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1To view the notice of availability, the 

assessments, and the comment we received, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2012-0094. 

Executive Order 13132 

This rule will not have substantial 

direct effects on the States, on the 

relationship between the national 

government and the States, or on the 

distribution of power and 

responsibilities among the various 

levels of government. Therefore, in 

accordance with section 6 of Executive 

Order 13132, the Department has 

determined that this rule does not have 

sufficient federalism implications to 

warrant a federalism summary impact 

statement. 

Executive Order 12988 

This rule meets the applicable 

standards set forth in sections 3(a) and 

3(b)(2) of Executive Order 12988, Civil 

Justice Reform. 

List of Subjects 

8 CFR Part 1003 

Administrative practice and 

procedures, Immigration, Legal 

Services, Organization and functions 

(Government agencies), Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

8 CFR Part 1292 

Administrative practice and 

procedures, Immigration, Lawyers, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

PART 1003—EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR 

IMMIGRATION REVIEW 

PART 1292—REPRESENTATION AND 

APPEARANCES 

■ Accordingly, the interim rule 

amending 8 CFR parts 1003 and 1292 

that was published at 77 FR 2011 on 

January 13, 2012, is adopted as a final 

rule without change. 

Dated: April 19, 2013. 

Eric H. Holder, Jr., 

Attorney General. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

9 CFR Part 94 

[Docket No. APHIS–2012–0094] 

Notice of a Determination Regarding 

the Swine Vesicular Disease Status of 

Certain Regions in Italy 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Determination. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that we have determined that the Italian 

Regions of Lombardia, Emilia-Romagna, 

Veneto, and Piemonte and the 

autonomous provinces of Trento and 

Bolzano are free of swine vesicular 

disease. Based on an assessment of the 

animal health status of these areas, 

which we made available to the public 

for review and comment through a 

previous notice of availability, the 

Administrator has determined that the 

importation of pork or pork products 

from these areas presents a low risk of 

introducing swine vesicular disease into 

the United States. This determination is 

based on our review of the 

documentation submitted by the 

Government of Italy in support of its 

request and the findings of our own 

animal health risk evaluation. 

DATES: Effective Date: May 28, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Chip Wells, Senior Staff Veterinarian, 

Regionalization Evaluation Services, 

Sanitary Trade Issues Team, National 

Center for Import and Export, VS, 

APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 38, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; (301) 851– 

3089. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The regulations in 9 CFR part 94 

(referred to below as the regulations) 

govern the importation of certain 

animals and animal products into the 

United States in order to prevent the 

introduction of various communicable 

diseases, including swine vesicular 

disease (SVD). SVD is a dangerous and 

destructive communicable disease of 

swine. 

Sections 94.12 and 94.14 of the 

regulations contain requirements 

governing the importation of pork and 

pork products and swine, respectively, 

from regions where SVD exists in order 

to prevent the introduction of the 

disease into the United States. We 

consider SVD to exist in all regions 

except those listed in accordance with 

§ 94.12(a)(2) as being free of SVD. 

Section 94.13 of the regulations 

contains requirements governing the 

importation of pork or pork products 

from regions that have been determined 

to be free of SVD, but that are subject 

to certain restrictions because of their 

proximity to or trading relationships 

with SVD-affected regions. Such regions 

are listed in accordance with paragraph 

(a)(2) of that section. 

The regulations in 9 CFR 92.2, contain 

requirements for requesting the 

recognition of the animal health status 

of a region or for the approval of the 

export of a particular type of animal or 

animal product to the United States 

from a foreign region. If, after review 

and evaluation of the information 

submitted in support of the request, the 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) believes the request can 

be safely granted, APHIS will make its 

evaluation available for public comment 

through a notice published in the 

Federal Register. 

Following the close of the comment 

period, APHIS will review all comments 

received and will make a final 

determination regarding the request that 

will be detailed in another notice 

published in the Federal Register. 

In accordance with that process, on 

December 18, 2012, we published in the 

Federal Register (77 FR 74787–74788, 

Docket No. APHIS–2012–0094) a notice 

of availability 1 in which we announced 

the availability for review and comment 

of our evaluation of the SVD status of 

the Italian Regions of Lombardia, 

Emilia-Romagna, Veneto, and Piemonte 

and the autonomous provinces of Trento 

and Bolzano. Based on this evaluation, 

we determined that that the 

surveillance, prevention, and control 

measures implemented by Italy in the 

four Regions and two autonomous 

provinces under consideration as being 

free of SVD are sufficient to minimize 

the likelihood of introducing SVD into 

the United States via imports of SVDsusceptible species or products. 

However, because of the Regions’ and 

autonomous provinces’ proximity to or 

trading relationships with SVD-affected 

regions, we found that it is necessary to 

impose additional restrictions in 

accordance with § 94.13 on the 

importation of pork or pork products 

from the areas of Italy under 

consideration for being declared free of 

SVD. 

We solicited comments on the notice 

of availability for 60 days ending on 

February 19, 2013. We received one 

comment on our evaluation, from the 

European Commission’s DirectorateGeneral for Health and Consumers. The 

commenter was supportive of our 

proposed action, but raised several 

additional points relating to the timeline 

for the final determination, the disease 

status of Italy, and our characterization 

of the regulations. The comments are 

discussed below. 

The commenter stated that the last 

outbreak of SVD anywhere in Italy had 

occurred over 9 months ago and, 

consequently, all of Italy has now been 

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to standards established by the World 

Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). 

