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(c) CCC will prorate the available 

funds by a national factor to ensure that 

payments do not exceed $15,000,000. 

CCC will prorate the payments in such 

manner as it, in its sole discretion, finds 

fair and reasonable. 

(d) A reserve will be created to handle 

appeals and errors. Claims will not be 

payable once the available funding is 

expended. Any amount of funds 

reserved for such purposes that are not 

disbursed for the purpose of correcting 

errors or omissions, or for the payment 

of appeals, will not otherwise be 

distributed to any payment applicants 

and will be refunded to the U.S. 

Department of Treasury. 

§ 1429.111 Misrepresentation and scheme 

or device. 

(a) In addition to other penalties, 

sanctions, or remedies as may apply, an 

asparagus producer will be ineligible to 

receive assistance through the 

Asparagus Revenue Market Loss 

Assistance Payment Program if the 

asparagus producer is determined by 

CCC to have: 

(1) Adopted any scheme or device 

that tends to defeat the purpose of this 

program; 

(2) Made any fraudulent 

representation; or 

(3) Misrepresented any fact affecting a 

program determination. 

(b) Any funds disbursed pursuant to 

this part to any person or operation 

engaged in a misrepresentation, scheme, 

or device, must be refunded with 

interest together with such other sums 

as may become due and all charges 

including interest will run from the date 

of the disbursement of the CCC funds. 

Any asparagus farm operation, 

asparagus producer, or person engaged 

in acts prohibited by this section and 

any asparagus farm operation, asparagus 

producer, or person receiving payment 

as specified in this part will be jointly 

and severally liable with other persons 

or operations involved in such claim for 

payment for any refund due as specified 

in this section and for related charges. 

The remedies provided in this part will 

be in addition to other civil, criminal, or 

administrative remedies that may apply. 

§ 1429.112 Death, incompetence, or 

disappearance. 

(a) In the case of death, incompetency, 

disappearance, or dissolution of a 

person or an entity that is eligible to 

receive payment as specified in this 

part, an alternate person or persons as 

specified in part 707 of this title may 

receive such payment, as determined 

appropriate by CCC. 

(b) Payment may be made for 

asparagus market losses suffered by an 

otherwise eligible asparagus producer 

who is now deceased or is a dissolved 

entity if a representative who currently 

has authority to enter into an 

application for the producer or the 

producer’s estate signs the application 

for payment. Proof of authority to sign 

for the deceased producer’s estate or a 

dissolved entity must be provided. If an 

asparagus producer is now a dissolved 

general partnership or joint venture, all 

members of the general partnership or 

joint venture at the time of dissolution 

or their duly-authorized representatives 

must sign the application for payment. 

§ 1429.113 Maintaining records. 

Producers applying for payment 

through the Asparagus Revenue Market 

Loss Assistance Payment Program must 

maintain records and accounts to 

document all eligibility requirements 

specified in this part. Such records and 

accounts must be retained for 3 years 

after the date of payment. 

§ 1429.114 Refunds; joint and several 

liability. 

(a) Excess payments, payments 

provided as the result of erroneous 

information provided by any person, or 

payments resulting from a failure to 

comply with any requirement or 

condition for payment in the 

application or this part, must be 

refunded to CCC. 

(b) A refund required as specified in 

this section will be due with interest 

from the date of CCC disbursement and 

determined in accordance with 

paragraph (d) of this section and late 

payment charges as provided in part 

1403 of this chapter. 

(c) Persons signing an ALAP Program 

application as having an interest in the 

asparagus farm operation will be jointly 

and severally liable for any refund and 

related charges found to be due as 

specified in this section. 

(d) Interest will be applicable to any 

refunds required as specified in parts 

792 and 1403 of this title. Such interest 

will be charged at the rate that the U.S. 

Department of the Treasury charges CCC 

for funds, and will accrue from the date 

CCC made the erroneous payment to the 

date of repayment. 

