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[FR Doc 03-20006] 76. National Wildlife Services Advisory Committee; Notice of Solicitation for
The Secretary of Agriculture intends to renew the National Wildlife Services Advisory Committee for a 2year period. Through this notice, the Secretary is soliciting nominations for membership on this Committee.
Published: 2003-08-06 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[FR Doc 03-19694] 77. Public Meetings; Listing of Biological Agents and Toxins
We are advising individuals and entities possessing, using, or transferring biological agents and toxins listed in 7 CFR 331.3, as well as other interested parties, that the series of public meetings scheduled for August 2003 are canceled.
Published: 2003-08-04 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[FR Doc 03-19695] 78. Exotic Newcastle Disease; Removal of Areas From Quarantine
We are amending the exotic Newcastle disease regulations by removing portions of Arizona, California, Nevada, and Texas from the list of quarantined areas. This action removes restrictions on the movement of birds, poultry, and certain other articles from those areas. With this action, there are no longer any areas in Arizona, Nevada, and Texas
Published: 2003-08-04 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[FR Doc 03-18850] 79. Tuberculosis in Cattle and Bison; State Designations; New Mexico
We are amending the bovine tuberculosis regulations regarding State and zone classifications by removing New Mexico from the list of accreditedfree States and adding it to the list of modified accredited advanced States. This action is necessary to help prevent the spread of tuberculosis because New Mexico no longer meets the requirements for
Published: 2003-07-24 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[FR Doc 03-18851] 80. Japanese Beetle; Domestic Quarantine and Regulations
We are amending the Japanese beetle quarantine and regulations to add Colorado and Montana to the list of protected States. This action is necessary to prevent the spread of Japanese beetle into noninfested areas of the United States.
Published: 2003-07-24 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[FR Doc 03-18951] 81. Public Meetings; Listing of Biological Agents and Toxins
This is to notify individuals and entities possessing, using, or transferring biological agents and toxins listed in 7 CFR 331.3, as well as other interested parties, that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will hold a series of public meetings to provide a forum for discussion of the criteria used to determine whether an agent has the
Published: 2003-07-24 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[FR Doc 03-18849] 82. Veterinary Diagnostic Services User Fees
We are proposing to increase the user fees for veterinary diagnostic services to reflect changes in our operating costs and changes in calculating our costs. We are also proposing to set rates for multiple fiscal years. These proposed actions are necessary to ensure that we recover the actual costs of providing these services. We are also
Published: 2003-07-24 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[FR Doc 03-18780] 83. 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 animal disease surveillance programs.
Published: 2003-07-24 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[FR Doc 03-18602] 84. Oriental Fruit Fly; Removal of Quarantined Area
We are amending the Oriental fruit fly regulations by removing portions of Los Angeles and Orange Counties, CA, from the list of quarantined areas and by removing restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from those areas. This action is necessary to relieve restrictions that are no longer needed to prevent the spread of the
Published: 2003-07-22 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[FR Doc 03-18603] 85. Sapote Fruit Fly; Removal of Quarantined Area in Texas
We are amending the sapote fruit fly regulations by removing part of Hidalgo County, TX, from the list of quarantined areas and by removing restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from this area. This action is necessary to relieve restrictions that are no longer needed to prevent the spread of the sapote fruit fly into
Published: 2003-07-22 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[FR Doc 03-18253] 86. Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza; Payment of Indemnity
We are adopting as a final rule, with several changes, an interim rule that amended our general indemnity regulations by allowing the Department to pay indemnity to contract growers and owners for poultry destroyed because of low pathogenic avian influenza associated with a disease situation in Virginia. As amended by this document, payments may
Published: 2003-07-18 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[FR Doc 03-17332] 87.Veterinary Services User Fees; Pet Food Facility Inspection and Approval Fees
We are proposing to amend the user fee regulations to replace the flat rate annual user fees currently charged for the inspection and approval of pet food manufacturing, rendering, blending, digest, and spraying and drying facilities with user fees based on hourly rates for inspections and approval. We have found that the flat rate annual user fees no
Published: 2003-07-09 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[FR Doc 03-17042] 88. Cost-Sharing for Animal and Plant Health Emergency Programs
