Classical Swine Fever Status of the Mexican State of Nayarit

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[Federal Register: January 31, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 20)]
[Proposed Rules]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
9 CFR Part 94
[Docket No. APHIS-2006-0104]

Classical Swine Fever Status of the Mexican State of Nayarit

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: We are proposing to amend the regulations for importing
animals and animal products by adding the Mexican State of Nayarit to
the list of regions considered free of classical swine fever (CSF). We
are proposing this action at the request of the Mexican Government and
the State of Nayarit, and after conducting a risk evaluation that
indicates that Nayarit is free of this disease. We are also proposing
to add Nayarit to the list of CSF-affected regions whose exports of
live swine, pork, and pork products to the United States must meet
certain certification requirements to ensure their freedom from CSF.
These actions would relieve certain CSF-related restrictions on the
importation into the United States of pork, pork products, live swine,
and swine semen from Nayarit while continuing to protect against the
introduction of this disease into the United States.

DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before April
2, 2007.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
? Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov,
select ``Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service'' from the agency
drop-down menu, then click ``Submit.'' In the Docket ID column, select
APHIS-2006-0104 to submit or view public comments and to view supporting
and related materials available electronically. Information on using
Regulations.gov, including instructions for accessing documents,
submitting comments, and viewing the docket after the close of the
comment period, is available through the site's ``User Tips'' link.
? Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Please send four copies
of your comment (an original and three copies) to Docket No. APHIS-
2006-0104, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 3A-
03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. Please state
that your comment refers to Docket No. APHIS-2006-0104.
Reading Room: You may read any comments that we receive on this
docket in our reading room. The reading room is located in room 1141 of
the USDA South Building, 14th Street and Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC. Normal reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except holidays. To be sure someone is there to
help you, please call (202) 690-2817 before coming.
Other Information: Additional information about APHIS and its
programs is available on the Internet at http://www.aphis.usda.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Chip Wells, Senior Staff
Veterinarian, Regionalization Evaluation Services-Import, National
Center for Import and Export, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 38,
Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 734-4356.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The regulations in 9 CFR part 94 (referred to below as the
regulations) govern the importation into the United States of specified
animals and animal products in order to prevent the introduction of
various animal diseases, including rinderpest, foot-and-mouth disease,
African swine fever, classical swine fever (CSF), and swine vesicular
disease. These are dangerous and destructive communicable diseases of
ruminants and swine. Section 94.9 of the regulations restricts the
importation into the United States of pork and pork products from
regions where CSF is known to exist. Section 94.10 of the regulations
prohibits, with certain exceptions, the importation of swine that
originate in or are shipped from or transit any region in which CSF is
known to exist. Sections 94.9 and 94.10 provide that CSF exists in all
regions of the world except for certain regions listed in those sections.
The Government of Mexico and the Mexican State of Nayarit requested
that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) evaluate
the animal disease status of the State of Nayarit with respect to CSF
and provided information in support of that request in accordance with
9 CFR part 92, ``Importation of Animals and Animal Products: Procedures
for Requesting Recognition of Regions.'' Using information submitted to
us by the Federal Government of Mexico and State Government of Nayarit,
as well as information gathered during a site visit by APHIS staff to
Nayarit, we have reviewed and analyzed the animal health status of
Nayarit with respect to CSF. Our determinations concerning this
request, based on the information submitted to us and the information
we gathered, are set forth below.

Risk Analysis

APHIS conducted a risk analysis to examine the risk of introducing
CSF \1\ from the importation of swine and swine products from Nayarit,
Mexico. These findings are described in further detail in an April 2006
risk analysis that may be viewed on the Regulations.gov Web site or in
our reading room. (Instructions for accessing Regulations.gov and
information on the location and hours of the reading room are provided
under the heading ADDRESSES at the beginning of this proposed rule.) We
summarize our findings for each of the 11 factors in 9 CFR 92.2 below
and summarize our risk considerations of these findings following our
discussions of the factors.
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\1\ APHIS considers all of Mexico to be affected by blue-eye
disease of pigs, a disease which is not known to exist in the United
States. APHIS has not evaluated Mexico, including the State of
Nayarit, for blue-eye disease. As a result, APHIS denies permits for
the importation of live swine and swine semen from all of Mexico,
including Nayarit (9 CFR 93.504(a)(3)). CSF is the disease hazard
evaluated in the risk analysis, which does not address blue-eye disease.
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Authority, Organization, and Veterinary Infrastructure

