[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 4 (Monday, January 7, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 649]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

9 CFR Part 93

[Docket No. 01-055-2]


States Approved To Receive Stallions and Mares From CEM-Affected 
Regions; Rhode Island

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Direct final rule; confirmation of effective date.

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SUMMARY: On November 1, 2001, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service published a direct final rule. (See 66 FR 55068-55071, Docket 
No. 01-055-1.) The direct final rule notified the public of our 
intention to amend the animal importation regulations by adding Rhode 
Island to the list of States approved to receive certain stallions and 
mares imported into the United States from regions affected with 
contagious equine metritis (CEM). We did not receive any written 
adverse comments or written notice of intent to submit adverse comments 
in response to the direct final rule.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the direct final rule is 
confirmed as December 31, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Barbara Bischoff, Staff 
Veterinarian, National Center for Import and Export, Technical Trade 
Services, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 39, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; 
(301) 734-8364.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1622; 19 U.S.C. 1306; 21 U.S.C. 102-105, 
111, 114a, 134a, 134b, 134c, 134d, 134f, 136, and 136a; 31 U.S.C. 
9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4.

    Done in Washington, DC, this 26th day of December 2001.
W. Ron DeHaven,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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