[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 122 (Friday, June 23, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39120-39121]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15918]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. 00-056-1]


Horse Protection Act; List of Designated Qualified Persons

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public and the horse industry of the 
organizations that have a Designated Qualified Person program currently 
certified by the United States Department of Agriculture and the 
designated qualified persons currently licensed under each certified 
organization.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Robert A. Willems, Horse 
Protection Coordinator, APHIS, Animal Care, Unit 304P, 920 Main Campus 
Drive, Suite 200, Raleigh, NC 27606; (919) 716-5544; or e-mail at: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The practice known as ``soring'' causes a horse to suffer pain in 
any of its limbs for the purpose of affecting its performance in the 
show ring. In 1970, Congress passed the Horse Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 
1821-1831), referred to below as the Act, to eliminate the practice of 
soring by prohibiting the showing, selling, or transporting of sored 
horses. Exercising its rulemaking authority under the Act, the Animal 
and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) enforces regulations in 9 
CFR part 11, referred to below as the regulations, that prohibit 
devices and methods that might sore horses.
    In 1979, in response to an amendment to the Act, we established 
regulations under which show management must, to avoid liability for 
any sore horses that are shown, appoint individuals trained to conduct 
preshow inspections to detect or diagnose sored horses. These 
individuals, referred to as designated qualified persons (DQP's), are 
trained and licensed under industry-sponsored DQP programs that we 
certify and monitor. The requirements for DQP programs and licensing of 
DQP's are set forth in Sec. 11.7 of the regulations.
    Section 11.7 also requires that we publish a current list of horse 
industry organizations that have certified DQP programs and a list of 
licensed DQP's in the Federal Register at least once each year. The 
list reads as follows:

Heart of America Walking Horse Association, Route 2, Box 6B, Barry, IL 
62312
    Licensed DQP's: Calvin Bennett, Chad Campbell, Jennifer Campbell, 
Ronnie Cansler, Larry Carriger, William Cox, Alton Cureton, Al Forgey, 
Lawanda Foust, R. Dewey Foust, Robert Foust, Ryan Foust, Fred Gilbany, 
Billy Grooms, Floyd Hampsmire, Jim Hill, Jim King, Philip Mankin, 
Stephen Mullins, Scott Skopec, Steve Skopec, Charlie Smart, Robert 
Smith, Greg Smothers, William Stotler, Jerry Williams, John Williams.
Horse Protection Commission, Inc., P.O. Box 1330, Frazier Park, CA 
93225
    Licensed DQP's: M. Avila, Donna Benefield, D. Collins, Larry 
Connelley, J. Hampton, Kathy Hester, Tom Hester, T. Hubbard, Sebastian 
Kolbusz, Robert Lauer, A. Miller, P. Mitchell, Donna Moore, M. 
Mullhall, Cherie Pitts, Debbie Rash, Chad Shepherd, J. Singleton, P. 
Snodgrass, Vernon Stamper, K. Thompson.
Humane Instruction Technocracy, Inc., P.O. Box 549, Monteagle, TN 37356
    Licensed DQP's: Randy Adams, Doug Barlow, Cherie Beatty, Jay 
Kendig, Chris Lynch, Jim Scullin.
Kentucky Walking Horse Association--HIO, 5493 Roseville Road, Glasgow, 
KY 42141
    Licensed DQP's: Les W. Acree, Lee Arnold, Jackie Brown, Ray Burton, 
Michael Conley, Harold Curry, Eddie Ray Davis, Terry Doyle, James 
Floyd, John Goldey, James M. Goode, Grover Hatton, Bobby W. Helton, J. 
Scott Helton, Leon Hester, Dave Jividen, Mike Kluttz, Paul Lasure, 
Ricky McCammon, Alonzo Napier, Rick O'Neal, Curtis Pittman, Ted Poland, 
Donald Todd, Arnold Walker, Johnnie Zeller.
Missouri Fox Trotting Horse Breed Association, Inc., P.O. Box 1027, 
Ava, MO 65608
    Licensed DQP's: Julie Alford, Jack Arnold, Beverly Berry, Richard 
Carr, Kenneth Cochran, Don Daugherty, Gail Geilenfeldt-Freed, Pat 
Harris, Deb Heggerston, Mark Landers, Edward Lee, Geno Middleton, 
Jeanie Nichols, David Ogle, Mike Osborn, Gary Pierce, Danny Sublett, 
Shawn Sublett, Ken Williams, Lee Yates.
National Horse Show Commission, Inc., P.O. Box 167, Shelbyville, TN 
37160
    Licensed DQP's: Lonnie D. Adkins, Melanie Allen, Nolan Benton, Ray 
Cairnes, Ronnie Campbell, Harry Chaffin, John Cordell, Joe L. 
Cunningham, Sr., Jessie Davis, Jerry Eaton, William Edwards, Anthony 
Eubanks, Craig Evans, James Fields, Bob Flynn, Kathy Givens, Iry 
Gladney, Jimmy House, Larry R. Landreth, Malcolm G. Luttrell, Earl 
Melton, Andy Messick, Lonnie Messick, Richard Messick, Cary C. Myers, 
Harlan Pennington, Dickey Reece, Ricky D. Rutledge, Vernon Shearer, 
Ronnie Slack, Virginia Stanley, Ricky L. Statham, Charles Thomas, Mark 
Thomas, Greg Thomason, John F. Wilson.
National Walking Horse Association, P.O. Box 28, Petersburg, TN 37144
    Licensed DQP's: Don Bell, Jim Chipman, Murral R. Johnson, Pat 
Klabusich, Ralph Lakes, Jeff Smith, Mike Stanley, Pamela Wisecup.
Spotted Saddle Horse Breeders and Exhibitors Association, P.O. Box 
1046, Shelbyville, TN 37162
    Licensed DQP's: Joe ``Buck'' Beard, Earl M. ``Marty'' Coleman, 
Danny Ray Davis, Tommy Derryberry, James ``Tony'' Edwards, Steven L. 
Johnson, Mac McGee, Boyd Melton, E. W. Murray, Rickey Phipps, Russell 
Phipps, Larry ``Keith'' Smith, Don Woodson.
Western International Walking Horse Association, P.O. Box 2075, 
Wilsonville, OR 97070-2075
    Licensed DQP's: Larry Corbett, Don Douglass, Ross Fox, Dennis Izzi, 
Terry Jerke, Joe Nelson, Dave Swingley, Kim Swingley, Kelly Smith, Pat 
Thacker.


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    Done in Washington, DC, this 19th day of June 2000.
William R. DeHaven,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 00-15918 Filed 6-22-00; 8:45 am]
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