Nayarit has the legal authority to enforce Federal and State CSF
regulations and the necessary veterinary infrastructure to carry out
CSF surveillance and control activities. One

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of the strengths observed by the joint APHIS/Canadian Food Inspection
Agency (CFIA) site-visit team was the apparent good communication and
cooperation existing among the Mexican Federal, State, and municipal
government officials, the Animal Agriculture Promotion and Protection
Committee (CFPP) representatives, and swine producers. APHIS could not
identify any risk issues associated with this factor that would pose an
unacceptable risk to the United States if trade with Nayarit in swine,
pork, and pork products were to occur.

Disease Status

The State of Nayarit has not reported a clinical case of CSF since
1989 and was declared free of CSF by the Government of Mexico in May
1999. This 15-year time period exceeds that recommended by the World
Organization for Animal Health for the disease-free period required for
CSF disease freedom recognition. Wild boar are not known to exist in
Nayarit, and therefore, are not considered by APHIS to be a risk for
introduction or spread of CSF virus in the State. APHIS also concluded
that the CSF surveillance program, which is discussed in more detail in
the risk analysis, would likely detect a change in the disease status
of Nayarit (i.e. introduction of CSF). APHIS could not identify any
risks associated with this factor that would pose any unacceptable risk
to the United States if trade with Nayarit in swine, pork, and pork
products were to occur.

Disease Status of Adjacent Regions

Nayarit shares borders with the States of Durango, Jalisco,
Sinaloa, and Zacatecas. Sinaloa and Durango were declared to be CSF-
free by the Mexican Government in 1993 and 1999, respectively.
Zacatecas and Jalisco were declared to be in the eradication phase by
the Mexican Government in 2004. On July 18, 2006 (after the risk
analysis for this proposal was drafted), the Government of Mexico
declared the States of Jalisco and Zacatecas to be CSF-free. Although
APHIS considers Sinaloa to be CSF-free, APHIS has not evaluated
Durango, Zacatecas, or Jalisco, and therefore currently considers them
to be CSF-affected.
The existence of common land borders with CSF-affected regions does
present a risk for reintroducing CSF into Nayarit. However, movement
controls and certification requirements regarding region of origin and
commingling concerns are designed to mitigate this risk. Because
Nayarit has common land borders with CSF-affected regions, we would add
the State to the list in Sec. 94.25 of regions considered free of CSF,
but to which additional CSF-related certification requirements apply.
The specific requirements are explained later in this document under
the heading ``Certification Requirements.''

Extent of Active Disease Control Program

CSF is considered exotic to Nayarit; therefore, it does not have an
active disease control program. However, the Mexican Government has an
ongoing active CSF disease control program which includes surveillance,
movement control, and emergency response provisions for the CSF-free
States such as Nayarit. The APHIS site visit team concluded that
Nayarit is in compliance with provisions of the program and has
maintained its CSF-free designation since 1999.

Vaccination

Vaccination for CSF ceased in Nayarit in March 1996, just before
its status changed from control to eradication phase. Since that date,
CSF vaccination has been prohibited in Nayarit.

Separation From Adjacent Regions of Higher Risk

The State of Nayarit is located along the Pacific coastline of
central Mexico. Nayarit borders the States of Sinaloa and Durango on
the north, Zacatecas to the east, and Jalisco on the east and south.
Natural barriers to disease transmission include the Pacific Ocean to
the west and the Sierra Madre Occidental Mountains to the east.
Surface transport into and out of Nayarit primarily move along a
north-south corridor from Sinaloa in the north and Jalisco in the
south. There are no major seaports on the Nayarit coast and commercial
air traffic is light, limited to regional passenger service and private
aircraft.
APHIS has determined that the natural barriers of the mountains and
ocean, and the few highways into Nayarit, limit the movement of swine
and products into the State, thus reducing the risk of CSF introduction.

