Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 8 / Thursday, January 12, 1995 / Rules and Regulations 2875

Dated: January 9, 1995.

Wally Beyer,

Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.

[FR Doc. 95–788 Filed 1–11–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–15–P

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

9 CFR Part 78

[Docket No. 94–009–3]

Brucellosis in Cattle; State and Area

Classifications; California

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Affirmation of interim rule as

final rule.

SUMMARY: We are adopting as a final

rule, without change, an interim rule

that amended the brucellosis regulations

concerning the interstate movement of

cattle by changing the classification of

California from Class Free to Class A.

We have determined that California no

longer meets the standards for Class

Free status. The interim rule was

necessary to impose certain restrictions

on the interstate movement of cattle

from California.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 13, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Michael J. Gilsdorf, Senior Staff

Veterinarian, Cattle Diseases and

Surveillance Staff, Veterinary Services,

APHIS, USDA, P.O. Drawer 810,

Riverdale, MD 20738. The telephone

number for the agency contact will

change when agency offices in

Hyattsville, MD, move to Riverdale, MD,

during January. Telephone: (301) 436–

4918 (Hyattsville); (301) 734–4918

(Riverdale).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

In an interim rule effective and

published in the Federal Register on

September 16, 1994 (59 FR 47533–

47534, Docket No. 94–009–2), we

amended the brucellosis regulations in

9 CFR part 78 by removing California

from the list of Class Free States in

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

Class A States in § 78.41(b).

Comments on the interim rule were

required to be received on or before

November 15, 1994. We did not receive

any comments. The facts presented in

the interim rule still provide a basis for

the rule.

This action also affirms the

information contained in the interim

rule concerning Executive Order 12866

and the Regulatory Flexibility Act,

Executive Orders 12372 and 12778, and

the Paperwork Reduction Act.

Further, for this action, the Office of

Management and Budget has waived the

review process required by Executive

Order 12866.

List of Subjects in 9 CFR Part 78

Animal diseases, Bison, Cattle, Hogs,

Quarantine, Reporting and

recordkeeping requirements,

Transportation.

PART 78—BRUCELLOSIS

Accordingly, we are adopting as a

final rule, without change, the interim

rule that amended 9 CFR 78.41 and that

was published at 59 FR 47533–47534 on

September 16, 1994.

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 111–114a-1, 114g,

115, 117, 120, 121, 123–126, 134b, 134f; 7

CFR 2.17, 2.51, and 371.2(d).

Done in Washington, DC, this 6th day of

January 1995.

Lonnie J. King,

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 95–807 Filed 1–11–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P

9 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 94–131–1]

Commuted Traveltime Periods:

Overtime Services Relating to Imports

and Exports

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: We are amending the

regulations concerning overtime

services provided by employees of

Veterinary Services by adding a

commuted traveltime allowance for

Helena, Montana. Commuted traveltime

allowances are the periods of time

required for Veterinary Services

employees to travel from their dispatch

points and return there from the places

where they perform Sunday, holiday, or

other overtime duty. The Government

charges a fee for certain overtime

services provided by Veterinary

Services employees and, under certain

circumstances, the fee may include the

cost of commuted traveltime. This

action is necessary to inform the public

of commuted traveltime for this

location.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 12, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Louise R. Lothery, Director, Resource

Management Support, Veterinary

Services, APHIS, USDA, P.O. Drawer

810, Riverdale, MD 20783. The

telephone number for the agency

contact will change when agency offices

in Hyattsville, MD, move to Riverdale,

MD, during January. Telephone: (301)

436–7517 (Hyattsville); (301) 734–7517

(Riverdale).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The regulations in 9 CFR, chapter I,

subchapter D, and 7 CFR, chapter III,

require inspection, laboratory testing,

certification, or quarantine of certain

animals, animal byproducts, plants,

plant products, or other commodities

intended for importation into, or

exportation from, the United States.

When these services must be provided

by an employee of Veterinary Services

(VS) on a Sunday or holiday, or at any

other time outside the VS employee’s

regular duty hours, the Government

charges a fee for the services in

accordance with 9 CFR part 97. Under

circumstances described in § 97.1(a),

this fee may include the cost of

commuted traveltime. Section 97.2

contains administrative instructions

prescribing commuted traveltime

allowances, which reflect, as nearly as

practicable, the periods of time required

for VS employees to travel from their

dispatch points and return there from

the places where they perform Sunday,

holiday, or other overtime duty.

We are amending § 97.2 of the

regulations by adding a commuted

traveltime allowance for Helena,

Montana. The amendment is set forth in

the rule portion of this document. This

action is necessary to inform the public

of the commuted traveltime between the

dispatch and service locations.

Effective Date

The commuted traveltime allowances

appropriate for employees performing

services at ports of entry, and the

features of the reimbursement plan for

recovering the cost of furnishing port of

entry services, depend upon facts

within the knowledge of the Department

of Agriculture. It does not appear that

public participation in this rulemaking

proceeding would make additional

relevant information available to the

Department.

Accordingly, pursuant to the

administrative procedure provisions in

5 U.S.C. 553, we find upon good cause

that prior notice and other public

procedure with respect to this rule are

impracticable and unnecessary; we also

find good cause for making this rule

effective less than 30 days after

publication of this document in the

Federal Register.