In an interim rule amending the bovine tuberculosis regulations to classify the State of Texas as modified accredited advanced, we delayed the date for compliance with certain
identification and certification requirements in those regulations until January 1, 2003. In this action, we are further delaying the date for compliance until September 30,

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

On November 8, 2002, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service published a direct final rule in the Federal Register. (See 67 FR 6802168022, Docket No. 020641.) The direct final rule notified the public of our intention to amend the regulations by removing Blaine and Lynden, WA, from the lists of Canadian border ports designated as ports of

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are amending the Mexican fruit fly regulations by designating a portion of Los Angeles County, CA as a regulated area and restricting the interstate movement of regulated articles from that area. This action is necessary to prevent the spread of the Mexican fruit fly into noninfested areas of the United States.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are proposing to remove the current cold treatment requirement for Ya pears imported from Hebei Province in the People's Republic of China. The cold treatment requirement was imposed to ensure that Ya pears did not introduce the Oriental fruit fly into the United States. The People's Republic of China has submitted data indicating that no

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are informing the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has prepared two environmental assessments for a proposal to do the following: (1) Recognize a region in the European Union as a region in which hog cholera (classical swine fever) is not known to exist, and from which breeding swine, swine semen, and pork and pork

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

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

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are amending the regulations governing the importation of certain animals, meat, and other animal products by adding Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales, and the Isle of Man) to the list of regions considered free of rinderpest and footandmouth disease (FMD) and to the list of regions subject to certain import restrictions on meat and

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are proposing to amend 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

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has received a petition from Aventis CropScience seeking a determination of nonregulated status for cotton designated as Transformation Event LLCotton25, which has been genetically engineered for tolerance to the herbicide glufosinate. The petition has been submitted in

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

A draft guideline titled ``Testing for the Detection of Mycoplasma Contamination'' has been developed by the International Cooperation on Harmonization of Technical Requirements for Registration of Veterinary Medicinal Products (VICH). The draft guideline provides procedures for the testing of some veterinary biologics to detect mycoplasma

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

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 the control of rush skeletonweed (Chondrilla juncea). The environmental assessment considers the effects of, and alternatives to, the release of a nonindigenous organism,

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are advising the public of our decision to extend to one additional canola event our determination that a canola 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 regulations governing the introduction of certain genetically

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are advising the public of our determination that the Vector Tobacco (USA) Ltd. tobacco designated as Vector 2141, which has been genetically engineered for reduced nicotine, is no longer considered a regulated article under our regulations governing the introduction of certain genetically engineered organisms and products. Our determination is

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are advising the public that an environmental assessment has been prepared by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service relative to the control of Pacific mealybug, Planococcus minor (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae). The environmental assessment considers the effects of, and alternatives to, the release of nonindigenous organisms into the

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are proposing to establish requirements for the collection of blood and tissue samples from livestock (horses, cattle, bison, captive cervids, sheep and goats, swine, and other farm animals) and poultry at slaughtering establishments when it is necessary for disease surveillance. We also propose that any person who moves or causes the movement

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are amending the exotic Newcastle disease regulations by quarantining Los Angeles County, CA, and portions of Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, CA, and restricting the interstate movement of birds, poultry, products, and materials that could spread exotic Newcastle disease from the quarantined area. This action is necessary on an emergency

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are issuing this notice to inform producers and users of veterinary biological products, and other interested individuals, that we will be holding our 12th public meeting to discuss regulatory and policy issues related to the manufacture, distribution, and use of veterinary biological products. We are planning the meeting agenda and are

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are amending the brucellosis regulations by eliminating the annual brucellosis testing requirement for rodeo bulls moving interstate between brucellosis Class Free States. This action is based on our determination that the testing requirement for rodeo bulls moving between such States is more restrictive than the requirements for other

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are advising the public of our decision to extend to additional canola events our determination that certain canola events developed by Aventis CropScience, which have been genetically engineered for male sterility, fertility restoration, and tolerance to the herbicide glufosinate, are no longer considered regulated articles under our

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are advising the public of our decision to extend to one additional canola event our determination that a canola event developed by Aventis CropScience, which has been genetically engineered for tolerance to the herbicide glufosinate, is no longer considered a regulated article under our regulations governing the introduction of certain

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are advising the public of our determination that the Monsanto Company cotton designated as Event 15985, which has been genetically engineered for insect resistance, is no longer considered a regulated article under our regulations governing the introduction of certain genetically engineered organisms. Our determination is based on our

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

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 activity in support of regulations requiring the certification of facilities for the treatment of fruits, vegetables, and other articles. The certification of treatment

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are amending the regulations by removing Blaine and Lynden, WA, from the lists of Canadian border ports designated as ports of entry for the importation of certain animals, birds, poultry, and animal germ plasm into the United States. We are removing the ports of Blaine and Lynden, WA, from the lists of designated Canadian border ports for the

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the Mediterranean fruit fly regulations by removing a portion of Los Angeles County, CA, from the list of quarantined areas. The interim rule was necessary to relieve the restrictions that were no longer needed to prevent the spread of Mediterranean fruit fly to

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

We are correcting errors in the preamble to a proposed rule that would amend the fruits and vegetables regulations. This proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on October 1, 2002 (67 FR 6154761564, Docket No. 020261).

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service