Importation of Sheep, Goats, and Certain Other Ruminants; Correction, 29 [2021-28413]

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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 1 (Monday, January 3, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 29]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-28413]



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Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 1 / Monday, January 3, 2022 / Rules 
and Regulations

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

9 CFR Part 93

[Docket No. APHIS-2009-0095]
RIN 0579-AD10


Importation of Sheep, Goats, and Certain Other Ruminants; 
Correction

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service recently issued 
a final rule that was published in the Federal Register on December 3, 
2021. The rule amended the regulations governing the importation of 
animals and animal products to revise conditions for the importation of 
live sheep, goats, and certain other non-bovine ruminants, and products 
derived from sheep and goats, with regard to transmissible spongiform 
encephalopathies such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy and scrapie. 
The final rule improperly worded an amendatory instruction that 
resulted in the unintentional duplication of a sentence and left an 
obsolete section number in the regulations for the location of the 
requirements for the importation of sheep and goats from Canada for 
immediate slaughter. This document corrects that inadvertent error and 
amends the regulations with the proper wording.

DATES: This correction is effective January 3, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Alexandra MacKenzie, Veterinary 
Medical Officer, Strategy & Policy, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 
39, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 851-3300, option 2.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 3, 2021, we published a final 
rule (86 FR 68834-68864) \1\ that will be effective on January 3, 2022, 
and that revised the regulations governing the importation of animals 
and animal products to revise conditions for the importation of live 
sheep, goats, and certain other non-bovine ruminants, and products 
derived from sheep and goats, with regard to transmissible spongiform 
encephalopathies such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy and scrapie.
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    \1\ To view the final rule, go to https://www.regulations.gov and 
enter APHIS-2009-0095 in the Search field.
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    The amendatory instruction to the Office of the Federal Register 
(OFR) for the revision to Sec.  93.420 included an instruction to add a 
sentence after the heading for paragraph (a) introductory text. 
However, the instruction should have been to revise the first sentence 
after the heading of paragraph (a) introductory text.
    By instructing the OFR to add a sentence after the heading of 
paragraph (a) introductory text as set forth in the rule, rather than 
revise the existing sentence, we inadvertently instructed the OFR to 
add a duplicative sentence and leave an obsolete section number in the 
regulations for the location of the requirements for the importation of 
sheep and goats from Canada for immediate slaughter. Our intention was 
to revise the first sentence after the heading for paragraph (a) 
introductory text and update the section where the requirements for the 
importation of sheep and goats from Canada for immediate slaughter 
could be found. Section 93.419 is currently listed in the regulations. 
However, the final rule removed and reserved Sec.  93.419, and the 
sentence we added contains the new location of those requirements, 
which is Sec.  93.435. Accordingly, this rule corrects our inadvertent 
error.
    In FR Doc. 2021-26302 appearing on page 68834 in the Federal 
Register of December 3, 2021, the following correction is made:


Sec.  93.420  [Corrected]

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On page 68859, in the first column, amendatory instruction number 10 is 
corrected to read as follows:
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10. In Sec.  93.420, revise the first sentence of paragraph (a) 
introductory text to read as follows:


Sec.  93.420  Ruminants from Canada for immediate slaughter other than 
sheep and goats.

    (a) * * * The requirements for the importation of sheep and goats 
from Canada for immediate slaughter are contained in Sec.  93.435. * * 
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    Done in Washington, DC, this 28th day of December 2021.
Michael Watson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-28413 Filed 12-30-21; 8:45 am]
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