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[FR Doc 00-18366] 76. Veterinary Services User Fees; Pet Food Facility Inspection and Approval

We are correcting an error in the rule portion of a final rule concerning user fees for the inspection and approval of pet food manufacturing, rendering, blending, digest, and spraying and drying facilities. The rule replaced hourly rate user fees for those services with flat rate user fees. The final rule was published in the Federal Register on

Published: 2000-07-20 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 00-17885] 77. Change in Disease Status of Japan Because of Rinderpest and Foot- and-Mouth

We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that removed Japan from the list of regions declared free of rinderpest and footandmouth disease. We took this action because the existence of footandmouth disease was confirmed there. The interim rule prohibits or restricts the importation of any ruminant or swine and any fresh

Published: 2000-07-14 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 00-17886] 78. Change in Disease Status of the Republic of Korea Because of Rinderpest and

We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that removed the Republic of Korea from the list of regions declared free of rinderpest and footandmouth disease. We took this action because the existence of footandmouth disease was confirmed there. The interim rule prohibits or restricts the importation of any ruminant or swine

Published: 2000-07-14 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 00-17887] 79. Notice of Request for Approval of an Information Collection

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request approval of an information collection to gather data on the health status of swine by conducting a national onfarm study of swine, Swine 2000, in support of the National Animal Health Monitoring

Published: 2000-07-14 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 00-17888] 80. Secretary's Advisory Committee on Foreign Animal and Poultry Diseases;

We are giving notice of a meeting of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Foreign Animal and Poultry Diseases.

Published: 2000-07-14 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 00-17280] 81. Animal Welfare; Definitions for and Reporting of Pain and Distress

We are considering several changes to the Animal Welfare regulations to promote the humane treatment of live animals used in research, testing, and teaching and to improve the quality of information we report to Congress concerning animal pain and distress. Specifically, we are considering adding a definition for the term ``distress.'' Although

Published: 2000-07-10 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 00-16315] 82. Tuberculosis in Cattle and Bison; State and Zone Designations

We are amending the bovine tuberculosis regulations regarding State and zone risk classifications to remove the splitState status of the State of Michigan and to classify the entire State as nonmodified accredited. This action is necessary to help prevent the spread of tuberculosis because Michigan no longer meets the requirements for splitState

Published: 2000-06-28 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 00-16313] 83. Melon Fruit Fly; Removal of Quarantined Area

We are amending the melon fruit fly regulations by removing the quarantine on a portion of Los Angeles County, CA, and by removing the restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from that area. This action is necessary to relieve restrictions that are no longer needed to prevent the spread of the melon fruit fly into noninfested

Published: 2000-06-28 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 00-16312] 84. Papaya Mealybug; Availability of a Supplement to an Environmental Assessment

We are advising the public that we have prepared a supplement to an October 1999 environmental assessment that was prepared by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service relative to the suppression of the papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus Williams (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae). The supplement examines the environmental release of

Published: 2000-06-28 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 00-16316] 85. Public Meetings; Pine Shoot Beetle

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service plans to host three public meetings to discuss issues related to how we should administer our pine shoot beetle program.

Published: 2000-06-28 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 00-16314] 86. Importation of Bovine Parts From Argentina

We are amending the regulations governing the importation of certain animals, meat, and other animal products by prohibiting the importation from Argentina of any bovine parts that are not, by standard practice, part of a bovine carcass that is placed in a chiller for maturation after slaughter. Items prohibited from importation include all parts

Published: 2000-06-28 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 00-16219] 87. Scrapie Pilot Projects

We are amending the regulations concerning the voluntary scrapie flock certification program and the interstate movement of sheep and goats to exempt flocks from certain regulatory requirements when the flocks are participating in scrapie control pilot projects authorized by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. We believe this action is

Published: 2000-06-27 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 00-15918] 88. Horse Protection Act; List of Designated Qualified Persons

This notice advises the public and the horse industry of the organizations that have a Designated Qualified Person program currently certified by the United States Department of Agriculture and the designated qualified persons currently licensed under each certified organization.