(e) CCC may waive the accrual of 

interest if it determines that the cause of 

the erroneous determination was not 

due to any action of the person, or was 

beyond the control of the person 

committing the violation. Any waiver is 

at the discretion of CCC alone. 

§ 1429.115 Miscellaneous provisions and 

appeals. 

(a) Offset. CCC may offset or withhold 

any amount due CCC as specified in this 

part in accordance with the provisions 

of part 1403 of this chapter. 

(b) Claims. Claims or debts will be 

settled in accordance with the 

provisions of part 1403 of this chapter. 

(c) Other interests. Payments or any 

portion thereof due under this part will 

be made without regard to questions of 

title under State law and without regard 

to any claim or lien against the 

asparagus crop, or proceeds thereof, in 

favor of the owner or any other creditor 

except agencies and instrumentalities of 

the U.S. Government. 

(d) Assignments. Any asparagus 

producer entitled to any payment as 

specified in this part may assign any 

payment in accordance with the 

provisions of part 1404 of this chapter. 

(e) Appeals. Appeals will be handled 

as specified in parts 11 and 780 of this 

title. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on January 30, 

2011. 

Jonathan W. Coppess, 

Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit 

Corporation. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

7 CFR Part 2902 

RIN 0503–AA39 

Designation of Biobased Items for 

Federal Procurement 

AGENCY: Departmental Management, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) is amending its 

Guidelines for Designating Biobased 

Products for Federal Procurement, to be 

consistent with certain statutory 

changes to section 9002 of the Farm 

Security and Rural Investment Act 

(FSRIA) that were effected when the 

Food, Conservation, and Energy Act 

(FCEA) of 2008 was signed into law on 

June 18, 2008. The amendment is issued 

as an immediately effective final rule. 

Elsewhere in this issue of the Federal 

Register, we are publishing a 

companion proposed rule under 

USDA’s usual procedure for notice and 

comment to provide a procedural 

framework to finalize the rule in the 

event we receive significant adverse 

comment and withdraw this direct final 

rule. 

DATES: This rule is effective June 6, 

2011. Submit comments on the direct 

final rule by April 5, 2011. If we receive 

any timely significant adverse comment, 


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we will withdraw this final rule in part 

or in whole by publication of a 

document in the Federal Register 

within 30 days after the comment 

period ends. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit any 

comments, or a notice of intent to 

submit comments, identified by 

‘‘Technical Amendments to BioPreferred 

Program Guidelines’’ or Regulatory 

Information Number (RIN) 0503–AA39, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• E-mail: biopreferred@usda.gov. 

Include RIN number 0503–AA39 and 

‘‘Proposed Technical Amendments to 

BioPreferred Program Guidelines’’ on 

the subject line. Please include your 

name and address in your message. 

• Mail/commercial/hand delivery: 

Mail or deliver your comments to: Ron 

Buckhalt, USDA, Office of Procurement 

and Property Management, Room 361, 

Reporters Building, 300 7th St., SW., 

Washington, DC 20024. 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means for communication 

for regulatory information (Braille, large 

print, audiotape, etc.) should contact the 

USDA TARGET Center at (202) 720– 

2600 (voice) and (202) 690–0942 (TTY). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron 

Buckhalt, USDA, Office of Procurement 

and Property Management, Room 361, 

Reporters Building, 300 7th St., SW., 

Washington, DC 20024; e-mail: 

biopreferred@usda.gov; phone (202) 

205–4008. Information regarding the 

preferred procurement program (one 

part of the BioPreferred Program) is 

available on the Internet at http:// 

www.biopreferred.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The information presented in this 

preamble is organized as follows: 

