[Federal Register: October 21, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 203)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
9 CFR Part 77
[Docket No. 04-068-3]
Tuberculosis in Cattle and Bison; State and Zone Designations;
New Mexico
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Affirmation of interim rule as final rule.
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SUMMARY: We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim
rule that amended the bovine tuberculosis regulations regarding State
and zone classifications by removing New Mexico from the list of
modified accredited advanced States, adding portions of two counties in
New Mexico to the list of modified accredited advanced zones, and
adding the remainder of the State to the list of accredited-free zones.
We took this action based on our determination that New Mexico met the
requirements of the regulations for zone recognition and that one of
the zones met the criteria for designation as accredited-free.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The interim rule became effective on July 22, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. M.J. Gilsdorf, Director, Ruminant
Health Programs, National Center for Animal Health Programs, VS, APHIS,
4700 River Road Unit 43, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 734-6954.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In an interim rule effective and published in the Federal Register
on July 22, 2005 (70 FR 42259-42261, Docket No. 04-068-1), we amended
the tuberculosis regulations in 9 CFR part 77 by removing New Mexico
from the list of modified accredited advanced States in Sec. 77.9(a),
adding portions of two counties in New Mexico to the list of modified
accredited advanced zones in Sec. 77.9(b), and adding the remainder of
the State to the list of accredited-free zones in Sec. 77.7(b).
On August 12, 2005, we published a document in the Federal Register
(70 FR 47078, Docket No. 04-068-2), correcting an error in the above-
mentioned rule. When we set out the revised Sec. 77.9(a) in the July
2005 interim rule, we inadvertently included California on the list of
modified accredited advanced States. California was added to the list
of accredited free States in Sec. 77.7(a) in an interim rule published
in the Federal Register on April 15, 2005 (70 FR 19877-19878, Docket
No. 05-010-1). Our August 2005 document corrected that error by
removing California from the list of modified accredited advanced
States in Sec. 77.9(a).
Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or
before September 20, 2005. We received one comment by that date. The
comment was from a State agricultural agency. The commenter supported
the interim rule. Therefore, for the reasons given in the interim rule,
we are adopting the interim rule as a final rule.
This action also affirms the information contained in the interim
rule concerning Executive Order 12866 and the Regulatory Flexibility
Act, Executive Orders 12372 and 12988, and the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Further, for this action, the Office of Management and Budget has
waived its review under Executive Order 12866.
List of Subjects in 9 CFR Part 77
Animal diseases, Bison, Cattle, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Transportation, Tuberculosis.
PART 77--TUBERCULOSIS
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Accordingly, we are adopting as a final rule, without change, the
interim rule that amended 9 CFR part 77 and that was published at 70 FR
42259-42261 on July 22, 2005, as corrected by the correcting amendment
published at 70 FR 47078 on August 12, 2005.
Done in Washington, DC, this 17th day of October 2005.
W. Ron DeHaven,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 05-21082 Filed 10-20-05; 8:45 am]
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