United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 1996_register executive 2010-09-24 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1be04d33e D09002ee1be04d3ef United States Department of Agriculture originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency We are amending the animal importation regulations to revise who may issue health certificates for ruminants offered for importation. This amendment will make the regulations more consistent with regard to different animals and countries and will provide an alternative method of issuing health certificates. We are also amending the animal importation regulations to revise the conditions for importing sheep and goats. We are similarly amending the animal germ plasm regulations to revise the conditions for importing germ plasm from sheep and goats. These changes appear necessary to prevent the importation of sheep and goats, and germ plasm from sheep and goats, that may be affected with scrapie. We are also amending the animal importation regulations to allow imported goats to be quarantined in privately operated quarantine facilities that meet the requirements that now apply to privately operated quarantine facilities for sheep. This amendment will provide uniform rules for the quarantine of animals which pose a similar disease risk. In addition, we are removing from the regulations health certificate requirements that apply specifically to the importation of sheep from New Zealand. Since sheep from New Zealand pose no greater disease risk than sheep from other countries, there is no longer a need to retain separate health certification requirements for sheep imported from New Zealand. Lastly, we are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the regulations for importing sheep and goats from Canada and Mexico. The rule requires that, with the exception of sheep and goats imported through land border ports for immediate slaughter, and wethers imported through land border ports, all sheep and goats imported into the United States from Canada and Mexico be accompanied by an import permit. This requirement is necessary to prevent the importation of sheep and goats that may be affected with scrapie. 61 FR 17231 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1996-04-19/96-9266 96-9266 fr19ap96-1 3410-34-P Docket No. 94-085-3 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1996-04-19/96-9266 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1996-04-19/html/96-9266.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1996-04-19/pdf/96-9266.pdf 13 p. 17231 17243 61 FR 17231 Title 9 Part 92 9 CFR Part 92 Title 9 Part 98 9 CFR Part 98 Importation of Sheep and Goats and Germ Plasm From Sheep and Goats; Federal Register Vol. 61, Issue RULE 96-9266 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Docket No. 94-085-3 3410-34-P 96-9266 Final rule.

We are amending the animal importation regulations to revise who may issue health certificates for ruminants offered for importation. This amendment will make the regulations more consistent with regard to different animals and countries and will provide an alternative method of issuing health certificates. We are also amending the animal importation regulations to revise the conditions for importing sheep and goats. We are similarly amending the animal germ plasm regulations to revise the conditions for importing germ plasm from sheep and goats. These changes appear necessary to prevent the importation of sheep and goats, and germ plasm from sheep and goats, that may be affected with scrapie. We are also amending the animal importation regulations to allow imported goats to be quarantined in privately operated quarantine facilities that meet the requirements that now apply to privately operated quarantine facilities for sheep. This amendment will provide uniform rules for the quarantine of animals which pose a similar disease risk. In addition, we are removing from the regulations health certificate requirements that apply specifically to the importation of sheep from New Zealand. Since sheep from New Zealand pose no greater disease risk than sheep from other countries, there is no longer a need to retain separate health certification requirements for sheep imported from New Zealand. Lastly, we are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the regulations for importing sheep and goats from Canada and Mexico. The rule requires that, with the exception of sheep and goats imported through land border ports for immediate slaughter, and wethers imported through land border ports, all sheep and goats imported into the United States from Canada and Mexico be accompanied by an import permit. This requirement is necessary to prevent the importation of sheep and goats that may be affected with scrapie.

May 20, 1996. Dr. Joyce Bowling or Dr. Roger Perkins, Staff Veterinarian, Import Animals Program, National Center for Import and Export, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 38, Riverdale, MD 20737-1228, (301) 734-8170. Vol. 61, no. 77 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 1996-04-19 continuing daily deposited born digital 330 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1996-04-19 P0b002ee180a2a0c4 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr19ap96 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1996-04-19 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1996-04-19/pdf/FR-1996-04-19.pdf fdlp 17227 17545 DGPO 2010-09-24 2023-05-06 FR-1996-04-19 machine generated eng FR FR-1996-04-19 61 77