I. Authority 

II. Background 

III. Summary of Changes 

IV. Regulatory Information 

A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory 

Planning and Review 

B. Executive Order 12630: Governmental 

Actions and Interference With 

Constitutionally Protected Property 

Rights 

C. Executive Order 12988: Civil Justice 

Reform 

D. Executive Order 13132: Federalism 

E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 

F. Executive Order 12372: 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs 

G. Executive Order 13175: Consultation 

and Coordination With Indian Tribal 

Governments 

H. Paperwork Reduction Act 

I. Authority 

The Guidelines for Designating 

Biobased Products for Federal 

Procurement (the Guidelines) are 

established under the authority of 

section 9002 of the Farm Security and 

Rural Investment Act of 2002 (FSRIA), 

7 U.S.C. 8102, as amended by the Food, 

Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 

(FCEA). (Section 9002 of FSRIA, as 

amended by the FCEA, is referred to in 

this document as ‘‘section 9002’’.) 

II. Background 

As originally enacted, section 9002 

provides for the preferred procurement 

of biobased products by Federal 

agencies. USDA proposed guidelines for 

implementing this preferred 

procurement program on December 19, 

2003 (68 FR 70730–70746). The 

Guidelines were promulgated on 

January 11, 2005 (70 FR 1792), and are 

contained in 7 CFR part 2902, 

‘‘Guidelines for Designating Biobased 

Products for Federal Procurement.’’ 

The Guidelines identify various 

procedures Federal agencies are 

required to follow in implementing the 

requirements of section 9002. They were 

modeled in part on the ‘‘Comprehensive 

Procurement Guidelines for Products 

Containing Recovered Materials’’ (40 

CFR part 247), which the Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) issued 

pursuant to the Resource Conservation 

Recovery Act (‘‘RCRA’’), 40 U.S.C. 6962. 

On June 18, 2008, the FCEA was 

signed into law. Section 9001 of the 

FCEA includes several provisions that 

amend section 9002 of FSRIA. Some of 

these provisions require programmatic 

changes to the preferred procurement 

program. Other provisions of the FCEA 

simply clarify terminology and 

requirements for the preferred 

procurement program. USDA is 

continuing to resolve issues related to 

implementing the programmatic 

changes and will propose additional 

amendments to the Guidelines at a later 

date. For example, the Guidelines’ 

definition of ‘‘biobased product’’ will be 

later revised to include intermediate 

ingredients and feedstocks, pending 

such programmatic changes. The 

purpose of this rule is to revise the 

Guidelines (i.e., 7 CFR part 2902) to 

make them consistent with certain 

technical changes to section 9002 of 

FSRIA as required by the FCEA. 

USDA believes that this rule is 

appropriate for direct final rulemaking 

because it responds to a statutory 

amendment that became effective June 

18, 2008, and because it codifies USDA 

policy as already stated in the first final 

rule designating biobased products. 

Elsewhere in this issue of the Federal 

Register, however, USDA is publishing 

a companion proposed rule that is 

identical in substance to this direct final 

rule. The companion proposed rule 

provides a procedural framework within 

which the rule may be finalized in the 

event the direct final rule is withdrawn 

because of any significant adverse 

comment. The comment period for this 

direct final rule runs concurrently with 

the comment period of the companion 

proposed rule. Any comments received 

in response to the companion proposed 

rule will also be considered as 

comments regarding this direct final 

rule. 

If we receive any significant adverse 

comment, we intend to withdraw this 

final rule before its effective date by 

publishing a notice in the Federal 

Register within 30 days after the 

comment period ends. If we withdraw 

the direct final rule, all comments 

received will be considered under the 

companion proposed rule in developing 

a final rule under the usual notice-andcomment procedures. 

III. Summary of Changes 

USDA is amending eight sections of 7 

CFR part 2902, as described below. 

A. 7 CFR 2902.1—Purpose and Scope 

In response to the promulgation of the 

FCEA, USDA is amending 7 CFR 

2902.1(a) to refer to compliance with 

that law’s requirements. 

B. 7 CFR 2902.2—Definitions 

In response to section 9001 of the 

FCEA, USDA is amending 7 CFR 2902.2 

by revising the definition of ‘‘biobased 

product’’ to add the word ‘‘including.’’ 

