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[FR Doc 04-15702] 101. 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 allowing the importation of wheat seed, straw, and other products from the Mexicali Valley of Mexico into the United

Published: 2004-07-12 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 04-15492] 102. Karnal Bunt; Compensation for Custom Harvesters in Northern Texas

In an interim rule published in the Federal Register on May 5, 2004, we amended the Karnal bunt regulations to provide for the payment of compensation to custom harvesters for losses they incurred due to the requirement that their equipment be cleaned and disinfected after four counties in northern Texas were declared regulated areas for Karnal

Published: 2004-07-08 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 04-15493] 103. 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 provisions of the Animal Welfare Act regulations related to the humane transportation of animals in commerce.

Published: 2004-07-08 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 04-15333] 104. Brucellosis in Cattle; State and Area Classifications; Wyoming

We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the brucellosis regulations concerning the interstate movement of cattle by changing the classification of Wyoming from Class Free to Class A. We determined that Wyoming no longer met the standards for Class Free status. The action was necessary to prevent the interstate

Published: 2004-07-07 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 04-15214] 105. Japanese Beetle; Domestic Quarantine and Regulations

We are amending the Japanese beetle quarantine and regulations to add the State of Arkansas to the list of quarantined States. This action is necessary to prevent the artificial spread of Japanese beetle into noninfested areas of the United States.

Published: 2004-07-06 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 04-15213] 106. Official Brucellosis Tests

We are reopening the comment period for our proposed rule that would amend the brucellosis legislation by adding the fluorescence polarization assay to the list of official tests for determining the brucellosis disease status of testeligible cattle, bison, and swine. This action will allow interested persons additional time to prepare and submit

Published: 2004-07-06 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 04-15072] 107. Tuberculosis; Amend the Definition of Affected Herd

We are proposing to amend the tuberculosis regulations by removing the two different definitions of affected herd and replacing them with a single, updated definition. This action is necessary because the definitions that appear in the regulations are outofdate and inconsistent. This action would provide more clarity to the regulations.

Published: 2004-07-02 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 04-14981] 108. Availability of an Environmental Assessment for a Biological Control Agent

We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has prepared an environmental assessment relative to the control of Old World climbing fern, Lygodium microphyllum. The environmental assessment considers the effects of, and alternatives to, the release of a nonindigenous moth, Cataclysta camptozonale, for the

Published: 2004-07-01 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 04-14431] 109. Availability of Environmental Assessment for Field Test of Genetically

We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has prepared an environmental assessment for a confined field of corn plants genetically engineered to express the protein trypsinogen. This environmental assessment is available for public review and comment.

Published: 2004-06-25 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 04-14432] 110. Availability of Environmental Assessment for Field Test of Genetically

We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has prepared an environmental assessment for a confined field of corn plants genetically engineered to express the protein aprotinin. This environmental assessment is available for public review and comment.

Published: 2004-06-25 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 04-14434] 111. Horse Protection Technology Meeting; Animal Care

We are giving notice to horse industry members and other interested persons that Animal Care will host a series of educational meetings to present current information on new technology being explored for use in the enforcement of the Horse Protection Act. This notice provides the agenda for the meetings, information on the location and dates of

Published: 2004-06-25 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 04-14433] 112. National Animal Identification System; Public Meetings

We are advising the public that the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, U.S. Department of Agriculture, will host a series of listening sessions to provide livestock producers and other stakeholders with the opportunity to offer their comments regarding the Department's implementation of a National Animal Identification System.

Published: 2004-06-25 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 04-13557] 113. Mexican Hass Avocado Import Program

We are correcting errors in the preamble to a proposed rule that would amend the regulations governing the importation of fruits and vegetables to expand the number of States in which fresh Hass avocado fruit grown in approved orchards in approved municipalities in Michoacan, Mexico, may be distributed and to allow the distribution of the avocados

Published: 2004-06-16 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 04-12758] 114. Pine Shoot Beetle; Additions to Quarantined Areas

We are amending the pine shoot beetle regulations by adding Decatur, Jennings, and Ripley Counties, IN, and Franklin County, NY, to the list of quarantined areas. This action is necessary to prevent the spread of pine shoot beetle, a pest of pine products, into noninfested areas of the United States.