We are proposing new regulations that would establish criteria to determine the Federal share of financial responsibility relative to States and other cooperators in an emergency in which an animal or plant pest or disease threatens the agricultural production of the United States. The increasing frequency of new pest and disease incursions, the
Published: 2003-07-08 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[FR Doc 03-17202] 89. Karnal Bunt; Revision of Domestic Regulations
We are proposing to amend our Karnal bunt regulations to incorporate updates and improvements identified as a result of our review of their provisions. The proposed changes include clarifying our method for determining Karnal bunt infestation and the circumstances under which a field or area would be classified as a regulated area, as well as
Published: 2003-07-08 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[FR Doc 03-16475] 90. Wildlife Services; Availability of a Supplemental Environmental Assessment
We are advising the public that we have prepared a June 2003 supplemental environmental assessment and decision/finding of no significant impact relative to oral rabies vaccination programs in several States. Since the publication of our original environmental assessment and decision/finding of no significant impact and a subsequent supplemental
Published: 2003-06-30 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[FR Doc 03-16298] 91. Ivy Gourd; Availability of an Environmental Assessment and Finding of No
We are advising the public that an environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact have been prepared by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service relative to a proposed field release of a nonindigenous leafmining weevil, Acythopeus cocciniae, into Guam and Saipan for the biological control of ivy gourd (Coccinia grandis). The
Published: 2003-06-27 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[FR Doc 03-16182] 92. Irradiation of Sweetpotatoes From Hawaii
We are amending the regulations to provide for the use of irradiation as a treatment for sweetpotatoes to be moved interstate from Hawaii. The sweetpotatoes will also have to meet certain additional requirements, including inspection and packaging requirements. This action provides for the use of irradiation as an alternative to methyl bromide for
Published: 2003-06-26 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[FR Doc 03-16183] 93. 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 requiring permits for the interstate movement of certain animals.
Published: 2003-06-26 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[FR Doc 03-16184] 94. 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 the domestic tuberculosis eradication program.
Published: 2003-06-26 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[FR Doc 03-16185] 95. 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 restricting the importation of poultry products into the United States in order to prevent the introduction of poultry
Published: 2003-06-26 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[FR Doc 03-16039] 96. Ports Designated for Exportation of Livestock; Portland, OR
This document withdraws the direct final rule that notified the public of our intention to amend the ``Inspection and Handling of Livestock for Exportation'' regulations by designating Portland International Airport in Portland, OR, as a port of embarkation and B Bar C Ranch, in Gervais, OR, and Pony World Farm in Portland, OR, as export
Published: 2003-06-25 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[FR Doc 03-16038] 97. Tuberculosis in Cattle and Bison; State and Zone Designations
We are reopening the comment period for a proposed rule that would amend the bovine tuberculosis regulations regarding State and zone classifications by establishing two separate zones with different risk classifications in the State of Michigan and would raise the designation of one of those zones from modified accredited to modified accredited
Published: 2003-06-25 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[FR Doc 03-16040] 98. 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 initiate a new information collection for ongoing monitoring activities: (1) The National Animal Heath Reporting System; (2) the Sentinel Feedlot Monitoring Program; and (3) the Collaboration on Animal Health
Published: 2003-06-25 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[FR Doc 03-15907] 99. Procedures for Reestablishing a Region as Free of a Disease
We are proposing to establish procedures that we will follow when a region that we recognize as free of a disease experiences an outbreak of that disease. The procedures include steps we would take to prevent the introduction of disease from that region and steps we would take to further assess the region's animal health status. The procedures
Published: 2003-06-24 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[FR Doc 03-15623] 100. Salmonella Enteritidis Phage-Type 4; Remove Import Restrictions and
We are amending the regulations to remove import restrictions on eggs (other than hatching eggs) of poultry, game birds, and other birds from regions where Salmonella Enteritidis phagetype 4 exists. Previously, Salmonella Enteritidis phagetype 4 had not been isolated in the United States; therefore, those import restrictions were necessary to help
Published: 2003-06-20 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
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