Department of Agriculture December 13, 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Notice of Resource Advisory Committee Meeting
Pursuant to the authorities in the Federal Advisory Committees Act (Public Law 92-463) and under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-393) the Modoc National Forest's Modoc Resource Advisory Committee will meet Monday, January 8, 2007 in Alturas, California for business meetings. The meetings are open to the public.
Brucellosis in Cattle; Research Facilities
We are proposing to amend the brucellosis regulations in order to facilitate research to be conducted on brucellosis-exposed or infected animals. Under the current regulations, such research could adversely affect a State's brucellosis classification. For example, the criteria for achieving and maintaining Class Free status provide that all cattle herds in the State or area must be released from quarantine and remain free of brucellosis for 12 consecutive months. Because the current definition of herd includes animals held in a research facility, a State could lose its Class Free status by allowing such research. By providing an exception for brucellosis-exposed or infected animals held within federally approved research facilities, this proposed rule would enable the initiation of necessary brucellosis research in Class Free States.
Standards for Permanent, Privately Owned Horse Quarantine Facilities
We are proposing to amend the regulations pertaining to the importation of horses to establish standards for the approval of permanent, privately owned quarantine facilities for horses. We are taking this action because demand for quarantine services for horses exceeds the space available at existing facilities. This proposed rule replaces a previously published proposed rule, which we are withdrawing as part of this document, that contained substantially different restrictions on ownership and substantially different requirements for the physical plant, operating procedures, and compliance date. We believe that allowing imported horses to be quarantined in permanent, privately owned quarantine facilities that meet these newly proposed criteria would facilitate the importation of horses while continuing to protect against the introduction of communicable diseases of horses.
Notice of Extension of Public Comment Period for Outfitting and Guiding Land Use Fees in the Alaska Region
The Alaska Region of the Forest Service is extending the public comment period an additional 90 days for the notice of proposed policy published in the Federal Register September 15, 2006 (FR Vol. 71, No. 179, pp. 54454-54464) concerning a long term flat fee policy for outfitters and guides operating in the Alaska Region. The original notice provided for a comment period to end on December 14, 2007. The Forest Service is extending the comment period until March 14, 2007.Under the flat fee policy, a single land use fee would be charged for each type of service provided by outfitters and guides in the Alaska Region.
Tehama County Resource Advisory Committee
The Tehama County Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in Red Bluff, California. Agenda items to be covered include: (1) Introductions, (2) Approval of Minutes, (3) Public Comment, (4) Status of Legislation, (5) New Allocation, (6) Chairman's Perspective, (7) General Discussion, (8) Next Agenda.
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