Published: 2000-06-23 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 00-15623] 89. Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection in support of regulations intended to prevent the introduction of foreign plant pests into the United States.

Published: 2000-06-21 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 00-15622] 90. Monsanto Co.; Availability of Environmental Assessment for Extension of

We are advising the public that an environmental assessment has been prepared for a proposed decision to extend to one additional corn line our determination that a corn line developed by Monsanto Company, which has been genetically engineered for tolerance to the herbicide glyphosate, is no longer considered a regulated article under our

Published: 2000-06-21 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 00-15469] 91. Hawaii Animal Import Center

We are amending the regulations by removing Honolulu, HI, from the lists of animal import centers and ports of entry that provide U.S. Department of Agriculture quarantine facilities for animals, birds, and poultry imported into the United States. We are also amending the regulations by adding Honolulu, HI, as a limited port for the importation of

Published: 2000-06-20 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 00-15470] 92. Importation of Gypsy Moth Host Material From Canada

We are adopting as a final rule, with minor changes discussed in this document, an interim rule that established regulations for the importation into the United States of gypsy moth host materials from Canada due to infestations of gypsy moth in the Provinces of British Columbia, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec. The rule requires

Published: 2000-06-20 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 00-15494] 93. Veterinary Services User Fees; Pet Food Facility Inspection and Approval

We are amending user fees for the inspection and approval of pet food manufacturing, rendering, blending, digest, and spraying and drying facilities. We are replacing hourly rate user fees previously used to cover costs for this service with flat rate user fees that cover the cost of all inspections required for annual approval. We are taking this

Published: 2000-06-20 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 00-15493] 94. Accreditation Standards for Laboratory Seed Health Testing and Seed Crop

We are proposing to amend the export certification regulations to provide specific standards under which nongovernment facilities could become accredited to perform laboratory seed testing and seed crop field inspection services that could serve as the basis for the issuance of a Federal phytosanitary certificate, export certificate for processed

Published: 2000-06-20 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 00-15323] 95. Pine Shoot Beetle; Addition to Quarantined Areas

We are amending the pine shoot beetle regulations by adding 28 counties in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin to the list of quarantined areas. This action is necessary to prevent the spread of the pine shoot beetle, a pest of pine products, into noninfested areas of the United

Published: 2000-06-19 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 00-15364] 96. Symposium; Reptile Industry

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is hosting a symposium for the exchange of information among representatives of the reptile industry, animal agriculture, and Federal and State agencies. The public is invited to attend the symposium.

Published: 2000-06-19 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 00-15152] 97. Monsanto Co.; Extension of Determination of Nonregulated Status for Potato

We are advising the public of our decision to extend to one additional potato line our determination that certain potato lines developed by Monsanto Company, which have been genetically engineered for insect and virus resistance, are no longer considered regulated articles under our regulations governing the introduction of certain genetically

Published: 2000-06-15 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 00-15012] 98. Pork and Pork Products from Mexico Transiting the United States

We are amending the regulations for the importation of animal products to allow fresh (chilled or frozen) pork and pork products from the Mexican States of Baja California Sur, Campeche, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Quintana Roo, and Sinaloa to transit the United States, under certain conditions, for export to another country. We are taking this action

Published: 2000-06-14 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 00-15011] 99. Change in Disease Status of the Republic of South Africa Because of

We are correcting an error in the instructions for insertion of the regulatory text of the final rule published in the Federal Register on April 17, 2000 (65 FR 2033320337, Docket No. 980292), and effective on May 2, 2000.

Published: 2000-06-14 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 00-14845] 100. Mexican Fruit Fly Regulations; Removal of Regulated Area

We are amending the regulations to remove the regulated portion of San Diego and Riverside Counties, CA, from the list of areas regulated because of the Mexican fruit fly, and to remove California from the list of States quarantined because of the Mexican fruit fly. We have determined that the Mexican fruit fly has been eradicated from California

Published: 2000-06-13 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

Years: 2000200120022003200420052006200720082009

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