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Subpart A—Servicing and Liquidation

of Chattel Security

5. Section 1962.34 is amended by

revising the second sentence of

paragraph (h) to read as follows:

§ 1962.34 Transfer of chattel security and

EO property and assumption of debts.

* * * * *

(h) * * * When the Agency debt less

the market value and prior liens is $1

million or more (including principal,

interest and other charges), release of

liability must be approved by the

Administrator or designee; otherwise,

the State Director must approve the

release of liability. * * *

PART 1965—REAL PROPERTY

6. The authority citation for part 1965

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1989; 42 U.S.C. 1480;

5 U.S.C. 301; 7 CFR 2.23; 7 CFR 2.70.

Subpart A—Servicing of Real Estate

Security for Farmer Program Loans

and Certain Note-Only Cases

7. Section 1965.26 is amended by

revising the first sentence of paragraph

(f)(5)(ii) to read as follows:

§ 1965.26 Liquidation action.

* * * * *

(f) * * *

(5) * * *

(ii) When the Agency debt less the

market value and prior liens is $1

million or more (including principal,

interest and other charges), release of

liability must be approved by the

Administrator or designee; otherwise,

the State Director must approve the

release of liability. * * *

* * * * *

8. Section 1965.27 is amended by

revising the second sentence of

paragraph (f) to read as follows:

§ 1965.27 Transfer of real estate security.

* * * * *

(f) * * * When the Agency debt less

the market value and prior liens is $1

million or more (including principal,

interest and other charges), release of

liability must be approved by the

Administrator or designee; otherwise,

the State Director must approve the

release of liability. * * *

* * * * *

Dated: May 3, 1995.

Eugene Moos,

Under Secretary, Farm and Foreign

Agricultural Services.

Dated: May 3, 1995.

Michael V. Dunn,

Acting Under Secretary, Rural Economic and

Community Development.

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BILLING CODE 3410–07–V

7 CFR Part 1956

Reporting Discharged Debts to the

Internal Revenue Service

AGENCIES: Rural Housing and

Community Development Service, Rural

Business and Cooperative Development

Service, Rural Utilities Service, and

Consolidated Farm Service Agency,

USDA.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Rural Housing and

Community Development Service

(RHCDS), Rural Business and

Cooperative Development Service

(RBCDS), Rural Utilities Service (RUS),

and Consolidated Farm Service Agency

(CFSA), amends their debt settlement

regulations. The intended effect is to

remove debt settlement regulations

concerning the Internal Revenue Service

(IRS) requirement that certain agency

discharges of indebtedness be reported

to the IRS. This action is necessary to

remove strictly internal procedural

requirements from the debt settlement

regulation.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 31, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Debra A. Deters, Accountant, Operations

Division, Rural Housing and

Community Development Service,

USDA, Finance Office, Room 3529, 1520

Market Street, St. Louis, Missouri

63103, Telephone (314) 539–2492.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Classification

This final rule has been determined to

be not-significant for purposes of

Executive Order 12866 because it has no

adverse impact on borrowers or other

members of the public and involves

only internal Agency management.

Since this rule relates only to internal

agency procedures, notice of proposed

rulemaking and opportunity for

comment are not required. For the same

reason, this rule is exempt from the

provisions of Executive Order No.

12778, 56 FR 55195 (1991), and the

Regulatory Flexibility Act, Pub. L. No.

96–354. This rule is being made

effective immediately upon publication

in the Federal Register since it concerns

internal management and public loans,

grants, benefits, or contracts. These

subjects are exempted from 5 U.S.C. 553

requirements. The Agencies are

amending their debt settlement

regulations to remove internal

procedures for reporting discharges of

indebtedness to the Internal Revenue

Service (IRS). These procedures will be

covered by internal instructions

consistent with IRS policy.

Paperwork Reduction Act

The information collection

requirements contained in these

regulations have been previously

approved by the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) under the provisions

of 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35 and have been

assigned OMB control numbers 0575–

0118 and 0575–0124 in accordance with

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980

(44 U.S.C. 3507). This rule does not

revise or impose any new information

collection requirement from those

approved by OMB.

Environmental Impact Statement

This document has been reviewed in

accordance with 7 CFR part 1940,

subpart G, ‘‘Environmental Program.’’ It

is the determination of RHCDS, RBCDS,

RUS, and CFSA that this action does not

constitute a major Federal action

significantly affecting the quality of the

human environment, and in accordance

with the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969, Pub. L. 91–190, an

Environmental Impact Statement is not

required.

Intergovernmental Consultation

1. This activity is not subject to

Executive Order (EO) 12372 which

requires intergovernmental consultation

with State and local officials and is not

listed in the Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance, however, affected programs

10.411, 10.416, and 10.437 are subject to

the provisions of EO 12372.

