Federal Register: April 21, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 75)
DOCID: fr21ap09-2 FR Doc E9-9098
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
CFR Citation: 9 CFR Part 145
Docket ID: [Docket No. APHIS-2007-0042]
RIN ID: RIN 0579-AC78
NOTICE: RULES
DOCID: fr21ap09-2
DOCUMENT ACTION: Final rule; correcting amendment.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
National Poultry Improvement Plan and Auxiliary Provisions; Correcting Amendment
DATES: Effective Date: May 1, 2009.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
In a final rule that was published in the Federal Register on April 1, 2009 (74 FR 1471014719, Docket No. APHIS20070042), and effective on May 1, 2009, we amended the National Poultry Improvement Plan (the Plan) and its auxiliary provisions by providing new or modified sampling and testing procedures for Plan participants and participating flocks. In that final rule, we amended a section in the Plan to include additional tests for avian influenza, but we neglected to amend the heading of that section to indicate that it now contains some tests that are not blood tests. This document corrects that error.
SUMMARY:
National Poultry Improvement Plan and Auxiliary Provisions; Correcting Amendment
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Background
In a final rule that was published in the Federal Register on April 1, 2009 (74 FR 1471014719, Docket No. APHIS20070042), and effective on May 1, 2009, we amended the National Poultry Improvement Plan (the Plan) and its auxiliary provisions by providing new or modified sampling and testing procedures for Plan participants and participating flocks. The regulations in 9 CFR parts 145, 146, and 147 contain the provisions of the Plan.
We added new tests for avian influenza to the regulations in 9 CFR part 145, which contains provisions for Plan participation by breeding flocks. The section that contains these new avian influenza tests and other tests, Sec. 145.14, has been headed ``Blood testing.'' However, the section now contains some tests that are not blood tests, meaning the section heading is no longer accurate. Therefore, we are amending the section heading to read ``Testing.''
List of Subjects in 9 CFR Part 145
Animal diseases, Poultry and poultry products, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Accordingly, we are amending 9 CFR part 145 as follows:
PART 145NATIONAL POULTRY IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR BREEDING POULTRY
1. The authority citation for part 145 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 83018317; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4. [[Page 18116]]
2. Section 145.14 is amended by revising the section heading to read as follows:
Sec. 145.14 Testing.
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Done in Washington, DC, this 15th day of April 2009. Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. [FR Doc. E99098 Filed 42009; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Mr. Andrew R. Rhorer, Senior Coordinator, Poultry Improvement Staff, National Poultry Improvement Plan, Veterinary Services, APHIS, USDA, 1498 Klondike Road, Suite 101, Conyers, GA 300945104; (770) 9223496.