[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 129 (Friday, July 5, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44798-44799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-16992]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. 98-090-3]


Classical Swine Fever: Availability of Risk Analysis Related to 
the Importation of Swine and Swine Products From the European Union

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of reopening and extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: We are reopening and extending the comment period for a 
revised analysis of the risk of introducing classical swine fever virus 
in swine and swine products imported from the European Union. This 
action will allow interested persons additional time to prepare and 
submit comments.

DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before July 
17, 2002.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by postal mail/commercial delivery 
or by e-mail. If you use postal mail/commercial delivery, please send 
four copies of your comment (an original and three copies) to: Docket 
No. 98-090-2, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 
3C71, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. Please state 
that your comment refers to Docket No. 98-090-2. If you use e-mail, 
address your comment to [email protected]. Your comment must 
be contained in the body of your message; do not send attached files. 
Please include your name and address in your message and ``Docket No. 
98-090-2'' on the subject line.
    You may read the revised risk analysis and any comments that we 
receive on that document 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.
    You may request a copy of ``Risk Analysis for Importation of 
Classical Swine Fever in Swine and Swine Products from the European 
Union December 2000'' by writing to the person listed below under FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. The risk analysis is also available on the 
Internet. Instructions for electronic access are included below under 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
    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. Anne Goodman, Supervisory Staff 
Officer, Regionalization Evaluation Services Staff, National Center for 
Import and Export, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 38, Riverdale, MD 
20737-1231; (301) 734-4356.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 3, 2002, we published in the Federal Register (67 FR 22388-
22389, Docket No. 98-090-2) a notice of the availability of and request 
for comments on a revised risk analysis of the risk of introducing 
classical swine fever virus in swine and swine products imported from 
the European Union.
    Comments on the revised risk analysis were required to be received 
on or before July 2, 2002. We are reopening and extending the comment 
period on the risk analysis for an additional 15 days ending July 17, 
2002. This action

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will allow interested persons additional time to prepare and submit 
comments.

Accessing the Revised Risk Analysis on the Internet

    The Internet address for accessing the revised risk analysis is 
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/reg-request.html. At the bottom of that 
Web site page, click on ``Information previously submitted by Regions 
requesting export approval and their supporting documentation.'' At the 
next screen, click on the triangle beside ``European Union/Not 
Specified/Classical Swine Fever,'' then on the triangle beside 
``Response by APHIS.'' A link will then appear for ``Risk Analysis for 
Importation of Classical Swine Fever Virus in Swine and Swine Products 
from the European Union December 2000.'' Following that link will allow 
you to view the revised risk analysis.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450, 1622, 7711-7714, 7751, 7754, 8303, 
8306, 8307, 8308, 8310, 8311, 8313, and 8315; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 
136a; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 42 U.S.C. 4331 and 4332; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 
371.4.

    Done in Washington, DC, this 2nd day of July 2002.
Bobby R. Acord,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 02-16992 Filed 7-3-02; 8:45 am]
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