Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 169 / Friday, August 29, 2008 / Rules and Regulations 50877 

1To view the proposed rule and the comment we 

received, go to http://www.regulations.gov/ 

fdmspublic/component/ 

main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2007-0141. 

ARTICLES SUBJECT TO: APPENDIX 1, HISTORICAL LICENSES; APPENDIX 2, NONHISTORICAL LICENSES; AND APPENDIX 3, 

DESIGNATED IMPORTER LICENSES FOR QUOTA YEAR 2008—Continued 

[Quantities in kilograms] 

Article by Additional U.S. Note Number and Country of Origin Appendix 

1 

Appendix 

2 

Appendix 3 

Tokyo 

round 

Uruguay 

round 

EU–25 ....................................................................................................... 2,535,930 846,070 ........................ 2,025,000 

Romania ................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 500,000 

Uruguay .................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ 428,000 750,000 

Other Countries ........................................................................................ ........................ 13,064 ........................ ........................

SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE OTHER THAN WITH EYE FORMATION, GRUYERE-PROCESS CHEESE AND CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE CONTAINING, OR PROCESSED FROM, 

SUCH CHEESES (NOTE 22) ...................................................................... 5,371,777 1,279,537 823,519 380,000

EU–25 ....................................................................................................... 4,102,587 1,049,407 393,006 380,000 

Switzerland ............................................................................................... 1,235,692 183,795 430,513 ........................

Other Countries ........................................................................................ 33,498 46,335 ........................ ........................

CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE, CONTAINING 0.5 PERCENT OR LESS BY WEIGHT OF BUTTERFAT (EXCEPT ARTICLES 

WITHIN THE SCOPE OF OTHER TARIFF-RATE QUOTAS PROVIDED 

FOR IN THIS SUBCHAPTER), AND MARGARINE CHEESE (NOTE 23) 1,879,481 2,545,437 1,050,000 ........................

EU–25 ....................................................................................................... 1,879,480 2,545,437 ........................ ........................

Israel ......................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ 50,000 ........................

New Zealand ............................................................................................ ........................ ........................ 1,000,000 ........................

Other Countries ........................................................................................ 1 ........................ ........................ ........................

SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE WITH EYE FORMATION (NOTE 

25) ................................................................................................................ 16,078,683 6,218,648 9,557,945 2,620,000 

Argentina .................................................................................................. ........................ 9,115 70,885 ........................

Australia .................................................................................................... 209,698 ........................ 290,302 ........................

Canada ..................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ 70,000 ........................

EU–25 ....................................................................................................... 11,198,973 5,277,855 4,003,172 2,420,000 

Iceland ...................................................................................................... 149,999 ........................ 150,001 ........................

Israel ......................................................................................................... 27,000 ........................ ........................ ........................

Norway ...................................................................................................... 3,187,264 468,046 3,227,690 ........................

Switzerland ............................................................................................... 1,246,164 437,941 1,745,895 200,000 

Other Countries ........................................................................................ 59,585 25,691 ........................ ........................

TOTAL: CHEESE ARTICLES ........................................................... 67,023,260 20,877,393 22,764,145 24,921,000 

[FR Doc. E8–19976 Filed 8–28–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–10–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

9 CFR Part 93 

[Docket No. APHIS–2007–0141] 

Importation of Horses, Ruminants, 

Swine, and Dogs; Remove Panama 

From Lists of Regions Where 

Screwworm Is Considered To Exist 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: We are amending the 

regulations regarding the importation of 

live horses, ruminants, swine, and dogs 

by removing Panama from the lists of 

regions where screwworm is considered 

to exist. We are taking this action 

because the eradication of screwworm 

from Panama has been confirmed. This 

action will relieve certain screwwormrelated certification and inspection 

requirements for live animals imported 

into the United States from Panama. 

DATES: Effective Date: September 29, 

2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Julia Punderson, Regionalization 

Evaluation Services—Import, Sanitary 

Trade Issues Team, National Center for 

Import and Export, VS, APHIS, 4700 

River Road Unit 38, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1231; (301) 734–0757. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The regulations in 9 CFR part 93 

(referred to below as the regulations), 

prohibit or restrict the importation of 

certain animals into the United States to 

prevent the introduction of pests and 

diseases of livestock and poultry, 

including New World screwworm 

(Cochliomyia hominivorax). 

Screwworm, a pest native to tropical 

areas and currently found in South 

America and the Caribbean, causes 

extensive damage to livestock and other 

warm-blooded animals. Subparts C, D, 

E, and F of the regulations govern the 

importation of horses, ruminants, swine, 

and dogs, respectively, and include 

provisions for the inspection and 

treatment of these animals if imported 

from any region of the world where 

screwworm is considered to exist. 

Sections 93.301, 93.405, 93.505, and 

93.600 list all the regions of the world 

where screwworm is considered to 

exist. 

On May 16, 2008, we published in the 

Federal Register (73 FR 28382–28385, 

Docket No. APHIS–2007–0141) a 

proposal 1 to amend the regulations 

regarding live horses, ruminants, swine, 

and dogs by removing Panama from the 

lists of regions where screwworm is 

considered to exist in §§ 93.301, 93.405, 

93.505, and 93.600. 

We solicited comments concerning 

our proposal for 60 days ending July 15, 

2008. We received one comment by that 


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50878 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 169 / Friday, August 29, 2008 / Rules and Regulations 

2Based on U.S. Census Bureau data, as presented 

by Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA: http// 

www.fas.usda.gov/ustrade/ 

USTImHS10.asp?QI=onhline_trade_dataTRAD. 

