[Federal Register: October 6, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 193)]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

9 CFR Part 78

[Docket No. 98-061-2]

 
Validated Brucellosis-Free States; Oklahoma

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 brucellosis regulations concerning the interstate 
movement of swine by adding Oklahoma to the list of validated 
brucellosis-free States. We have determined that Oklahoma meets the 
criteria for classification as a validated brucellosis-free State. The 
interim rule relieved certain restrictions on the interstate movement 
of breeding swine from Oklahoma.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The interim rule was effective on June 24, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Arnold Taft, Senior Staff 
Veterinarian, National Animal Health Programs, VS, APHIS, 4700 River 
Road Unit 43, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231, (301) 734-4916.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In an interim rule effective and published in the Federal Register 
on June 24, 1998 (63 FR 34266-34267, Docket No. 98-061-1), we amended 
the brucellosis regulations in 9 CFR part 78 by adding Oklahoma to the 
list of validated brucellosis-free States in Sec. 78.43.
    Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or 
before August 24, 1998. We did not receive any comments. 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 the review process required by Executive Order 12866.

List of Subjects in 9 CFR Part 78

    Animal diseases, Bison, Cattle, Hogs, Quarantine, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements, Transportation.

PART 78--BRUCELLOSIS

    Accordingly, we are adopting as a final rule, without change, the 
interim rule that amended 9 CFR part 78 and that was published at 63 FR 
34266-34267 on June 24, 1998.

    Authority: 21 U.S.C. 111-114a-1, 114g, 115, 117, 120, 121, 123-
126, 134b, and 134f; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.2(d).

    Done in Washington, DC, this 30th day of September 1998.
Craig A. Reed,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 98-26766 Filed 10-5-98; 8:45 am]
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