This is to ensure that the Guidelines do 

not violate U.S. trade agreements by 

applying exclusively to domestic 

agricultural materials. Additionally, a 

definition for ‘‘FCEA’’ has been added. 

C. 7 CFR 2902.3—Applicability to 

Federal Procurements 

USDA is amending 7 CFR 2902.3(c) to 

state that procuring agencies must 

comply with section 9002(a)(2) 

regarding the procuring of products 

composed of the highest percentage of 

biobased content practicable. Section 

2902.3(c) now incorrectly includes the 

phrase ‘‘highest percentage of biobased 

products.’’ 

D. 7 CFR 2902.4—Procurement 

Programs 

USDA has revised paragraph (b)(2)(ii) 

to read ‘‘section 9002’’ as it refers to both 

FSRIA and the FCEA. 


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E. 7 CFR 2902.5—Item Designation 

USDA is amending 7 CFR 2905.5(c) 

by adding heating oil to the list of 

exclusions to this program, because it 

was added to the list pursuant to section 

9001 of the FCEA. 

F. 7 CFR 2902.6—Providing Product 

Information to Federal Agencies 

In response to a name change, USDA 

is amending 7 CFR 2902.6(a) to refer to 

the USDA information Web site at 

http://www.biopreferred.gov rather than 

to ‘‘http://www.biobased.oce.usda.gov.’’ 

Additionally, USDA is amending 7 

CFR 2902.6(b) to include a reference to 

the BioPreferred ‘‘Guidelines for 

Marketing the BioPreferred Program,’’ 

and a link to the Federal Trade 

Commission ‘‘Guides for the Use of 

Environmental Marketing Claims.’’ 

G. 7 CFR 2902.8—Determining Life 

Cycle Costs, Environmental and Health 

Benefits, and Performance 

USDA is revising 7 CFR 2902.8 to 

comply with section 9002(a)(3)(D), 

which states that guidelines issued 

under this paragraph may not require a 

manufacturer or vendor of biobased 

products, as a condition of the purchase 

of biobased products from the 

manufacturer or vendor, to provide to 

procuring agencies more data than 

would be required to be provided by 

manufacturers or vendors offering 

products for sale to a procuring agency, 

other than data confirming the biobased 

content of a product. 

H. 7 CFR 2902.9—Funding for Testing 

In response to a name change, USDA 

is amending 7 CFR 2902.9(b) to refer to 

the USDA information Web site at 

http://www.biopreferred.gov rather than 

to http://www.biobased.oce.usda.gov. 

IV. Regulatory Information 

A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory 

Planning and Review 

This rule has been reviewed under 

Executive Order 12866. It has been 

determined that this rule, which 

amends the Guidelines, is not a 

‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under the 

terms of Executive Order 12866, because 

its purpose is only to implement 

statutory amendments to section 9002. 

Therefore, this rule has not been 

reviewed by the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB). 

B. Executive Order 12630: 

Governmental Actions and Interference 

With Constitutionally Protected Property 

Rights 

This rule has been reviewed in 

accordance with Executive Order 12630, 

Governmental Actions and Interference 

with Constitutionally Protected Property 

Rights, and does not contain policies 

that would have implications for these 

rights. 

C. Executive Order 12988: Civil Justice 

Reform 

This rule has been reviewed in 

accordance with Executive Order 12988, 

Civil Justice Reform. This rule does not 

preempt State or local laws, is not 

intended to have retroactive effect, and 

does not involve administrative appeals. 

D. Executive Order 13132: Federalism 

This rule does not have sufficient 

federalism implications to warrant the 

preparation of a Federalism Assessment. 

Provisions of this rule will not have a 

substantial direct effect on States or 

their political subdivisions or on the 

distribution of power and 

responsibilities among the various 

government levels. 

E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 

1995 

This rule contains no Federal 

mandates under the regulatory 

provisions of Title II of the Unfunded 

Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA), 

2 U.S.C. 1531–1538, for State, local, and 

tribal governments, or the private sector. 