Reconsideration of the status of the 

remainder of Italy is beyond the scope 

of this determination, which addresses 

APHIS’ evaluation and recognition of 

the SVD status of the Italian Regions of 

Lombardia, Emilia-Romagna, Veneto, 

and Piemonte and the autonomous 

provinces of Trento and Bolzano. We 

are willing to work with the European 

Commission or the Government of Italy, 

should they request an additional 

evaluation that considers the SVD status 

of the remainder of Italy. In order to 

declare Italy to be free of SVD, we 

would need to conduct our own 

evaluation to assess the SVD-status of 

any additional regions in Italy. 

The commenter said that Italy has 

already adopted all the safeguards 

necessary to avoid the spread of SVD 

and therefore additional requirements 

governing the importation of pork or 

pork products from regions that have 

been determined to be free of SVD, but 

that are subject to certain restrictions 

because of their proximity to or trading 

relationships with SVD-affected regions, 

are unnecessary. 

We disagree with the commenter’s 

assertion. As discussed in the risk 

analysis supporting the initial notice of 

availability, European Union and Italian 

regulations do not restrict the movement 

of pork or pork products from regions 

considered by APHIS to be SVD-affected 

into SVD-free regions, unless that pork 

is from swine that have tested positive 

for SVD or is from swine slaughtered as 

a result of an SVD outbreak. Therefore, 

there is the possibility that pork and 

pork products could be moved from an 

area considered to be SVD-affected by 

APHIS into a recognized free region of 

Italy, and subsequently be exported to 

the United States. To mitigate this risk, 

we will apply the restrictions listed in 

§ 94.13, which prohibit the importation 

of fresh pork or pork products derived 

from swine originating in regions 

considered to be SVD-affected, to 

exports of pork and pork products from 

the Italian Regions of Lombardia, 

Emilia-Romagna, Veneto, and Piemonte 

and the autonomous provinces of Trento 

and Bolzano. 

The commenter requested that we 

provide a timeline concerning 

implementation of our final decision 

and action regarding the SVD status of 

the Italian Regions of Lombardia, 

Emilia-Romagna, Veneto, and Piemonte 

and the autonomous provinces of Trento 

and Bolzano. 

This final determination establishes 

the effective date for the action taken by 

APHIS in regards to the SVD status of 

Italy as May 28, 2013. 

The initial notice of availability 

described the regulations in 9 CFR part 

94 as governing the importation of 

certain animals and animal products 

into the United States in order to 

prevent the introduction of various 

communicable diseases, including SVD. 

The notice of availability further classed 

the diseases described in 9 CFR part 94 

as ‘‘dangerous and destructive 

communicable diseases of ruminants 

and swine.’’ The commenter observed 

that, as the notice of availability was on 

the subject of SVD, it would be more 

appropriate to exclude the reference to 

ruminants to avoid any confusion. 

The language referenced by the 

commenter is what we commonly use to 

characterize the regulations in 9 CFR 

part 94, which also cover ruminant 

diseases. We have, however, altered the 

wording in this final determination in 

order to make our focus clear. 

In our December 2012 notice of 

availability we stated that we would 

consider any comments received and 

announce our decision regarding the 

disease status of the Italian Regions of 

Lombardia, Emilia-Romagna, Veneto, 

and Piemonte and the autonomous 

provinces of Trento and Bolzano with 

respect to SVD and the import status of 

pork and pork products. Based on the 

findings of our evaluation and the 

absence of comments that would lead us 

to reconsider those findings, we are 

announcing our determination to add 

the Italian Regions of Lombardia, 

Emilia-Romagna, Veneto, and Piemonte 

and the autonomous provinces of Trento 

and Bolzano to the list of regions 

declared free of SVD and to the list of 

regions that have been determined to be 

free of SVD, but that are subject to 

certain restrictions because of their 

proximity to or trading relationships 

with SVD-affected regions. These lists 

are available on the APHIS Web site at 

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ 

import_export/animals/animal_import/ 

animal_imports_svd.shtml. 

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. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 22nd day of 

April 2013. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–09929 Filed 4–25–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2012–0817; Directorate 

Identifier 99–NE–24–AD; Amendment 39– 

17438; AD 2013–08–20] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; General 

Electric Company Turbofan Engines 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: We are superseding an 

existing airworthiness directive (AD) for 

certain General Electric Company (GE) 

CF6–80C2 series turbofan engines. That 

AD currently requires replacement of 

the fuel tube connecting the flowmeter 

to the integrated drive generator (IDG) 

fuel-oil cooler and the fuel tube(s) 

connecting the main engine control 

(MEC) or hydromechanical (HMU) to 

the flowmeter, with improved fuel 

tubes. This new AD requires the same 

actions, requires installation of a new 

simplified one-piece supporting bracket, 

adds an engine model, alters the list of 

affected part numbers (P/Ns), changes 

the replacement schedule, and revises 

our estimated cost of compliance. This 

AD was prompted by several additional 

reports of fuel leaks and two reports of 

engine fire due to improper assembly of 

supporting brackets on the fuel tube 

connecting the flowmeter to the IDG 

fuel-oil cooler. We are issuing this AD 

to prevent high-pressure fuel leaks 

caused by improper seating of fuel tube 

flanges, which could result in an engine 

fire and damage to the airplane. 

DATES: This AD is effective May 31, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: For service information 

identified in this AD, contact General 

Electric Company, GE-Aviation, Room 

285, 1 Neumann Way, Cincinnati, OH 

45215, phone: 513–552–3272; email: 

geae.aoc@ge.com. You may view the 

referenced service information at the 

FAA, Engine & Propeller Directorate, 12 

New England Executive Park, 

Burlington, MA. For information on the 

availability of this material at the FAA, 

call 781–238–7125. 

Examining the AD Docket 

You may examine the AD docket on 

the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov; or in person at the 

Docket Management Facility between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. The AD 

docket contains this AD, the regulatory 


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