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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2022–0066]
Concurrence With World Organization
for Animal Health’s Risk Designation
for Bovine Spongiform
Encephalopathy for France
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
We are advising the public of
our preliminary concurrence with the
World Organization for Animal Health’s
(WOAH) bovine spongiform
encephalopathy (BSE) risk designation
for France. The WOAH recognizes
France as being of negligible risk for
BSE. We are taking this action based on
our review of information supporting
the WOAH’s risk designation for France.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before August 14,
2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS–
2022–0066 in the Search field. Select
the Documents tab, then select the
Comment button in the list of
documents.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2022–0066, Regulatory Analysis
and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station
3A–03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.
Any comments we receive on this
docket may be viewed at regulations.gov
or in our reading room, which is located
in Room 1620 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
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Rebecca Gordon, Senior Staff Officer,
Regionalization Evaluation Services,
Veterinary Services, APHIS, 920 Main
Campus Drive, Raleigh, NC 27606; (919)
855–7741; email: AskRegionalization@
usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
regulations in 9 CFR part 92 subpart B,
‘‘Importation of Animals and Animal
Products; Procedures for Requesting
BSE Risk Status Classification With
Regard To Bovines’’ (referred to below
as the regulations), set forth the process
by which the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) classifies
regions for bovine spongiform
encephalopathy (BSE) risk. Section 92.5
of the regulations provides that all
countries of the world are considered by
APHIS to be in one of three BSE risk
categories: Negligible risk, controlled
risk, or undetermined risk. These risk
categories are defined in § 92.1. Any
region that is not classified by APHIS as
presenting either negligible risk or
controlled risk for BSE is considered to
present an undetermined risk. The list
of those regions classified by APHIS as
having either negligible risk or
controlled risk can be accessed on the
APHIS website at https://
www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/
animalhealth/animal-and-animalproduct-import-information/animalhealth-status-of-regions. The list can
also be obtained by writing to APHIS at
Regionalization Evaluation Services,
Veterinary Services, APHIS, 4700 River
Road, Unit 38, Riverdale, MD 20737–
1238.
Under the regulations, APHIS may
classify a region for BSE in one of two
ways. One way is for regions that have
not received a risk classification from
the World Organization for Animal
Health (WOAH) to request classification
by APHIS. The other way is for APHIS
to concur with the classification given
to a country or region by the WOAH.
If the WOAH has classified a region
as either BSE negligible risk or BSE
controlled risk, APHIS will seek
information to support concurrence
with the WOAH classification. This
information may be publicly available
information, or APHIS may request that
regions supply the same information
given to the WOAH. APHIS will
announce in the Federal Register,
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subject to public comment, its intent to
concur with a WOAH classification.
In accordance with this process, we
are giving notice in this document that
APHIS intends to concur with the
WOAH risk classification of the country
of France as a region of negligible risk
for BSE.
The WOAH recommendation
regarding France can be viewed at
https://www.woah.org/en/disease/
bovine-spongiform-encephalopathy/.
The conclusions of the WOAH
Scientific Commission for Animal
Diseases, regarding France, can be
viewed in the ‘‘Report of the Meeting of
the OIE Scientific Commission for
Animal Diseases, Virtual, 7 to 23
February 2022’’ at https://doc.woah.org/
dyn/portal/index.xhtml?page=
alo&aloId=42407&espaceId=100 (page
81).
After reviewing any comments that
we receive, we will announce our final
determination regarding the BSE
classification of France in the Federal
Register, along with a discussion of and
response to pertinent issues raised by
commenters. If APHIS recognizes
France as negligible risk for BSE, the
Agency will include this country on the
list of regions of negligible risk for BSE
that is available to the public on the
Agency’s website at https://
www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/
animalhealth/animal-and-animalproduct-import-information/animalhealth-status-of-regions.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1622 and 8301–
8317; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 31 U.S.C.
9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4.
Done in Washington, DC, this 9th day of
June 2023.
Michael Watson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2022-0066]
Concurrence With World Organization for Animal Health's Risk
Designation for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy for France
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: We are advising the public of our preliminary concurrence with
the World Organization for Animal Health's (WOAH) bovine spongiform
encephalopathy (BSE) risk designation for France. The WOAH recognizes
France as being of negligible risk for BSE. We are taking this action
based on our review of information supporting the WOAH's risk
designation for France.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
August 14, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov.
Enter APHIS-2022-0066 in the Search field. Select the Documents tab,
then select the Comment button in the list of documents.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2022-0066, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD,
APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-
1238.
Any comments we receive on this docket may be viewed at
regulations.gov or in our reading room, which is located in Room 1620
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) 799-7039 before coming.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Rebecca Gordon, Senior Staff
Officer, Regionalization Evaluation Services, Veterinary Services,
APHIS, 920 Main Campus Drive, Raleigh, NC 27606; (919) 855-7741; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The regulations in 9 CFR part 92 subpart B,
``Importation of Animals and Animal Products; Procedures for Requesting
BSE Risk Status Classification With Regard To Bovines'' (referred to
below as the regulations), set forth the process by which the Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) classifies regions for
bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) risk. Section 92.5 of the
regulations provides that all countries of the world are considered by
APHIS to be in one of three BSE risk categories: Negligible risk,
controlled risk, or undetermined risk. These risk categories are
defined in Sec. 92.1. Any region that is not classified by APHIS as
presenting either negligible risk or controlled risk for BSE is
considered to present an undetermined risk. The list of those regions
classified by APHIS as having either negligible risk or controlled risk
can be accessed on the APHIS website at https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animal-and-animal-product-import-information/animal-health-status-of-regions. The list can also be
obtained by writing to APHIS at Regionalization Evaluation Services,
Veterinary Services, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 38, Riverdale, MD
20737-1238.
Under the regulations, APHIS may classify a region for BSE in one
of two ways. One way is for regions that have not received a risk
classification from the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) to
request classification by APHIS. The other way is for APHIS to concur
with the classification given to a country or region by the WOAH.
If the WOAH has classified a region as either BSE negligible risk
or BSE controlled risk, APHIS will seek information to support
concurrence with the WOAH classification. This information may be
publicly available information, or APHIS may request that regions
supply the same information given to the WOAH. APHIS will announce in
the Federal Register, subject to public comment, its intent to concur
with a WOAH classification.
In accordance with this process, we are giving notice in this
document that APHIS intends to concur with the WOAH risk classification
of the country of France as a region of negligible risk for BSE.
The WOAH recommendation regarding France can be viewed at https://www.woah.org/en/disease/bovine-spongiform-encephalopathy/. The
conclusions of the WOAH Scientific Commission for Animal Diseases,
regarding France, can be viewed in the ``Report of the Meeting of the
OIE Scientific Commission for Animal Diseases, Virtual, 7 to 23
February 2022'' at https://doc.woah.org/dyn/portal/index.xhtml?page=alo&aloId=42407&espaceId=100 (page 81).
After reviewing any comments that we receive, we will announce our
final determination regarding the BSE classification of France in the
Federal Register, along with a discussion of and response to pertinent
issues raised by commenters. If APHIS recognizes France as negligible
risk for BSE, the Agency will include this country on the list of
regions of negligible risk for BSE that is available to the public on
the Agency's website at https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animal-and-animal-product-import-information/animal-health-status-of-regions.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1622 and 8301-8317; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 31
U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4.
Done in Washington, DC, this 9th day of June 2023.
Michael Watson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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