[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 165 (Wednesday, August 26, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 45417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22908]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
9 CFR Parts 1 and 2
[Docket No. 97-018-3]
RIN 0579-AA95
Licensing Requirements for Dogs and Cats
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of reopening and extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: We are reopening and extending the comment period for our
advance notice of proposed rulemaking that announced that we are
considering several changes to the Animal Welfare regulations to ensure
the humane handling, care, and treatment of dogs and cats, while
concentrating our regulatory efforts on those facilities that present
the greatest risk of noncompliance with the regulations. This extension
will provide interested persons with additional time in which to
prepare comments on the advance notice of proposed rulemaking.
DATES: Consideration will be given only to comments on Docket No. 97-
018-2 that are received on or before September 23, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Please send an original and three copies of your comments to
Docket No. 97-018-2, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS,
suite 3C03, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. Please
state that your comments refer to Docket No. 97-018-2. Comments
received may be inspected at USDA, room 1141, South Building, 14th
Street and Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC, between 8 a.m. and
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. Persons wishing to
inspect comments are requested to call ahead on (202) 690-2817 to
facilitate entry into the comment reading room. Alternatively, comments
may be submitted via the Internet on an electronic form located at
http://comments.aphis.usda.gov. Comments submitted on the electronic
form need only be submitted once.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Bettye Walters, Veterinary Medical
Officer, AC, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 84, Riverdale, MD 20737-1234,
(301) 734-7833.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 24, 1998, we published in the
Federal Register (63 FR 34333-34335, Docket No. 97-018-2) an advance
notice of proposed rulemaking that announced that we are considering
several changes to the Animal Welfare regulations at 9 CFR parts 1 and
2 to ensure the humane handling, care, and treatment of dogs and cats,
while concentrating our regulatory efforts on those facilities that
present the greatest risk of noncompliance with the regulations.
Comments on the advance notice of proposed rulemaking were required to
be received on or before August 24, 1998.
In response to requests from several organizations, we are
reopening and extending the public comment period on Docket No. 97-018-
2 until September 23, 1998. This action will allow interested groups
and individuals additional time to prepare and submit comments.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 2131-2159; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.2(g).
Done in Washington, DC, this 21st day of August 1998.
Craig A. Reed,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 98-22908 Filed 8-25-98; 8:45 am]
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