Movement Controls

The movement controls established by the Mexican National CSF
Campaign and implemented and enforced by the Nayarit officials limit
the illegal movement of swine or pork products from CSF affected zones.
The system of inspection posts in Nayarit was cited by the APHIS site
visit team as a strong point in the State's CSF control program. The
system of inspection posts ensures reasonable enforcement of these
provisions, significantly limiting the risk of CSF introduction into
Nayarit. These findings are described in further detail in the risk
analysis.

Livestock Demographics and Marketing Practices

Nayarit is not a major swine production area. In 2004, there were
34 commercial swine farms in Nayarit, with a population of 30,634
animals. Only 2 farms had over 4,000 hogs. Another 18,650 hogs are
reared in backyards, intended for personal consumption by their owners.
The slaughtering and processing of swine in Nayarit is currently
handled by State-inspected municipal plants, since there are no
federally inspected (in Spanish, Tipo Inspecci[oacute]n Federal, or
TIF) plants handling swine in Nayarit; slaughter and processing through
a TIF plant would be necessary for pork to be exported to the United
States as well as to CSF-free States in Mexico.
Currently, Nayarit consumes more pork than it produces and does not
have the infrastructure, such as TIF plants, necessary to meet the
export requirements of Sec. 94.25 for exportation of pork or pork
products to the United States. This dynamic limits the legal movement
of swine and pork from Nayarit to the United States. Should producers
in Nayarit develop a desire to export, they would need to identify an
appropriate TIF plant outside of the State or request that a plant
within the State be certified as a TIF plant in accordance with the
regulatory requirements of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food
Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).

Disease Surveillance

An active CSF surveillance program is conducted in Nayarit in
accordance with the National CSF Campaign. Nayarit conducts an annual
serological sampling survey in commercial and backyard swine herds.
APHIS concludes that the surveillance program is sufficient to detect
the presence of CSF virus if it were to be introduced into Nayarit.

Diagnostic Laboratory Capabilities

The State of Nayarit does not have a diagnostic laboratory
accredited for CSF diagnosis. All samples deemed suspicious for CSF are
sent to the National Veterinary Services Diagnostic Laboratory
(CENASA), located in the State of Mexico. This laboratory has been
previously evaluated in other risk analyses and was not reevaluated
during the site visit to Nayarit. Based on these prior assessments,
APHIS has confidence that CENASA would be able

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to detect CSF in samples submitted for serological testing.
Considering the relatively small swine population in Nayarit, this
arrangement is satisfactory for CSF diagnosis and surveillance needs.
However, if the swine population in the State increases significantly,
this factor may need to be reassessed.

Emergency Response Capacity

Mexico has an established national system for surveillance and
reporting of exotic animal diseases operated by their Ministry of
Agriculture, Livestock Production, Rural Development, Fishery, and Food
(SAGARPA) in collaboration with the Mexico-United States Commission for
the Prevention of Foot and Mouth Disease and Other Exotic Animal
Diseases. As a disease-free State, CSF virus is considered to be exotic
in Nayarit.
Whenever CSF is suspected, SAGARPA must immediately be notified and
a precautionary quarantine is implemented in the focal and perifocal
area to include the affected, exposed, and at-risk premises. If CSF is
confirmed by CENASA, then the quarantine becomes definitive. Movement
controls are implemented, sick animals are killed, dead animals are
sanitarily disposed of, and an epidemiological investigation ensues.
A close association and cooperation was observed between the
Mexican Federal, State, and municipal government officials, the CFPP
staff, and swine producers. This cooperation was especially effective
in the operation of Nayarit's existing animal health checkpoints.
Although no CSF suspect cases have been reported in Nayarit in recent
years, these officials demonstrated knowledge of processes required
under the National CSF Emergency Plan. These observations give APHIS
confidence that an effective veterinary infrastructure exists in
Nayarit capable of responding to a CSF outbreak. APHIS was unable to
identify specific limitations in this system that would pose a risk to
the United States.
These findings are described in further detail in a qualitative
evaluation that may be obtained from the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT and may be viewed on the Internet at http://
www.regulations.gov. (Instructions for accessing Regulations.gov are
provided under the heading ADDRESSES at the beginning of this proposed
rule.) The evaluation documents the factors that have led us to
conclude that Nayarit is free of CSF. Therefore, we are proposing to
recognize the Mexican State of Nayarit as free of CSF and to add it to
the lists in Sec. Sec. 94.9 and 94.10 of regions where CSF is not
known to exist.

