[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 188 (Thursday, September 27, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 49271]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

9 CFR Part 77

[Docket No. 99-092-2]


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

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 bovine tuberculosis regulations to recognize two 
separate zones with different tuberculosis risk classifications in the 
State of Texas. The interim rule was necessary to prevent the spread of 
tuberculosis and to further the progress of the domestic bovine 
tuberculosis eradication program.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The interim rule became effective on November 22, 2000.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In an interim rule effective and published in the Federal Register 
on November 22, 2000 (65 FR 70284-70286, Docket No. 99-092-1), we 
amended the bovine tuberculosis regulations in 9 CFR part 77 by 
recognizing two separate zones with different tuberculosis risk 
classifications in the State of Texas. That action was necessary to 
prevent the spread of tuberculosis and to further the progress of the 
domestic bovine tuberculosis eradication program.
    Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or 
before January 22, 2001. We received one comment by that date, from a 
veterinary medical association. The commenter supported the interim 
rule.
    Therefore, for the reasons given in the interim rule, we are 
adopting the interim rule as a final rule without change.
    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.

Lists 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 65 FR 
70284-70286 on November 22, 2000.

    Authority: 21 U.S.C. 111, 114, 114a, 115-117, 120, 121, 134b and 
134f; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4.

    Done in Washington, DC, this 21st day of September 2001.
Bobby R. Acord,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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