Published: 2004-06-07 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 04-12757] 115. Gypsy Moth Generally Infested Areas

We are amending the gypsy moth regulations by adding one county in Ohio and seven counties in Wisconsin to the list of generally infested areas based on the detection of infestations of gypsy moth in those counties. As a result of this action, the interstate movement of regulated articles from those areas will be restricted. This action is

Published: 2004-06-07 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 04-12693] 116. Animal Welfare; Definition of Animal

We are amending the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) regulations to reflect an amendment to the Act's definition of the term animal. The Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 amended the definition of animal to specifically exclude birds, rats of the genus Rattus, and mice of the genus Mus, bred for use in research. While the definition of animal

Published: 2004-06-04 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 04-12692] 117. Animal Welfare; Regulations and Standards for Birds, Rats, and Mice

The Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 amended the definition of animal in the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) by specifically excluding birds, rats of the genus Rattus, and mice of the genus Mus, bred for use in research. In a separate document published in the Rules and Regulations section of today's Federal Register, we are amending the

Published: 2004-06-04 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 04-12266] 118. Plum Pox Compensation

We are amending the plum pox compensation regulations to provide additional compensation to affected growers, under certain conditions. We are providing additional compensation to growers who have already been paid compensation for 3 years of lost production, but who are prohibited from replanting regulated articles for a total of more than 3

Published: 2004-06-01 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 04-12267] 119. Mile-a-Minute Weed; Availability of an Environmental Assessment

We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has prepared an environmental assessment relative to the control of mileaminute weed (Polygonum perfoliatum). The environmental assessment considers the effects of, and alternatives to, the release of a nonindigenous weevil, Rhinoncomimus latipes, into the environment

Published: 2004-06-01 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 04-12135] 120. Animal Welfare; Policy on Training and Handling of Potentially Dangerous

On February 18, 2000, we published a draft policy statement regarding the training and handling of potentially dangerous animals in the Federal Register in order to seek public comment on the policy statement prior to its implementation. The draft policy statement was developed to provide guidance to exhibitors and other regulated entities on how

Published: 2004-05-28 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 04-12136] 121. National Poultry Improvement Plan; General Conference Committee Meeting and

We are giving notice of a meeting of the General Conference Committee of the National Poultry Improvement Plan and of the Biennial Conference.

Published: 2004-05-28 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 04-11709] 122. Mexican Hass Avocado Import Program

We are proposing to amend the regulations governing the importation of fruits and vegetables to expand the number of States in which fresh Hass avocado fruit grown in approved orchards in approved municipalities in Michoacan, Mexico, may be distributed. We are also proposing to allow the distribution of the avocados during all months of the year.

Published: 2004-05-24 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 04-11530] 123. Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact

We are advising the public that an environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact have been prepared relative to the issuance of a permit to allow the confined field testing of genetically engineered nonpathogenic (avirulent) strains of a bacterium, Erwinia amylovora, the causal agent of fire blight disease. The environmental

Published: 2004-05-21 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 04-11085] 124. Spring Viremia of Carp; Payment of Indemnity

We are amending our general indemnity regulations to provide for the payment of indemnity to owners for fish destroyed because of spring viremia of carp. Subject to available funding, the Department may pay eligible owners up to 50 percent of the fair market value for fish destroyed because of spring viremia of carp. In addition, expenses incurred

Published: 2004-05-17 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

[FR Doc 04-11086] 125. Karnal Bunt; Regulated Areas

We are amending the Karnal bunt regulations to make changes to the list of areas regulated because of Karnal bunt, a fungal disease of wheat. We are removing certain areas in Arizona and Texas from the list of regulated areas based on our determination that the fields in those areas meet our criteria for release from regulation. This action is

Published: 2004-05-17 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

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