Program Affected

These changes affect the following

USDA programs listed in the Catalog of

Federal Domestic Assistance under

numbers:

10.404 Emergency Loans

10.406 Farm Operating Loans

10.407 Farm Ownership Loans

10.411 Rural Housing Site
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10.416 Soil and Water Loans

10.417 Very Low-Income Housing

Repair Loans and Grants

10.421 Indian Tribes and Tribal

Corporation Loans

10.435 Agricultural Loan Mediation

Program

10.437 Interest Assistance Program

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 1956

Accounting, Loan programs—

Agriculture, Rural areas. Therefore,

chapter XVIII, title 7, Code of Federal

Regulations is amended as follows:

PART 1956—DEBT SETTLEMENT

1. The authority citation for part 1956

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1989; 42 U.S.C. 1480;

5 U.S.C. 301; 31 U.S.C. 3711; 7 CFR 2.23; 7

CFR 2.70

Subpart B—Debt Settlement—Farmer

Programs and Housing

§ 1956.86 [Removed]

2. Section 1956.86 is removed and

reserved.

Subpart C—Debt Settlement—

Community and Business Programs

§ 1956.146 [Removed]

3. Section 1956.146 is removed and

reserved.

Dated: April 20, 1995.

Dallas R. Smith,

Acting Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign

Agricultural Services.

Dated: April 6, 1995.

Michael V. Dunn,

Acting, Under Secretary for Rural Economic

and Community Development.

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BILLING CODE 3410–07–U

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

9 CFR Part 78

[Docket No. 95–033–1]

Brucellosis in Cattle; State and Area

Classifications; Nebraska

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Interim rule and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: We are amending the

brucellosis regulations concerning the

interstate movement of cattle by

changing the classification of Nebraska

from Class A to Class Free. We have

determined that Nebraska meets the

standards for Class Free status. This

action relieves certain restrictions on

the interstate movement of cattle from

Nebraska.

DATES: Interim rule effective May 31,

1995. Consideration will be given only

to comments received on or before July

31, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Please send an original and

three copies of your comments to

Docket No. 95–033–1, 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. 95–033–1. 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Michael J. Gilsdorf, Senior Staff

Veterinarian, Cattle Diseases and

Surveillance Staff, VS, APHIS, Suite

3B08, 4700 River Road Unit 36,

Riverdale, MD 20737–1231, (301) 734–

7708.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Brucellosis is a contagious disease

affecting animals and humans, caused

by bacteria of the genus Brucella.

The brucellosis regulations, contained

in 9 CFR part 78 (referred to below as

the regulations), provide a system for

classifying States or portions of States

according to the rate of Brucella

infection present, and the general

effectiveness of a brucellosis control and

eradication program. The classifications

are Class Free, Class A, Class B, and

Class C. States or areas that do not meet

the minimum standards for Class C are

required to be placed under Federal

quarantine.

The brucellosis Class Free

classification is based on a finding of no

known brucellosis in cattle for the 12

months preceding classification as Class

Free. The Class C classification is for

States or areas with the highest rate of

brucellosis. Class B and Class A fall

between these two extremes.

Restrictions on moving cattle interstate

become less stringent as a State

approaches or achieves Class Free

status.

The standards for the different

classifications of States or areas entail

(1) maintaining a cattle herd infection

rate not to exceed a stated level during

12 consecutive months; (2) tracing back

to the farm of origin and successfully

closing a stated percent of all brucellosis

reactors found in the course of Market

Cattle Identification (MCI) testing; (3)

maintaining a surveillance system that

includes testing of dairy herds,

participation of all recognized

slaughtering establishments in the MCI

program, identification and monitoring

of herds at high risk of infection

(including herds adjacent to infected

herds and herds from which infected

animals have been sold or received),

and having an individual herd plan in

effect within a stated number of days

after the herd owner is notified of the

finding of brucellosis in a herd he or she

owns; and (4) maintaining minimum

procedural standards for administering

the program.

Before the effective date of this

interim rule, Nebraska was classified as

a Class A State.

To attain and maintain Class Free

status, a State or area must (1) remain

free from field strain Brucella abortus

infection for 12 consecutive months or

longer; (2) trace back at least 90 percent

of all brucellosis reactors found in the

course of MCI testing to the farm of

origin; (3) successfully close at least 95

percent of the MCI reactor cases traced

to the farm of origin during the 12

consecutive month period immediately

prior to the most recent anniversary of

the date the State or area was classified

Class Free; and (4) have a specified

surveillance system, as described above,

including an approved individual herd

plan in effect within 15 days of locating

the source herd or recipient herd.

After reviewing the brucellosis

program records for Nebraska, we have

concluded that the State meets the

standards for Class Free status.

Therefore, we are removing Nebraska

from the list of Class A States in

§ 78.41(b) and adding it to the list of

Class Free States in § 78.41(a). This

action relieves certain restrictions on

moving cattle interstate from Nebraska.

Immediate Action

The Administrator of the Animal and

Plant Health Inspection Service has

determined that there is good cause for

publishing this interim rule without

prior opportunity for public comment.

Immediate action is warranted to

remove unnecessary restrictions on the

interstate movement of cattle from

Nebraska.

Because prior notice and other public

procedures with respect to this action

are impracticable and contrary to the

public interest under these conditions,

we find good cause under 5 U.S.C. 553

to make it effective upon publication in

the Federal Register. We will consider

comments that are received within 60

days of publication of this rule in the