[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 189 (Monday, September 30, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 61293]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-24752]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

9 CFR Part 93

[Docket No. 99-012-2]


Standards for Permanent, Privately Owned Horse Quarantine 
Facilities

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: We are reopening the comment period for our proposed rule that 
would amend the regulations pertaining to the importation of horses to 
establish standards for the approval of permanent, privately owned 
quarantine facilities for horses. 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 
October 15, 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. 99-012-1, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Suite 
3C03, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231. Please state 
that your comment refers to Docket No. 99-012-1. 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. 
99-012-1'' in the subject line.
    You may read any comments that we receive on Docket No. 99-012-1 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. Andrea Morgan, Staff Veterinarian, 
National Center for Import and Export, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 
39, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 734-8364.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 1, 2002, we published in the Federal Register (67 FR 44097-
44111, Docket No. 99-012-1) a proposal to amend the regulations 
pertaining to the importation of horses to establish standards for the 
approval of permanent, privately owned quarantine facilities for 
horses.
    Comments on the proposed rule were required to be received on or 
before August 30, 2002. We are reopening the comment period on Docket 
No. 99-012-1 until October 15, 2002. This action will allow interested 
persons additional time to prepare and submit comments. We will also 
consider all comments received between August 30, 2002, and the date of 
this notice.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1622 and 8301-8316; 21 U.S.C 136 and 136a; 
31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4.

    Done in Washington, DC, this 25th day of September, 2002.
Peter Fernandez,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 02-24752 Filed 9-27-02; 8:45 am]
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