by a registration name and number must be 
officially identified.
* * * * *
    2. On page 11931, column 3, Sec. 77.22(a) and (b) are corrected to 
read as follows:


Sec. 77.22  Accredited-free States or zones.

    (a) The following are accredited-free States: Alaska, Colorado, 
Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, 
Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South 
Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont,Virginia, Washington, and 
Wyoming.
    (b) The following are accredited-free zones: That part of Michigan 
other than the zone described in Sec. 77.26(b).
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    3. On page 11932, column 1, Sec. 77.24(a) is corrected to read as 
follows:


Sec. 77.24  Modified accredited advanced States or zones.

    (a) The following are modified accredited advanced States: Arizona, 
California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, 
New

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Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Wisconsin.
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    4. On page 11932, column 3, Sec. 77.26(a) and (b) are corrected to 
read as follows:


Sec. 77.26  Modified accredited States or zones.

    (a) The following are modified accredited States: None.
    (b) The following are modified accredited zones: A zone in Michigan 
delineated by starting at the juncture of State Route 55 and Interstate 
75, then heading northwest and north along Interstate 75 to the Straits 
of Mackinac, then southeast and south along the shoreline of Michigan 
to the eastern terminus of State Route 55, then west along State Route 
55 to Interstate 75.
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    5. On page 11933, column 2, Sec. 77.28(a) is corrected to read as 
follows:


Sec. 77.28  Accreditation preparatory States or zones.

    (a) The following are modified accredited States: Alabama, 
Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, 
Massachusetts, New Mexico, Ohio, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, and West Virginia.
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    Done in Washington, DC, this 21st day of March 2000.
Bobby R. Acord,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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