Certification Requirements

As previously noted, we are proposing to amend Sec. 94.25 by
adding the State of Nayarit to the list of regions in Sec. 94.25,
which, among other things, applies restrictions on the importation of
live swine, pork, or pork products from certain regions that are listed
as free of CSF in Sec. Sec. 94.9(a) and 94.10(a).
A CSF-free region may be added to the list in Sec. 94.25(a) when
it supplements its pork supplies with fresh (chilled or frozen) pork
imported from regions considered to be affected by CSF, or supplements
its pork supplies with pork from CSF-affected regions that is not
processed in accordance with the requirements of 9 CFR part 94, or has
a common land border with a CSF-affected region, or imports live swine
from CSF-affected regions under conditions less restrictive than would
be acceptable for importation into the United States. As previously
noted, Nayarit shares land borders with Durango, Zacatecas, and
Jalisco, which are States we have not evaluated for CSF and thus are
considered by APHIS to be CSF-affected. Thus, even though we are
proposing to declare Nayarit free of CSF, there is a risk that live
swine, pork, or pork products originating in Nayarit may be commingled
with live swine, pork, or pork products from CSF-affected regions,
resulting in a risk of CSF introduction into the United States.
Adding Nayarit to the list of regions in Sec. 94.25(a) would mean
that live swine, pork, or pork products and shipstores, airplane meals,
and baggage containing pork or pork products, other than those articles
regulated under parts 95 or 96 of this chapter, may not be imported
into the United States unless the requirements described below were
met. For all swine, pork, and pork products, each shipment would have
to be accompanied by a certification issued by a full-time salaried
veterinary officer of the Government of Mexico that would have to be
presented to an authorized inspector at the port of arrival in the
United States. Pursuant to Sec. 94.25(b), the certification for live
swine would have to state that:
? The swine have not lived in any region where CSF is
considered to exist;
? The swine have not been in contact with swine that have
been in a region where CSF is considered to exist;
? The swine have not transited through a region where CSF is
considered to exist unless moved directly through the region in a
sealed means of conveyance with the seal intact upon arrival at the
point of destination; and
? The conveyances or materials used in transporting the
swine, if previously used for transporting swine, have been cleaned and
disinfected in accordance with the requirements of 9 CFR 93.502.
Pursuant to Sec. 94.25(c), the certification accompanying pork or
pork products would have to state that:
? The pork or pork products are derived from swine that were
born and raised in a CSF-free region and were slaughtered in such a
region at a federally inspected slaughter plant that is under the
direct supervision of a full-time salaried veterinarian of the national
government of that region and that is eligible to have its products
imported into the United States under the Federal Meat Inspection Act
(21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) and the FSIS regulations in 9 CFR 327.2;
? The pork or pork products were derived from swine that
have not lived in any region where CSF is considered to exist;
? The pork or pork products have never been commingled with
pork or pork products from any region where CSF is considered to exist;
? The pork or pork products have not transited through a
region where CSF is considered to exist unless moved directly through
the region in a sealed means of conveyance with the seal intact upon
arrival at the point of destination; and
? If processed, the pork or pork products were processed in
a CSF-free region in a federally inspected processing plant that is
under the direct supervision of a full-time salaried veterinarian of
the Government of Mexico.
As mentioned above, the State of Nayarit currently does not have
any federally inspected (TIF) slaughtering or processing plants.
Accordingly, no pork or pork products could be exported from Nayarit
until this and all other requirements of Sec. 94.25 have been met.

