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Vol. 79, No. 12 

Friday, January 17, 2014 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

9 CFR Part 11 

[Docket No. APHIS–2011–0030] 

RIN 0579–AD43 

Horse Protection Act; Requiring Horse 

Industry Organizations To Assess and 

Enforce Minimum Penalties for 

Violations; Correction 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Correcting amendment. 

SUMMARY: In a final rule that was 

published in the Federal Register on 

June 7, 2012, and effective on July 9, 

2012, we amended the horse protection 

regulations to require horse industry 

organizations or associations that 

license Designated Qualified Persons to 

assess and enforce minimum penalties 

for violations of the Horse Protection 

Act. One of the minimum penalties was 

for violations related to shoeing the 

horse, but we neglected to include a 

citation to one of the shoeing violations 

for which the penalty should be 

assessed. This document corrects that 

error. 

DATES: Effective January 17, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Rachel Cezar, Horse Protection National 

Coordinator, Animal Care, APHIS, 4700 

River Road, Unit 84, Riverdale, MD 

20737; (301) 851–3746. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In a final rule that was published in 

the Federal Register on June 7, 2012 (77 

FR 33607–33619, Docket No. APHIS– 

2011–0030), and effective on July 9, 

2012, we amended the horse protection 

regulations in 9 CFR part 11 to require 

horse industry organizations or 

associations that license Designated 

Qualified Persons to assess and enforce 

minimum penalties for violations of the 

Horse Protection Act. We established 

the minimum penalties in a new 

§ 11.25. 

Paragraph (c)(6) of § 11.25 sets out the 

minimum penalty for a shoeing 

violation, which is that the horse must 

be dismissed from the remainder of the 

horse show, exhibition, sale, or auction 

at which it is being inspected. The 

paragraph specifically cites the shoeing 

violation in paragraph (b)(18) of § 11.2, 

a section that lists various equipmentrelated violations. However, in the final 

rule, we neglected to include paragraph 

(b)(19) as a violation for which this 

minimum penalty must be assessed. 

Paragraph (b)(19) of § 11.2 indicates that 

the following is prohibited: 

Lead or other weights attached to the 

outside of the hoof wall, the outside surface 

of the horseshoe, or any portion of the pad 

except the bottom surface within the 

horseshoe. Pads may not be hollowed out for 

the purpose of inserting or affixing weights, 

and weights may not extend below the 

bearing surface of the shoe. Hollow shoes or 

artificial extensions filled with mercury or 

similar substances are prohibited. 

As this is a shoeing-related 

prohibition, the minimum penalty for a 

shoeing violation should be assessed 

when a horse is found to be in violation 

of paragraph (b)(19). This document 

corrects the error by amending 

paragraph (c)(6) of § 11.25 to refer to 

both paragraphs (b)(18) and (b)(19) as 

shoeing violations for which the 

minimum penalty must be assessed. 

List of Subjects in 9 CFR Part 11 

Animal welfare, Horses, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements. 

Accordingly, 9 CFR part 11 is 

corrected by making the following 

correcting amendment: 

PART 11—HORSE PROTECTION 

REGULATIONS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 11 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1823–1825 and 1828; 

7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.7. 

■ 2. In § 11.25, paragraph (c)(6) is 

revised to read as follows: 

§ 11.25 Minimum penalties to be assessed 

and enforced by HIOs that license DQPs. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

(6) Shoeing violation. Violation of the 

shoeing-related prohibitions in 

§ 11.2(b)(18) and (b)(19). The horse must 

be dismissed from the remainder of the 

horse show, exhibition, sale, or auction. 

* * * * * 

Done in Washington, DC, this 13th day of 

January 2014. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–00880 Filed 1–16–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 

12 CFR Part 652 

RIN 3052–AC80 

Federal Agricultural Mortgage 

Corporation Funding and Fiscal 

Affairs; Farmer Mac Capital Planning 

AGENCY: Farm Credit Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of effective date. 

SUMMARY: The Farm Credit 

Administration (FCA or we) adopted a 

final rule that amends regulations 

governing operational and strategic 

planning of the Federal Agricultural 

Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac). 

Among other things, the final rule 

requires Farmer Mac to submit a capital 

plan to the Office of Secondary Market 

Oversight (OSMO) on an annual basis 

and requires Farmer Mac to notify 

OSMO under certain circumstances 

before making a capital distribution. 

The final rule revised the current capital 

adequacy planning requirements to 

place more emphasis on the quality and 

level of Farmer Mac’s capital base and 

promote best practices for capital 

adequacy planning and stress testing. In 

accordance with the law, the effective 

date of the rule is 30 days from the date 

of publication in the Federal Register 

during which either or both Houses of 

Congress are in session. 

DATES: Under the authority of 12 U.S.C. 

2252, the regulation amending 12 CFR 

part 652 published on October 31, 2013 

(78 FR 65145) is effective January 3, 

2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph T. Connor, Associate Director for 

Policy and Analysis, Office of 

Secondary Market Oversight, Farm 

Credit Administration, McLean, VA 


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