[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 16, 2005)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 48073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-16142]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

21 CFR Part 1240


Turtles Intrastate and Interstate Requirements

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Final rule; technical amendment.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending its 
regulation regarding the intrastate and interstate distribution of 
turtles to reflect a change in responsibility for administering the 
provisions of the regulations from FDA's Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) to FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine 
(CVM). FDA is taking this action to enable the agency to more 
effectively administer the provisions of this regulation.

DATES: This rule is effective August 16, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Paige, Center for Veterinary 
Medicine (HFV-230), Food and Drug Administration, 7519 Standish Pl., 
Rockville, MD 20855, 240-276-9210, e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FDA is amending its regulations regarding 
the intrastate and interstate distribution of turtles (Sec.  1240.62 
(21 CFR 1240.62)) to reflect the transfer of regulatory responsibility 
from CFSAN to CVM. Except as otherwise provided, Sec.  1240.62 requires 
that viable turtle eggs and live turtles with a carapace length of less 
than 4 inches not be sold, held for sale, or offered for any other type 
of commercial or public distribution. FDA is amending this regulation 
because current expertise for addressing issues regarding this 
regulation is within CVM. Reassigning regulatory responsibility to CVM 
more effectively utilizes agency resources in administering the 
provisions of the regulation.
    Publication of this document constitutes final action on this 
change under the Administrative Procedures Act (5 U.S.C. 553). FDA has 
determined that notice and public comment are unnecessary because this 
amendment to the regulation is nonsubstantive. It merely reflects an 
organizational change.

List of Subjects in 21 CFR Part 1240

    Communicable diseases, Public health, Travel restrictions, Water 
supply.

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Therefore, under the Public Health Service Act and under authority 
delegated to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, 21 CFR part 1240 is 
amended as follows:

PART 1240--CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

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1. The authority citation for 21 CFR part 1240 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 216, 243, 264, 271.


Sec.  1240.62  [Amended]

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2. Section 1240.62 is amended as follows:
    a. In paragraphs (c)(1)(i), (c)(1)(ii), (c)(1)(v), and (c)(2) by 
removing ``Director of the Center for Food Safety and Applied 
Nutrition'' each time it appears, and adding in its place ``Director of 
the Center for Veterinary Medicine''.
    b. In paragraph (c)(1)(ii) by removing ``5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., 
College Park, MD 20740'', and adding in its place ``7519 Standish Pl., 
Rockville, MD 20855''.

    Dated: August 9, 2005.
Jeffrey Shuren,
Assistant Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 05-16142 Filed 8-15-05; 8:45 am]
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