Executive Order 12866 and Regulatory Flexibility Act

This proposed rule has been reviewed under Executive Order 12866.
For this action, the Office of Management and Budget has waived its
review under Executive Order 12866.
This proposed rule would amend the regulations for importing
animals and animal products by adding the Mexican State of Nayarit to
the list of regions considered free of CSF. We are proposing this
action at the request of the Mexican Government and the State of Nayarit
and after conducting a risk evaluation that indicates that Nayarit is

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free of this disease. We are also proposing to add Nayarit to a list of
CSF-affected regions whose exports of live swine, pork, and pork
products to the United States must meet certain certification
requirements to ensure their freedom from CSF. These actions would
relieve certain CSF-related restrictions on the importation into the
United States of pork, pork products, live swine, and swine semen from
Nayarit while continuing to protect against the introduction of this
disease into the United States.
This proposed rule is likely to have a minimal effect on U.S. live
swine markets, both in the short term and in the medium term. Hog
inventory of the State covered by this rulemaking amounted to about
four-tenths of 1 percent of U.S. hog and pig inventory in 2004.\2\ In
2004, there were 34 commercial swine farms in Nayarit with a population
of 30,634 hogs and pigs. Another 18,650 hogs and pigs were reared in
backyards, intended for consumption by the owners (table 1). Nayarit
has never exported swine to the United States. This State--as is the
case with Mexico as a whole--is a net importer of swine (table 2).
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\2\ APHIS Risk Analysis on Importation of Classical Swine Fever
(CSF) Virus from Nayarit, Mexico; Regional Evaluation Services, National
Center for Import and Export, VS, APHIS, USDA; and USDA, FAS, GAIN Report
# MX6010, Mexico, Livestock and Products, Semiannual Report 2006.
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In 2004, the State of Nayarit produced around 4,000 metric tons of
pork, an amount equal to 0.35 percent of Mexico's production of pork
(table 3). Slaughter/processing plants handling swine in Nayarit are
not TIF establishments. Only TIF plants are allowed to ship pork and
pork products abroad or to CSF-free States in Mexico.

Table 1.--Live Hogs in Nayarit, 2000-2004, and Mexico as a Whole, 2004
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Hogs in Hogs in backyard
Nayarit commercial farms operations All hogs
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2000................................................... 10,809 30,006 40,815
2001................................................... 36,799 29,587 66,386
2002................................................... 34,279 30,890 65,169
2003................................................... 36,665 25,010 61,675
2004................................................... 30,634 18,650 49,284
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Source: SAGARPA; APHIS Risk Analysis on Importation of Classical Swine Fever (CSF) Virus from Nayarit, Mexico;
Regional Evaluation Services, National Center for Import and Export, VS, APHIS, USDA; and Regionalization
Evaluation Services (http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/ncie/reg-request.html), April 2006.

This rulemaking is also unlikely to have a significant effect on
U.S. pork and pork products markets because, as with live swine, the
United States is unlikely to import large amounts of these commodities
from Nayarit. The United States is a net exporter of pork, while
Mexico, as indicated below in tables 2 and 3, is a net importer. In
2004, Mexico exported 36,000 metric tons of pork, averaging only around
3.2 percent of total Mexican pork production.

Table 2.--U.S. and Mexican Trade With the World of Live Swine and Pork, 2004
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Commodity Exports Imports Net trade with the world
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Live swine (head):
Mexican swine............................ 0 189,867 189,867 (net imports) *.
U.S. swine............................... 174,010 8,505,518 8,331,508 (net imports).
Pork (metric tons):
Mexican pork............................. 36,476 86,102 49,626 (net imports).
U.S. pork................................ 747,357 469,442 277,916 (net exports).
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*Net Imports = Imports minus exports; Net Exports = Exports minus imports
Source: USDA, FAS, UN Trade Statistics, 6-digit data.

