[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 6, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 50791]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-19769]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

9 CFR Part 77

[Docket No. 02-021-2]


Tuberculosis in Cattle and Bison; State and Zone Designations; 
Texas

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 an 
interim rule that amended the bovine tuberculosis regulations regarding 
State and zone classifications by removing the split-State status of 
Texas and classifying the entire State as modified accredited advanced. 
The interim rule also solicited comments on the current regulatory 
provisions of the domestic bovine tuberculosis eradication program. 
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 
September 5, 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. 02-021-1, 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. 02-021-1. 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. 
02-021-1'' on the subject line.
    You may read any comments that we receive on Docket No. 02-021-1 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, National Animal Health Programs, VS, APHIS, 4700 River 
Road Unit 43, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 734-7716.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 6, 2002, we published an interim rule in the Federal 
Register (67 FR 38841-38844, Docket No. 02-021-1). In that document, we 
amended the bovine tuberculosis regulations regarding State and zone 
classifications by removing the split-State status of Texas and 
classifying the entire State as modified accredited advanced. In 
addition to requesting comments on the change in the tuberculosis 
classification status of Texas, we requested comments on the current 
regulatory provisions of the domestic bovine tuberculosis eradication 
program.
    Comments were required to be received or postmarked by August 5, 
2002. Based on requests received during the comment period, we are 
reopening and extending the comment period for Docket 02-021-1 until 
September 5, 2002. This action will allow interested persons additional 
time to prepare and submit comments.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 8301-8317; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4.

    Done in Washington, DC, this 31st day of July, 2002.
Peter Fernandez,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 02-19769 Filed 8-5-02; 8:45 am]
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