3The ‘‘all other animal production’’ classification 

also includes the production of other animals, such 

as adornment birds (swans, peacocks, flamingos), 

alpacas, birds for sale, buffalos, cats, crickets, deer, 

elk, laboratory animals, llamas, rattlesnakes, worms, 

and breeding of pets. 

date, from a private citizen. The 

comment did not address the removal of 

Panama from the list of regions where 

screwworm is considered to exist. 

Therefore, for the reasons given in the 

proposed rule, we are adopting the 

proposed rule as a final rule, without 

change. 

Executive Order 12866 and Regulatory 

Flexibility Act 

This rule has been reviewed under 

Executive Order 12866. For this action, 

the Office of Management and Budget 

has waived its review under Executive 

Order 12866. 

This final rule amends the regulations 

regarding the importation of live horses, 

ruminants, swine, and dogs by removing 

Panama from the lists of regions where 

screwworm is considered to exist. We 

are taking this action because the 

eradication of screwworm from Panama 

has been confirmed. This action will 

relieve certain screwworm-related 

certification and inspection 

requirements for live animals imported 

into the United States from Panama. 

No significant change in program 

operations is anticipated as a result of 

this rule, nor will this action affect other 

Federal agencies, State governments, or 

local governments. The cost of all 

technical support activities, including 

establishment of animal quarantine 

control measures, treatment stations, 

maintenance of livestock census, 

screwworm surveillance, establishment 

and maintenance of laboratory support, 

and aerial dispersion of sterile 

screwworm flies in Panama is provided 

by the Commission for the Eradication 

and Prevention of Screwworm and the 

cooperative agreement funded by the 

U.S. Department of Agriculture and 

Panama’s Ministry of Agriculture and 

Livestock Development. When 

importing live animals from a region 

where screwworm is considered to 

exist, the cost of any required testing 

(and treatment, if needed) is paid by the 

owner of the animals being shipped. 

Our removal of Panama from the list of 

regions where screwworm is considered 

to exist will reduce the cost for 

producers and others in Panama to 

export ruminants, swine, horses, and 

dogs to the United States. 

The economic effects associated with 

this rule are likely to be limited. This is 

because the number of live animals 

exported into the United States from 

Panama is likely to remain small. Trade 

statistics indicate that since 2001, the 

United States has not imported any 

ruminants, swine, or dogs from Panama. 

Equine imports from Panama over this 

period have numbered only 163, which 

is approximately 0.06 percent of all 

horse imports.2

According to Small Business 

Administration size standards for beef 

cattle ranching and farming (North 

American Industry Classification 

System (NAICS) 112111), dairy cattle 

and milk production (NAICS 112120), 

hog and pig farming (NAICS 112210), 

sheep farming (NAICS 112410), goat 

farming (NAICS 112420),3 and horse 

and other equine production (NAICS 

112920), as well as the commercial 

production of dogs, which is classified 

under ‘‘all other animal production’’

(NAICS 112990), operations with not 

more than $750,000 in annual sales are 

considered small entities. We do not 

expect that these producers, small or 

otherwise, will be affected significantly 

by the change in Panama’s screwworm 

status. This is because, for the reasons 

discussed above, live ruminants, swine, 

horses, and dogs from Panama do not 

play much, if any, of a role in their 

operations, and few susceptible live 

animals are expected to be exported. 

Under these circumstances, the 

Administrator of the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service has 

determined that this action will not 

have a significant economic impact on 

a substantial number of small entities. 

Executive Order 12988 

This final rule has been reviewed 

under Executive Order 12988, Civil 

Justice Reform. This rule: (1) Preempts 

all State and local laws and regulations 

that are inconsistent with this rule; (2) 

has no retroactive effect; and (3) does 

not require administrative proceedings 

before parties may file suit in court 

challenging this rule. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

This final rule contains no new 

information collection or recordkeeping 

requirements under the Paperwork 

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

et seq.). 

List of Subjects in 9 CFR Part 93 

Animal diseases, Imports, Livestock, 

Poultry and poultry products, 

Quarantine, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

■ Accordingly, we are amending 9 CFR 

part 93 as follows: 

PART 93—IMPORTATION OF CERTAIN 

ANIMALS, BIRDS, FISH, AND 

POULTRY, AND CERTAIN ANIMAL, 

BIRD, AND POULTRY PRODUCTS; 

REQUIREMENTS FOR MEANS OF 

CONVEYANCE AND SHIPPING 

CONTAINERS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 93 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1622 and 8301–8317; 

21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 

CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4. 

§ 93.301 [Amended] 

■ 2. In § 93.301, paragraph (j) is 

amended by removing the word 

‘‘Panama,’’. 

§ 93.405 [Amended] 

■ 3. In § 93.405, paragraph (a)(3) is 

amended by removing the word 

‘‘Panama,’’. 

§ 93.505 [Amended] 

■ 4. In § 93.505, paragraph (b) is 

amended by removing the word 

‘‘Panama,’’. 

§ 93.600 [Amended] 

■ 5. In § 93.600, paragraph (a) is 

amended by removing the word 

‘‘Panama,’’. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 25th day of 

August 2008. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. E8–20116 Filed 8–28–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

41 CFR Part 102–39 

[FMR Amendment 2008–07; FMR Case 

2007–102–1; Docket 2007–0001; Sequence 

3] 

RIN 3090–AI38 

Federal Management Regulation; FMR 

Case 2007–102–1, Replacement of 

Personal Property Pursuant to the 

Exchange/Sale Authority 

AGENCY: Office of Governmentwide 

Policy, General Services Administration 

(GSA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The General Services 

Administration is amending the Federal 

Management Regulation (FMR) by 

updating coverage on the replacement of 

personal property pursuant to the 

exchange/sale authority. The changes 

were prompted by recommendations of 


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