Table 3.--Swine Production (Head) and Pork Production (Metric Tons) in United States and Mexico, 2004
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United States Mexico Nayarit, MX
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Swine Pork Swine Pork Swine Pork
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60,000,000 9,302,759 15,350,000 1,150,000 49,000 4,080
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Source: USDA, FAS, GAIN Report # MX6010, Mexico, Livestock and Products, Semiannual Report 2006.

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Economic Impact on Small Entities

The Regulatory Flexibility Act requires that agencies consider the
economic impact of their rules on small entities. The domestic entities
most likely to be affected by our proposal to declare the Mexican State
of Nayarit free of CSF are pork producers.
According to the 2002 Agricultural Census, there were about 66,036
hog and pig farms in the United States in that year, of which 93
percent received $750,000 or less in annual revenues. Agricultural
operations with $750,000 or less in annual receipts are considered
small entities, according to the Small Business Administration (SBA)
size criteria.
We do not expect that U.S. hog producers, U.S. exporters of live
hogs, or U.S. exporters of pork and pork products, small or otherwise,
would be affected significantly by this proposed rule. This is because,
for the reasons discussed above, the amount of live swine, pork, and
other pork products imported into the United States from the Mexican
State of Nayarit is likely to be small.
Under these circumstances, the Administrator of the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service has determined that this action would
not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small
entities.

Executive Order 12988

This proposed rule has been reviewed under Executive Order 12988,
Civil Justice Reform. If this proposed rule is adopted: (1) All State
and local laws and regulations that are inconsistent with this rule
will be preempted; (2) no retroactive effect will be given to this
rule; and (3) administrative proceedings will not be required before
parties may file suit in court challenging this rule.

National Environmental Policy Act

To provide the public with documentation of APHIS' review and
analysis of any potential environmental impacts associated with our
proposal to list the Mexican State of Nayarit as free of CSF, we have
prepared an environmental assessment. The environmental assessment was
prepared in accordance with: (1) The National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969 (NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), (2) regulations of
the Council on Environmental Quality for implementing the procedural
provisions of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), (3) USDA regulations
implementing NEPA (7 CFR part 1b), and (4) APHIS' NEPA Implementing
Procedures (7 CFR part 372).
The environmental assessment may be viewed on the Regulations.gov
Web site or in our reading room. (Instructions for accessing
Regulations.gov and information on the location and hours of the
reading room are provided under the heading ADDRESSES at the beginning
of this proposed rule.) In addition, copies may be obtained by calling
or writing to the individual listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

Paperwork Reduction Act

This proposed rule contains no new information collection or
recordkeeping requirements under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

List of Subjects in 9 CFR Part 94

Animal diseases, Imports, Livestock, Meat and meat products, Milk,
Poultry and poultry products, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Accordingly, we propose to amend 9 CFR part 94 as follows:

PART 94--RINDERPEST, FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE, FOWL PEST (FOWL
PLAGUE), EXOTIC NEWCASTLE DISEASE, AFRICAN SWINE FEVER, CLASSICAL
SWINE FEVER, AND BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY: PROHIBITED AND
RESTRICTED IMPORTATIONS

1. The authority citation for part 94 would continue to read as follows:

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450, 7701-7772, 7781-7786, and 8301-8317; 21
U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4.

Sec. 94.9 [Amended]

2. In Sec. 94.9, paragraph (a) would be amended by adding the word
``Nayarit,'' after the word ``Chihuahua,''.

Sec. 94.10 [Amended]

3. In Sec. 94.10, paragraph (a) would be amended by adding the
word ``Nayarit,'' after the word ``Chihuahua,''.

Sec. 94.25 [Amended]

4. In Sec. 94.25, paragraph (a) would be amended by adding the
word ``Nayarit,'' after the word ``Chihuahua,''.

Done in Washington, DC this 25th day of January 2007.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E7-1530 Filed 1-30-07; 8:45 am]
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