Therefore, a statement under section 

202 of UMRA is not required. 

F. Executive Order 12372: 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs 

For the reasons set forth in the Final 

Rule Related Notice for 7 CFR part 3015, 

subpart V (48 FR 29115, June 24, 1983), 

this program is excluded from the scope 

of the Executive Order 12372, which 

requires intergovernmental consultation 

with State and local officials. This 

program does not directly affect State 

and local governments. 

G. Executive Order 13175: Consultation 

and Coordination With Indian Tribal 

Governments 

Today’s rule does not significantly or 

uniquely affect ‘‘one or more Indian 

tribes, * * * the relationship between 

the Federal Government and Indian 

tribes, or * * * the distribution of 

power and responsibilities between the 

Federal Government and Indian tribes.’’ 

Thus, no further action is required 

under Executive Order 13175. 

H. Paperwork Reduction Act 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 

through 3520), the information 

collection under the Guidelines is 

currently approved under OMB control 

number 0503–0011. 

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 2902 

Biobased products, Procurement. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, the Department of Agriculture 

is amending 7 CFR chapter XXIX as 

follows: 

CHAPTER XXIX—OFFICE OF ENERGY 

PART 2902—GUIDELINES FOR 

DESIGNATING BIOBASED PRODUCTS 

FOR FEDERAL PROCUREMENT 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 2902 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 8102. 

■ 2. Section 2902.1 is revised to read as 

follows: 

§ 2902.1 Purpose and scope. 

(a) Purpose. The purpose of the 

guidelines in this part is to assist 

procuring agencies in complying with 

the requirements of section 9002 of the 

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 

of 2002 (FSRIA), Public Law 107–171, 

116 Stat. 476 (7 U.S.C. 8102), as 

amended by the Food, Conservation, 

and Energy Act of 2008, Public Law 

110–246, 122 Stat. 1651, as they apply 

to the procurement of the products 

designated in subpart B of this part. 

(b) Scope. The guidelines in this part 

designate items that are or can be 

produced with biobased products and 

whose procurement by procuring 

agencies will carry out the objectives of 

section 9002. 

■ 3. Section 2902.2 is amended by 

revising the definition of ‘‘biobased 

product’’ and adding a definition for 

‘‘FCEA’’ to read as follows: 

§ 2902.2 Definitions. 

* * * * * 

Biobased product. A product 

determined by USDA to be a 

commercial or industrial product (other 

than food or feed) that is composed, in 

whole or in significant part, of 

biological products, including 

renewable domestic agricultural 

materials and forestry materials. 

* * * * * 

FCEA. The Food, Conservation and 

Energy Act of 2008, Pub. L. 110–246. 

* * * * * 

■ 4. Section 2902.3 is amended by 

revising paragraph (c) to read as follows: 

§ 2902.3 Applicability to Federal 

procurements. 

* * * * * 

(c) Procuring products composed of 

the highest percentage of biobased 

content. Section 9002(a)(2) requires 


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procuring agencies to procure 

designated items composed of the 

highest percentage of biobased content 

practicable or such products that 

comply with the regulations issued 

under section 103 of Public Law 100– 

556 (42 U.S.C. 6914b–1), consistent with 

maintaining a satisfactory level of 

competition, considering these 

guidelines. Procuring agencies may 

decide not to procure such products if 

they are not reasonably priced or readily 

available or do not meet specified or 

reasonable performance standards. 

* * * * * 

■ 5. Section 2902.4 is amended by 

revising paragraph (b)(2)(ii) to read as 

follows: 

§ 2902.4 Procurement programs. 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

(2) * * * 

(ii) A policy of setting minimum 

biobased products content 

specifications in such a way as to assure 

that the biobased products content 

required is consistent with section 9002 

and the requirements of the guidelines 

in this part except when such items: 

(A) Are not available within a 

reasonable time; 

(B) Fail to meet performance 

standards for the use to which they will 

be put, or the reasonable performance 

standards of the Federal agency; or 

(C) Are available only at an 

unreasonable price. 

* * * * * 

■ 6. Section 2902.5 is amended by 

revising paragraph (c)(1) to read as 

follows: 

§ 2902.5 Item designation. 

* * * * * 

(c) Exclusions. (1) Motor vehicle fuels, 

heating oil, and electricity are excluded 

by statute from this program. 

* * * * * 

■ 7. Section 2902.6 is amended by 

revising the first sentence of paragraph 

(a) and by revising paragraph (b) to read 

as follows: 

§ 2902.6 Providing product information to 

Federal agencies. 

(a) Informational Web site. An 

informational USDA Web site 

implementing section 9002 can be 

found at: http://www.biopreferred.gov. 

* * * 

(b) Advertising, labeling and 

marketing claims. Manufacturers and 

vendors are reminded that their 

advertising, labeling, and other 

marketing claims, including claims 

regarding health and environmental 

benefits of the product, must conform to 

the Federal Trade Commission ‘‘Guides 

for the Use of Environmental Marketing 

Claims,’’ 16 CFR part 260 (see: http:// 

www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/ 

waisidx_08/16cfr260_08.html). For 

further requirements, click on the link 

to the ‘‘Guidelines for Marketing the 

BioPreferred Program.’’ 

■ 8. Section 2902.8 is amended by 

revising paragraph (a) to read as follows: 

§ 2902.8 Determining life cycle costs, 

environmental and health benefits, and 

performance. 

(a) Providing information on life cycle 

costs and environmental and health 

benefits. Federal agencies may not 

require manufacturers or vendors of 

biobased products to provide to 

procuring agencies more data than 

would be required to be provided by 

other manufacturers or vendors offering 

products for sale to a procuring agency, 

other than data confirming the biobased 

contents of the products, as a condition 

of the purchase of biobased products 

from the manufacturer or vendor. 

* * * * * 

■ 9. Section 2902.9 is amended by 

revising paragraph (b)(1) to read as 

follows: 

§ 2902.9 Funding for testing. 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

(1) Subject to the availability of funds 

and paragraph (a) of this section, USDA 

will announce annually the solicitation 

of proposals for cost sharing for life 

cycle costs, environmental and health 

benefits, and performance testing of 

biobased products in accordance with 

the standards set forth in § 2902.8 to 

carry out this program. Information 

regarding the submission of proposals 

for cost sharing also will be posted on 

the USDA informational Web site, 

http://www.biopreferred.gov. 

* * * * * 

Dated: January 25, 2011. 

Pearlie S. Reed, 

Assistant Secretary for Administration, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–93–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

9 CFR Part 78 

[Docket No. APHIS–2009–0083] 

RIN 0579–AD22 

Brucellosis Class Free States and 

Certified Brucellosis-Free Herds; 

Revisions to Testing and Certification 

Requirements 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Interim rule; extension of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: We are extending the 

comment period for an interim rule 

modifying brucellosis testing, 

classification, and certification 

requirements for certain Class Free 

States. This action will allow interested 

persons additional time to prepare and 

submit comments. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before March 11, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/ 

component/ 

main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS2009-0083 to submit or view comments 

and to view supporting and related 

materials available electronically. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Please send one copy of your comment 

to Docket No. APHIS–2009–0083, 

Regulatory Analysis and Development, 

PPD, APHIS, Station 3A–03.8, 4700 

River Road, Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1238. Please state that your 

comment refers to Docket No. APHIS– 

2009–0083. 

Reading Room: You may read any 

comments that we receive on this 

docket in our reading room. The reading 

room is located in room 1141 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) 690–2817 before 

coming. 

Other Information: Additional 

information about APHIS and its 

programs is available on the Internet at 

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Debbi Donch, National Brucellosis 

Program Staff, National Center for 

Animal Health Programs, VS, APHIS, 


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